Publishing Interest Group

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 Digital Repositories Committee. 

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.

Membership

Publishing Interest Group membership is open to all CSU library employees. Leadership will be provided by :

• Chair–if the Vice Chair declines to assume the Chair role, self nominations will be solicited by the outgoing chair in the spring for the following fall. In the case of multiple self-nominations, the sitting committee will vote. If there are no self-nominations, chair responsibilities will be covered by the CSUCO for the year.
• Vice Chair–the vice chair will assist the chair with administrative responsibilities. The position will be filled by self-nomination. In the case of multiple self-nominations, the sitting committee will vote. While this position will have right of refusal to serve as Chair the following year, there is no requirement to assume the Chair role.
• Liaison to the Digital Repositories Committee (ex-officio) This role will be covered by either the Chair or the CSUCO Publishing Liaison, and will be determined annually

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.

2024-2025 membership:

• Dana Ospina, Chair, Dominguez Hills
• Kyle Morgan, Vice Chair, Humboldt
• Pam Kruger, Chico

• Matthew Martin, SFSU

• Sarah Godlin, Humboldt
• Michaela Bettez, Fullerton
• Michelle Shiota Compo Hemmer, Sacramento
• Kate Pham, East Bay
• Andrew Weiss, Northridge
• David Walker, Systemwide Library Initiatives

Note: The Statement of Purpose, Reporting Structure, and Scope of Work were last revised by Dana Ospina on September 9, 2024.