Quantifying the value of a
University electronic press
Maureen Sullivan
Director Information Management
Information Services
Griffith University
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Changing political economy of publishing
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Division of Information Services
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Information Management
Records and
Digitisation
Resource
Strategy
Services
Content and
Discovery
Services
Providing leadership in
the management of
information to ensure
its contribution to the
broader university
experience.
IM
Policy
Information
Management
Portfolio
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Director
Information
Management
Manager
Corporate Records
and Digitisation
Manager Scholarly
Resource Services
Manager Content
and Discovery
Information Policy
Officer
Records and
Digitisation Team
Acquisitions Team
Enabling
Technologies Team
Business Enabling
Team
Vendor Services
Team
Off-Air Recording
Officer
Griffith Archive
Scholarly
Publications Team
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Current Journal titles
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Resourcing and service model
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ePress Activities and
responsibilities
Scholarly Resource Services – journal content
set-up
Content and Discovery – technical set-up;
indexing
Information
Management
Blue = INS
responsibilities
Yellow = Faculty
responsibilities
Faculty =
Content
Owner
Nominate an owner
Undertake all content publication
activities
Griffith ePress
Library
and
Learning
Services
Enterprise
Information
Systems
Scholarly Publishing Advice
Promotion of service
Manage servers
Manage DNS records for custom domains
Upgrades and fixes
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Case study methods
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Results
26% of eligible articles published by the ePress
between 2010 and 2013 were claimable by
Griffith University as part of HERDC.
19% of eligible articles published by the ePress
between 2010 and 2013 were claimable by
Griffith University as part of ERA.
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Case Study - learnings
• More difficult than originally thought to
get quality data
• Data specific to our local context
• Defining the criteria of the case study
• Accountability
• Sustainability
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Total cost of ownership
Griffith ePress cost of $2,285 puts it as less than a per
library subscription cost but more than an average APC
cost.
Other benefits:
• the support of niche research and teaching fields;
• the provision of a platform for early career academics
and students to enter the scholarly communication
environment; and
• the positive contribution to Griffith’s performance in
research assessment exercises.
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Measuring success
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Future
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Questions
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