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SFU Library. Library Based Publishing. One of Canada’s top 3 comprehensive universities Established 1965 32,000 students; 2,500 faculty/staff 3 campuses: Burnaby, Surrey, Vancouver Library: 2.7 million; 64,000 subscriptions Technology innovation. Simon Fraser University. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
SFU LibraryLibrary Based Publishing
Simon Fraser University
• One of Canada’s top 3 comprehensive universities
• Established 1965• 32,000 students; 2,500 faculty/staff• 3 campuses: Burnaby, Surrey, Vancouver• Library: 2.7 million; 64,000 subscriptions• Technology innovation
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Introduction
• Overview of SFU Library Journal Hosting• Lessons Learned• Resources• Sustainability
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http://pkp.sfu.ca
• OJS: Open Journal Systems• OCS: Open Conference Systems• OHS: Open Harvester Systems (OAI-
compliant metadata harvester)• OMP: Open Monograph Press• PKP WAL: Web application Library
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Basics
• Currently hosting 300+ OJS journals• Also 15 OCS conferences; 3 OHS portals• Custom development and support• D.I.Y. full publishing support• Free commercial• Open access toll access• 4 hosting categories
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4 Hosting Categories
• Local: SFU• National: Synergies• International: INASP portals• Commercial: PKP Hosting Services
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SFU Journals
• 15 OJS journals w. SFU affiliation• No-charge hosting policy:
– The Chief Editor and/or Journal Manager is a full time SFU faculty member
– The journal is specifically associated with an SFU faculty, department, institute or centre, e.g. SFU Educational Review
– The journal is an SFU student, or course, based journal– Other strategic reasons as determined by the UL
• Lesson (to be developed): “Suitcase” req.
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Synergies Journals
• 15 SFU + 15 Other eligible journals• Synergies Project• No-charge hosting in return for participation in
Synergies• Synergies development & inter-operability• Lesson (still to be learned): Post-Synergies?
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INASP Portals
• 160 – 220 OJS journals• OHS Asia Journals Online• Country portals: Bangladesh (63); Nepal (59); Sri Lanka
(37), Latin America (7), Mongolia (2)
• Previously: Indonesia (14), Philippines (42), Vietnam (24)
• Lessons:– 1 instance/1 title vs. 1 instance/many titles– Impact of 3rd party systems
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PKP Hosting Services
• 110+ OJS journals• Customers reflect PKP community
– Individual journals– Scholarly societies– NGOs– Small publishers
• Open source business model• Revenue generation for PKP software development
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PKP Hosting Services
• Annual cost: $850 per title w. discounts
• Custom programming, consulting, training @ $175 hr / $1100 day plus expenses
• Backfile digitization and/or migration
• Full publishing support provided by CCSP Press
• Lesson: campus networks & 24/7 avail.
• http://pkp.sfu.ca/commercial
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PKP Resources
• Bibliography of articles, books, etc.• Software documentation• Scholarly Publishing Guides
– Establishing…An Online Peer-Reviewed Journal– Getting Found, Staying Found, Increasing Impact– Online Guide to Open Access Journals Publishing
• Learning Resources
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Sustainability: PKP
• Goal: $1 million annually by Mar.2012• Grant funding ($200k)• Community support ($600k)• Hosting services ($200k)
– $400k gross - $200k operating = $200k net
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Sustainability: Hosting Services
• ISP model:– OTRS ticket system– cPanel deployment– VPS from non-campus ISP
• New Pricing Model:– Basic– Classic– Professional– Enterprise
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Thank You
Third International PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference
Sept. 26-28, 2011 Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
http://pkp.sfu.ca/ocs/pkp/index.php/pkp2011/pkp2011
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