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Open Source Publishing: Opportunities for LIS Professionals

Explore the growing field of library publishing and its role in supporting scholarly, creative, and educational works. Learn about partnerships with university presses, digital repositories, open access journals, funding, staffing, and software tools like Open Journal Systems (OJS).

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Open Source Publishing: Opportunities for LIS Professionals

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  1. Open Source Publishing: Opportunities for LIS Professionals Dr. Muhammad Sajid Mirza Principal Librarian I Dr. M. Hamidullah Library Islamic Research Institute, IIUI m.sajid@iiu.edu.pk

  2. Library Publishing • “Library publishing” is a growing subfield of publishing. It has been defined (broadly) as “the set of activities led by college and university libraries to support the creation, dissemination, and curation of scholarly, creative, and/or educational works.” • Library publishing is differentiated from the work of other publishers—including commercial, society, academic, and trade—in large part by its business model, which often relies heavily on being subsidized through the library budget, rather than operating primarily as a cost-recovery or profit-driven activity. Libraries are relative newcomers to the field, largely beginning this work in a digital environment over the last 20 years.

  3. Traditional vs Electronic Models • Traditional • Scientific Journals • Monographs in the humanities • Electronic • Institutional Digital Repositories • Open Access Journals • Many more – blogs, wikis

  4. Library Publishing • Partnerships with University Presses • Library and University-based Journal Publishing

  5. Library Publishing Landscape • 125 academic and research libraries worldwidefrom US, Canada, the UK, Australia, Brazil, Germany, Ireland, and Sweden. Ref.: Library Publishing Directory 2018, Library Publishing Coalition

  6. Library Publishing Landscape • Partnership • Individual faculty • Campus departments • Graduate & Undergraduate Students • University Press Ref.: Library Publishing Directory 2018, Library Publishing Coalition

  7. Library Publishing Landscape • Publication Types • 442 faculty-driven journals in 2017, up from 436 in 2016. • 173 publications for external groups, down from 249 in the previous year. • 773 monographs reported in the 2016, 900 reported last year, and 488 in 2017. Ref.: Library Publishing Directory 2018, Library Publishing Coalition

  8. Library Publishing Landscape • Funding and Staffing • 2.1 professional staff per program. • In 2016 , 56% of programs relied entirely on the library’s operations budget; in 2017, the percentage had fallen to 48%. Ref.: Library Publishing Directory 2018, Library Publishing Coalition

  9. Library Publishing Landscape • Software • The most-used platform on the list, Open Journal Systems, is used by 44% of responding programs, surpassing bepress’s proprietary Digital Commons platform (41%). • Three of the top four most-used platforms—OJS, DSpace, and WordPress—are open source Ref.: Library Publishing Directory 2018, Library Publishing Coalition

  10. An Example

  11. What is OJS? • Open Journal Systems (OJS) is a journal management and publishing system that has been developed by the Public Knowledge Project through its federally funded efforts to expand and improve access to research. • OJS assists with every stage of the refereed publishing process, from submissions through to online publication and indexing. • OJS is open source software made freely available to journals worldwide for the purpose of making open access publishing a viable option for more journals, as open access can increase a journal’s readership as well as its contribution to the public good on a global scale.

  12. Public Knowledge Project

  13. OJS Usage

  14. OJS Languages

  15. Features • OJS is installed and controlled locally. • Editors configure requirements, sections, review process, etc. • Online submission and management of all content. • Subscription module with delayed open access options. • Comprehensive indexing of content part of global system. • Reading Tools for content, based on field and editors’ choice. • Email notification and commenting ability for readers. • Complete context-sensitive online Help support.

  16. System Requirements • A server environment meeting the following requirements is recommended: • PHP support (4.2.x or later) • MySQL (3.23 or later) or PostgreSQL (7.1 or later) • Apache (1.3.2x or later) or Apache 2 (2.0.4x or later) or Microsoft IIS 6 (PHP 5.x required) • Linux, BSD, Solaris, Mac OS X, Windows operating systems

  17. OJS Editorial and Publishing Process

  18. IRI Research Journals

  19. Opportunities for LIS Professionals • Library’s recognition in advancing scholarly communication. • Direct link between readers and writers • Role in promotion of research activities in your organizations

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