SPEC Kit 343: Library Support for Faculty/Researcher Publishing · 51
We moved to implementing Digital Commons this spring along with the new hire of our scholarly communications
librarian in April 2014 so our IR and faculty deposit program has not yet been launched, and is scheduled for release this
fall. The Libraries is seen as a partner, providing consultation services on citation sources, to our Office of Faculty Affairs
as the campus implements VIVO and ORCID IDs. Although the campus has passed a resolution in support of OA, a
faculty-supported policy is under consideration. The Libraries passed its own OA policy with a nonexclusive license term.
We offer author publication contract review, a service related to author rights that did not seem to fit in above. We also
assist with questions about publications such as suspected plagiarism, dealing with errors, etc.
We offer PKPs Open Journal Systems software, although we are having to really cut back. We cannot offer the level of
back-end customization that would be required by most faculty (the “out of the box” implementation is the minimum
we can support). To offer those services would require the library to see a significant increase of investment in the IT
staff and services.
We plan to launch an OA publishing program this year that will include electronic journals and other types of digital
publications and offer a menu of consulting services related to publishing, such as training on author identity
management, marketing, metadata, digital preservation, eISSNs and DOIs, project management, and general advice on
platforms, tools, and technologies.
We’re in the process of bringing on board an institutional repository. Until this is in place, we’ve had to answer no to a
number of your questions.
With 12 academic colleges on campus, faculty/researcher publishing needs vary widely. The library is currently
positioned to support basic institutional repository services and is developing data management services. Specific
publishing/review/editing needs might be met outside the library through college and department offices. We have
recently upgraded to new repository software with better search engine optimization and reporting capabilities.
After content migration has been completed, we will launch a new (though not the first) promotion campaign for
repository services.
With the opening of the Scholars’ Commons the library will be expanding its services in support of faculty/scholar
research. Additional information and partners can be found here: http://libraries.iub.edu/scholars-commons.
21. Please briefly describe the role you see research libraries playing in supporting faculty/researcher
publishing, now and/or in the future. N=40
All the usual suspects: data management, effective repositories, promoting affordable/OA publishing options,
information literacy efforts, educating scholars on how completely broken and unsustainable the current scholarly
publishing system is, that we can no longer fully support the information required for the research activities of our
scholars. Providing guidance on predatory OA publishers, providing cost data on subscription journals to our patrons,
copyright, author rights. This is becoming one of our primary roles.
As digital publishing and open access publishing become more prevalent and public access mandates become more
likely, librarians need to be more savvy about the various modes of publishing, the submission and peer review
processes (and the changes those are undergoing), as well as the various methods of funding these new publication
models. Libraries not only serve as a source for information and guidance but may also serve as a publishing house
(although library as publisher is a wholly separate topic from what is being covered here).
Assistance with data publishing assistance with journal impact factors assistance with promotion and tenure
data gathering
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