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: Melissa Seelye, San Francisco
Participating Institutions/Members
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Statement of Purpose
The Publishing Interest Group endeavours 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 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.
The Publishing Interest Group’s goals for 2020-2021 include:
- Continue adding content to the CSU Open Journals Guide;
- Initiate sustainable, accountable LibGuides open review discussion sessions (LORDS) across CSU campuses;
- Explore additional means of supporting open access faculty journals;
- Create systemwide open access documentation, focused on AB 2192, ScholarWorks, and the Elsevier Science Direct read and publish-plus agreement;
- Begin developing documentation for student authors; and
- Continue exploring the potential for systemwide publishing initiatives.
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.
Current members include:
- Melissa Seelye (facilitator), San Francisco
- Mark Bilby, Fullerton
- Jaime Ding, SLO
- April Gilbert, San Jose
- Pam Kruger, Chico
- Alyssa Loera, Pomona
- Matt Martin, San Francisco
- David Morck, Northridge
- Kyle Morgan, Humboldt
- Dana Ospina, Dominguez Hills
- Rita Premo, Sonoma
- Marco Ruiz , Channel Islands
- Ryan Rush, Pomona
- David Walker, Systemwide Library Initiatives
Note: This charter was last revised by Melissa Seelye on October 7, 2020.