Library as Publisher: the ideas and experiences
of National Taiwan Normal University
Joyce Chao-chen Chen
Professor & University Librarian
National Taiwan Normal University
Nov. 8, 2012
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Outlines
• The Challenges of Academic Libraries
• The Change of NTNU Library
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Redefine the mission of NTNU Library
Prove the value of NTNU Library
Reorganize NTNU Library
Improve the competence of staffs
• The trend of library-based publishing services
• The publishing services of NTNU Library
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The Challenges of Academic Libraries
• A large number of open and free
information
• Rapid change of Internet and digital
technology
• Less funding
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2012 Top ten trends of academic libraries
-- ACRL Research Planning and Review Committee
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Communicating value
Data curation
Digital preservation
Higher education
Information technology
Mobile environments
Patron driven e-book acquisition
Scholarly communication
Staffing
User behaviors and expectations
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Scholarly communication
• New scholarly communication and
publishing models are developing at an
ever-faster pace, requiring libraries to be
actively involved or be left behind.
– 2012 top ten trends in academic libraries: a review of the trends and issues
affecting academic libraries in higher education.
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Scholarly communication
• A 2010 survey of member institutions of ARL, the Oberlin Group and
the University Libraries Group found that approximately half of the
respondents had or were developing library publishing services.
• Three quarters published journals, while half published monographs
and/or conference proceedings.
• The libraries commonly provided digital repository services, author
copyright advice, digitization services, and management of research
datasets, as well as metadata creation, cataloging, and digital
preservation.
• Academic libraries were less likely to provide traditional publishing
services – peer review management, editing, typesetting, design
and marketing – that faculty authors at a recent THATCamp
publishing forum identified as important.
– 2012 top ten trends in academic libraries: a review of the trends and issues
affecting academic libraries in higher education.
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The Changes of NTNU Library
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Redefine the mission
Prove the library’s value by ROI
Reorganization
Hire new personnel and retraining the existing staff
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New departments or new jobs of library
• New departments
– Department of University History Management
– Publishing Center
• publishing services
• gift design and marketing
• New jobs
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OCW
IR
Digital archives
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The trend of library-based publishing
services
• More than 80% of ARL libraries offer or plan to offer
publishing services
– Charles Watkinson et. al. Library Publishing Services: Strategies for Success.
Purdue e-Pubs, 2012
• Shake up the scholarly communication system
• Most are open access
• Lack of adequate staffing and don’t have full time
employee dedicated to publishing
• Most plan to expand cost recovery mechanisms moving
forward.
– Timothy S. Deliyannides. Incentivizing open access: the library as publisher.
SPARC Open Access Meeting, Kansas City, March 11-13, 2012
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Why we provide
publishing services?
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We would like…
• Move from the end of a publishing and distribution chain
to somewhere closer to the scholars/creator
• Branding University
• Establish trusted repositories for the research output of
the University
• Provide services that scholars understand, need and
value
– Timothy S. Deliyannides. Incentivizing open access: the library as publisher.
SPARC Open Access Meeting, Kansas City, March 11-13, 2012
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Scholarly communication
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Research
preservation
Acquiring &
circulation
Review
Publishing
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Library as Publisher
• Non profit publishing
• For profit publishing
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Library as Publisher—non profit
• Institution Repository
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Academic Journals
Thesis and dissertation
OpenCourseWare
Lectures and Speech
University historical document, manuscripts…
• Curator + publishing + gifts design and marketing
• Journal Publishing Platform
– Open Journal System
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Library as publisher—for profit
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Publishing Academic books
Publishing students’ works
Peer Review
Book Marketing
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Other services
• ISBN, ISSN, GPN registration
• Order textbooks for students
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What do we publish?
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We Publish…
• Works of scholars/students
– Personal works
– Cooperated works
• Conference proceedings
• Planed by university press
• Works of literary award
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Types of publication
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monographs
proceedings
textbooks, teaching materials
created works by faculty/students: Popular
books, Picture books
• audio and video, multimedia works
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How do we publish?
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Collaborate with
commercial publishers
• Publishing center
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Collect the draft works of scholars/students
Call the publishing committee meeting
Peer review management
Check and approve the typesetting version
Copyright management
• Collaborated publishers
– typesetting
– Printing (POD) and e-publishing
– E & P version Marketing
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Co-publishing model
教師/學生
Scholar/
students
Co-publishing
商業出版社 Commercial
publisher
University 大學出版社
press
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2010～2012 cover pages design
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Help to get the peers’ review
• 協助教師取得嚴謹之專書出版審查證明
收件日期
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著作名稱
第二語言課室研究
臺海兩岸焦循文獻考察與學術研究
易學思想與時代易學論文集
臺灣師大鎮館之寶：翁方綱手批杜詩稿本校譯
品德教育與校園營造
漢語篇章分析與教學應用
中國大陸主權財富基金發展的政治經濟分析
中國大陸僑務政策與工作體系之研究
大陸觀光客來台對兩岸關係影響的政治經濟分析
對比分析與教學應用
明末清初才子佳人小說敘事研究
「演義」-明代四大奇書敘事研究
宋代老子學詮釋的義理向度
臺灣作曲家「鋼琴協奏曲」之統整與分析
從「協奏曲」的沿革論《犁之翼》與《南島之音》的創作觀
跨國移動的困境：美國華日兩族的族群關係，1885-1937
裨海紀遊校釋
低眉集：臺灣文學／翻譯、遊記與書評
足音集：文學記憶‧紀行‧電影
突破閱讀困難的另一種模式─挪威的閱讀困難補救系統
老師，你可以這樣帶班
行旅‧地誌‧社會記憶─王士性紀遊書寫探論
Peer reviewing
22 academic
books in 2012
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OJS of NTNU
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2011～2012 e-books
系列名稱
成果
科普系列
《當數學遇見文化》
師大藝術家系列
《「臺灣頌‧泰然情」蕭泰然特展專輯》
《歲月悠悠‧焠鍊百年風華的藝術家－陳慧坤》
《版畫人生-廖修平教授藝術創作特展專輯》
《走入師大 遇見高行健》特展電子書
古騰堡經典系列
已完成103本E-pub格式之電子書
特展系列
《臺北高等學校創立90週年紀念系列活動─白線帽的青春》
特展電子書
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NTNU University Press app
Android Market
Apple Store
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NTNU University Press app
App
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2011 Taipei International Book Exhibition
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2012 Taipei International Book
Exhibition
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Small book store
微書店
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E-Shop
http://eshop.ntnu.edu.tw/
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Conclusion
• Enlarge the library professional territory
• Librarians more deeply understand scholarly
communication and help to improve the quality of research
products
• More interaction with scholars/students
• Preserving the academic publications
• Provide more open access publications
• Branding University
• Library become the culture center of the university.
• Library also is the university press.
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Thank you and
Welcome any comments
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