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Open Access Electronic Publishing

Open Access Electronic Publishing. Why e-publishing?. Library Loans Library Catalogue Borrowing from other libraries Borrow for 6 months Collection expansion Any problems? Ask at our Information Desk!. Traditional academic publishing is no longer viable

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Open Access Electronic Publishing

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  1. Open Access Electronic Publishing

  2. Why e-publishing? • Library Loans • Library Catalogue • Borrowing from other libraries • Borrow for 6 months • Collection expansion • Any problems? Ask at our Information Desk! • Traditional academic publishing is no longer viable • E-publishing is quick and inexpensive • Reducing barriers to publication gives a voice to researchers whose work lacks a commercial audience • Allows global dissemination of research without barriers of cost or limited distributionnetworks

  3. Why ANU E Press? • Library Loans • Library Catalogue • Borrowing from other libraries • Borrow for 6 months • Collection expansion • Any problems? Ask at our Information Desk! • ANU E Press was established in 2003 and is recognised as the leader in Australian scholarly e-publishing • ANU E Press was officially launch in May 2004 • ANU E Press produces fully peer-reviewed research publications and is recognisedby DIISRTE as a commercial publisher, enabling ANU E Pressauthors to gain full recognition under the Higher Education Research Data Collection scheme.

  4. Open access = high readership • In 2011, the most downloaded ebook was “Aboriginal Placenames‘with over 100,000 total downloads. • All ANU E Press titles are lodged with Google, Amazon.com, National Library of Australia, University Library Catalogues (MARC records), Thomson Reuters book citation index, etc., ensuring high level of access. • Countless private and public organisations and NGOs link to ANU E Press titles, and over 40 institutions catalogue all titles immediately upon publication.

  5. Other advantages of ePublishing • faster production time • participating in the ‘public good’ • showcase ANU intellectual property • all titles are available online 24x7 • more exposure and dissemination for the authors

  6. Web and PoD Statistics Web Stats The majority of ANU E Press’ readers come from Australia (56.56%), with readers from the United States running a distant second (10.60%). ANU E Press readers come from all over the globe, including Europe, Asia and the Pacific. POD Stats 88% of our customers are from Australia.

  7. Editorial Process • Around 25 Editorial Boards located in the ANU • Editorial Boards evaluate proposals, organise peer review and make decisions on what to publish

  8. Production • Publish in PDF, ePub, mobi and ‘view online’ formats • Incorporate multimedia (audio, video and other additional materials: datasets, music scores, etc.) • Print-on-demand paperbacks available from the online shopping cart • Publish over 50 titles per year • Published over 390 titles to date

  9. ANU E Press website: epress.anu.edu.au

  10. Citation Page Navigation bar Title Editors ISBNs Blurb Free eBooks Order printed copy FB/Tweet/Google/Share

  11. E Press Catalogue 2012 available online

  12. For more information To visit our website, just type “epress” into Google Website: epress.anu.edu.au Email: anuepress@anu.edu.au Subscribe to our mailing list: http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/epress-maillist

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