A research project, now underway, seeks to assess the status of library-based publishing, explore opportunities for strengthening existing programmes, and inform the creation of new services. The project, which recently received a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), is supported by Berkeley Electronic Press, Microsoft Research and SPARC.
Three partners received the IMLS Collaborative Planning Grant announced in late September 2010. These are Purdue University, Georgia Tech, and the University of Utah Libraries. The research being undertaken as part of the ‘Library Publishing Services: Strategies for Success’ project consists of a web survey of ARL, Oberlin Group and Universities Library Group institutions; a literature review; and a series of case studies of sustainability models of e-journals, conference proceedings and book-like publications.
The results will be presented at a series of three workshops to be held in May 2011. Representatives from a range of different types of institution will be invited to assess progress so far, discuss approaches that have and have not worked, and suggest what the next generation of library-based publishing services will look like. To ensure a representative sample of institutions, attendance at the workshops will be by invitation after review of applications.
Representatives of library-based publishing programmes already in existence or still being explored are invited to indicate their interest in attending a workshop.
The application form, currently available online at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/libpubapp, will stay open until the end of November 2010. Invitations to a workshop will be issued to representatives from a broad sample of institutions before the end of January 2011.
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