[BOAI] Library Publishing Services: Strategies for Success

[Iryna Kuchma]

Library Publishing Services: Strategies for Success: Final Research Report
(March 2012): http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/purduepress_ebooks/24/

James L. Mullins, Purdue University
Catherine Murray-Rust, Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus
Joyce L. Ogburn, University of Utah
Raym Crow, Chain Bridge Group
October Ivins, Ivins e-Content Solutions
Allyson Mower, University of Utah
Daureen Nesdill, University of Utah
Mark Newton, Columbia University
Julie Speer, Virginia Institute of Technology
Charles Watkinson, Purdue University

Description

This report briefly presents the findings and recommendations of the
"Library Publishing Services: Strategies for Success" project which
investigated the extent to which publishing has now become a core activity
of North American academic libraries and suggested ways in which further
capacity could be built. The research described (consisting of a survey,
some case studies, three workshops, and a set of further reading
recommendations) was mainly conducted between October 1, 2010, and
September 30, 2011. It was supported by a grant from the Institute for
Museum and Libraries Studies, made to Purdue University Libraries in
collaboration with the Libraries of the Georgia Institute of Technology and
the J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah.

Related resources to this document are the preliminary report of November
2011 which contains appendices that describe the research activities in
general and an HTML version hosted on Comment Press that allows community
comments to be posted.

Publication Date: 3-12-2012

Publisher: SPARC, on behalf of the Libraries of Purdue University, Georgia
Institute of Technology, and University of Utah

City: Washington, DC

Keywords: library publishing services, new roles for libraries, academic
libraries, scholarly publishing, scholarly communication, open access

Disciplines: Library and Information Science

Comments

This publication (Version 2.0, March 2012) is also available for comment at
http://wp.sparc.arl.org/lps. That online version also contains appendices
that present in more detail the results of the survey, reports from the
workshops, case studies of sustainability strategies for publishing at the
three institutions, and a guide to further reading. While the short account
presented here suggest broad recommendations for “strategies for success”
mainly at a system-wide level, library publishing practitioners will find
more specific recommendations in the workshop report. The appendices can
also be downloaded as part of the preliminary version of this report
(Version 1.0), published in November 2011.

“Library Publishing Services: Strategies for Success” is published by SPARC
on behalf of the libraries of Purdue University, Georgia Institute of
Technology, and the University of Utah. This work is published under a
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United
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perform the work. In return,licensees must give the original author credit.
In addition, the author permits others to copy, distribute, display and
perform only unaltered copies of the work—not derivative works based on it.
To view a copy of this license, see
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The “Library Publishing Services: Strategies for Success” project was made
possible by a Level II Collaborative Planning grant in the National
Leadership Grant category from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library
Services (Award Log Number LG-65-10-0215-10). The Institute of Museum and
Library Services (http://www.imls.gov) is the primary source of federal
support for the nation’s 123,000libraries and 17,500 museums. The
Institute’s mission is to create strong libraries and museums that connect
people to information and ideas. Any views, findings,conclusions, or
recommendations expressed in this publication do not necessarily represent
those of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.Generous external
support for this project was also received from: Berkeley Electronic Press,
Microsoft Research, and SPARC, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic
Resources Coalition

Recommended Citation:
Mullins, James L.; Murray-Rust, Catherine; Ogburn, Joyce L.; Crow, Raym;
Ivins, October; Mower, Allyson; Nesdill, Daureen; Newton, Mark; Speer,
Julie; and Watkinson, Charles, "Library Publishing Services: Strategies for
Success: Final Research Report (March 2012)" (2012). Purdue University
Press e-books. Book 24.
http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/purduepress_ebooks/24
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