Scholarly Communications:
New Directions for the
University Libraries
and Penn State Press
Nancy L. Eaton, Dean
University Libraries and Scholarly Communications
The Pennsylvania State University
October 20, 2006
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A New Partnership
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University Libraries
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Penn State Press
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Office of Digital Scholarly Publishing
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The Landscape
Penn State
Press
ODSP
University
Libraries
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Penn State Press
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Traditional publications in the arts,
humanities, & social sciences
Journals with Project Muse
Participation in Google Publishers
Program
Editorial expertise
Marketing expertise
Faculty relationships & trust
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University Libraries
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Digitization of existing collections
Licensed e-content
Integration of e-content into courseware
and library instruction
IT Infrastructure
Subject specialists
Faculty relationships & trust
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Services
Network Access
Depositing Content
Documentation
Search
Engines
Metadata & Cataloging
Applications
Repositories
Browsers
SIRSI
DPubS
Standards for Input
Authoring/Publishing
OCLC
ContentDM
DSpace
Architecture
Security
Google
Olive DLXS
SodaPop
Fedora
Storage
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New ODSP Publishing Ventures
using DPubS
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Romance Studies (all electronic monographic series;
international editorial board, local project team, manuscripts in
process)
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*Pennsylvania History (Pennsylvania Historical Association; 5
year moving wall for online issues)
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PA Magazine of History and Biography (Historical Society of
PA; new issues on line, no moving wall)
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*Western PA History (Historical Society of Western
Pennsylvania) 1918-2001.
*Contracts pending.
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Publishing Ventures, Cont.
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New Journals (Under discussion w/faculty)
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Journal of Nutrition Education
Journal of Information Markets
Conference Proceedings
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*WEPAN (Women in Engineering Programs and
Advocate Network)
PSU Family Issues Symposia (Under discussion)
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Publishing Ventures, Cont.
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Reprint Series (Joint imprint: Libraries &
Press)
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Metalmark Books
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Pennsylvania Mountain Stories (April, 05)
4 more pending
Print on demand
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Business Models?
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Hybrid model at Penn State
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All commercial (sales & subscriptions)
Rolling wall for free back volumes online, new
issues subscription-based
Free online, several pages can be printed online,
print on demand for entire volume or issue
Proceedings: arrangement with sponsoring
organization, print on demand after conference
Open access and print capability online
Cost-sharing and revenue-sharing between
University Libraries and Press
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Contact information
Nancy L. Eaton
Dean of University Libraries and Scholarly
Communications, Penn State
neaton@psu.edu
http://www.libraries.psu.edu
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