The academic community has traditionally relied on corporate publishers to produce scholarly journals. But today, that's all changing as scholars embrace online tools to publish journals on their own - and for good reason. With some publishers instituting article processing charges (APCs) for OA articles in the thousands of dollars, there is risk of the serials crisis being replaced with an APC funding emergency. It’s vital that the academic community start to take back control of the cost of research and DIY journals are one of the most direct solutions.
This presentation overviews the rise in DIY open access journal publishing and:
- Examples of DIY open access journals
- The benefits of DIY journal publishing
- Tips and tools for efficient and affordable OA publishing
1. The Rise of DIY Open
Access Journals:
Why and How
2. HELLO!
Brian Cody
Scholastica, Co-Founder and CEO
@scholasticahq
Scholastica: Software to streamline peer review, easily publish
a professional open access journal, or both
3. What we’ll cover
1. Why DIY open access journals and examples
2. The benefits of DIY journal publishing
3. Tips and tools for efficient and affordable OA
publishing
5. White paper
1. Björn Brembs, Professor of Neurogenetics at the
University of Regensburg and OA advocate
2. Dan Morgan, Digital Science Publisher at University
of California Press
3. Roxanne Missingham, Chief Scholarly Information
Officer at Australian National University and
Australian OA Support Group Deputy Chair
4. Stevan Harnad, Professor in the Department of
Psychology at Université du Québec à Montréal,
Green OA advocate
5. Ulrich Herb, OA expert at Saarland University and
State Librarian
8. ““Publishing in the future will be a service,
not a content-hoarding and extortion
business”
- Björn Brembs, Professor of Neurogenetics at the
University of Regensburg and OA advocate (Source)
12. Many OA models
⊡ Open Library of the Humanities (OLH)
⊡ Collabra (University of California Press)
⊡ University Library System e-journal publishing
at the University of Pittsburgh
⊡ PLoS One
⊡ and...
14. DIY OA
journal publishing
⊡ Workflow focused on single journal
⊡ Born digital
⊡ Volunteer editors
⊡ Lean budget
⊡ Using wide range of (inexpensive) tools
28. Peer review
⊡ Data all in one place (manuscripts, review, email, etc.)
⊡ Scale the ‘personal touch’ with authors and reviewers
⊡ Distribute the workload
⊡ Clear (and public) deadlines are important
32. Main challenges OA
journals face
⊡ Staying organized
⊡ Attaining credibility
⊡ Working with limited resources
⊡ Managing volunteers / keeping momentum
33. Advice for a successful
journal launch or flip
Start with
strong
editorial
board and
“network”
Develop
peer review
+
publication
processes
Build great
tool set
Promote via
your
professional
network
34. Tips and tools for
affordable OA
Take advantage of free tools:
⊡ Zapier: automate across apps
⊡ Google docs
⊡ MailChimp
⊡ Social media and blogging
35. Funding models for
sustainable OA
⊡ Grants/subsidies (dept, university, association)
⊡ Submission fees
⊡ Article processing charges (APCs)
⊡ Advertising/sponsorships
⊡ Affordable Green OA (overlay journals)
36. Ready to learn more?
⊡ The Open Access
Journal Starter Kit
⊡ Democratizing
Academic Journals:
Technology, Services,
and Open Access
⊡ OA Week of Resources
Editor's Notes
BC: add picture of me
Pre: other models (OLH, etc.)
Talking about one model today