4.4 Publishing

This full blown library publishing model is a logical combination of 4.2 and 4.3. In addition to the points in section 4.3, libraries should consider the following if venturing into library publishing:

  • Providing platform training
  • Providing initial set-up assistance
  • Providing technical and clerical support
  • Creation of journal websites
  • Migration of older content
  • Digitization of print content, if applicable
  • Article layout
  • Copy editing
  • Creation of metadata
  • Registration in discovery systems
  • Adoption of key standards, e.g. DOIs, ISSNs, OAI-PMH
  • Marketing
  • Preservation

There is a clear blurring of lines between the library as journal host and a library as publisher, for example York Digital Journals describes itself as a hosting platform only, using a similar model to HighWire Press at Stanford University – this was after consultation with legal counsel – however, much of what the York initiative describes is an outline of journal publishing.

4.1. The new university presses
4.2 Hosting
4.3 Librarian expertise
4.4 Publishing
4.5 Challenges
4.6 Sustainability

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