This is a DRAFT charter to be submitted to STIM for approval
Note: All the content below should be considered in DRAFT. This can be finalized prior to STIM approval or as the first task of the IG.
Domain
Library publishing services are becoming more widespread and provide institutions an opportunity to participate meaningfully in the development and dissemination of open access scholarly communication. This group endeavors to initiate a program for system-wide publishing support through the identification of a suite of practical, open source platforms and tools; best-practices and workflows for support services for programs including open access online journals, online exhibitions, and other forms of digital scholarship, as yet to be defined; and support for open access education and understanding across disciplines.
Shared Needs and Requirements
Interest group participants should have an interest in the creation and maintenance of digital scholarship and baseline knowledge of trends and developments in online publication platforms. Additionally, every interested campus should
- Use and develop, when possible, the Open Journal Systems test instance provided and supported by the Chancellor’s Office
- Compile existing digital publishing documentation for campus education around supported platforms
- Establish and share workflow for ingest of online journals and other digital scholarship into the local IR
- Ideally, provide support for indexing and persistence of journals and digital scholarship built on platforms other than OJS
The shared needs of this group will, by nature of the content, evolve and the working group will endeavor to respond to the needs of our campus communities through the evaluation and recommendation of appropriate open source platforms and tools.
Use Cases
- Support for the creation of online, peer-reviewed, open access faculty journals
- Support for the creation of online, peer-reviewed, open access student journals
- Support for the creation of course or co-curricular online exhibits
- Support for some forms of digital scholarship
Deliverables and Timeline
- Conduct a CSU-wide survey to identify current publishing programs and practices, and to learn about aspirational projects
- Identify a suite of recommended open source platforms, tools, and support guidelines
- Create documentation for workflow processes and best practices for journal publishing within the CSU
The interest group will share our findings with the ScholarWorks community, with the hope of assisting additional CSU libraries to support online journals and other forms of digital scholarship
Participating
Facilitator: Dana Ospina, Dominguez Hills
Participating Institutions/Members
(This should be no less that 3 and no more than 6 institutions)
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Statement of Purpose
The Publishing Interest Group endeavors to increase the capacity of the CSU Libraries to support open access publishing initiatives by developing shared knowledge, documentation, best practices, and outreach materials.
Reporting Structure
The Publishing Interest Group reports to the COLD Scholarly Communications Committee, which is committed to the systemwide advancement of openness in the realm of scholarly communications. As stated in the CSU Libraries Strategic Plan for 2018-2021:
In support of open access and the economic justice inherent in supporting faculty and students’ unfettered access to research and course materials, the CSU Libraries work collaboratively to redefine existing models of scholarly communication, create shared infrastructure for hosting open information, and educate our communities about these and related issues.
Scope of Work
The Publishing Interest Group takes a broad view of scholarly publishing, encompassing not just traditional publications such as journals, books, and conference proceedings, but also online exhibitions, digital creative works, digital humanities projects, data visualizations, and other forms of digital scholarship. Whenever possible, the Publishing Interest Group prioritizes open source systems and open practices at all stages of the publishing cycle.
In addition to contributing to the Publishing Interest Group’s annual goals, group members are committed to advancing the following priorities on their respective campuses:
- Advocating and advancing equity in scholarly publishing;
- Launching and maintaining open access journals and flipping existing subscription/print-only journals to an open access model;
- Sharing digital publishing documentation (e.g, the CSU Open Journals Publishing Guide) for campus education around supported platforms (e.g., CSU Open Journals and ScholarWorks) and ensuring documentation is kept up-to-date;
- Supporting the creation of course or co-curricular online exhibits; and
- Increasing awareness of open access publishing amongst library faculty and staff as well as instructional faculty, students, and other stakeholders.
Annual Goals
The shared priorities of the CSU Libraries around open access publishing will continue to evolve, and the Publishing Interest Group will endeavor to develop annual goals that are responsive to the needs of our campus communities.
2021-2022
- Public Facing/User Oriented Publishing (Documentation) Website, linked to the COLD website
- CSU Environmental Scan: Digital Scholarship Centers - Jaime Ding, Matt Martin, Kyle Morgan
- Open Access Infrastructure
- Continuation of developing shared knowledge, documentation, best practices, and outreach materials.
- Sustainability of the LibGuides Open Review Discussion Sessions (LORDS) - Jaime Ding, Alyssa Loera, Dana Ospina, Melissa Seelye
2020-2021
- Update the Publishing Interest Group charter - Melissa Seelye
- Increase Capacity for CSU-wide journal publishing
- Continue adding to and refining the CSU Open Journals Publishing Guide - Melissa Seelye, Dana Ospina, Matt Martin
- Begin developing author documentation, specifically aimed at students - Melissa Seelye, Dana Ospina, Kyle Morgan, Matt Martin, Pam Kruger
- Investigate additional means of supporting faculty journals through partnerships with vendors - Melissa Seelye, Mark Bilby, Matt Martin
- Present a formal status update on the state of CSU-wide publishing infrastructure to the COLD Scholarly Communications Committee - Melissa Seelye
- Prototype LibGuides Open Review Discussion Sessions (LORDS) - Jaime Ding, Alyssa Loera, Dana Ospina, Melissa Seelye
- Assess interest in and facilitate preliminary discussions regarding LORDS at campuses that will participate in prototype sessions
- Coordinate prototype LORDS at participating campuses
- Create a CSU-wide rubric and coordinate multi-campus prototype sessions
- Assess feasibility of a CSU-wide review system for LibGuides and, if feasible, present a proposal to the COLD Scholarly Communications Committee
- Compile and share CSU-specific information such as relevant legislation (e.g., A.B. 2192), CSU resolutions, ScholarWorks, and CSU transformative read and publish agreements - Melissa Seelye, Dana Ospina, Jaime Ding, Matt Martin
Participating Institutions/Members
Any CSU Libraries faculty and staff who have an interest in supporting open access publishing initiatives are welcome to join the Publishing Interest Group. No fewer than three CSU campuses should be represented.
2021-2022 members include:
- Jaime Ding (co-facilitator through February 2022), SLO
- Matt Martin (co-facilitator), San Francisco
- Robert Browder, San Francisco
- Mark Bilby, Fullerton
- Pam Kruger, Chico
- Alyssa Loera, Pomona
- David Morck, Northridge
- Kyle Morgan, Humboldt
- Dana Ospina, Dominguez Hills
- Rita Premo, Sonoma
- Marco Ruiz, Channel IslandsKyle Morgan, Humboldt
- Ryan Rush, Pomona
- Melissa Seelye, San Francisco
- Paizha Stoothoff, Los Angeles
Danielle Daugherty, SLO
- David Walker, Systemwide Library Initiatives
Note: The Statement of Purpose, Reporting Structure, and Scope of Work were last revised by Melissa Seelye on October 7, 2020.