As
the scholarly publishing landscape heats up with more talk of
boycotts and Open Access mandates, research libraries
increasingly find themselves at a crossroads between
publishers and faculty -- and eagerly working to provide new
solutions to entrenched problems. The California Digital Library’s (CDL) latest foray into this space, on behalf of the
University of California system, focuses on supporting open
source publishing infrastructure through a major development
partnership with the Public Knowledge Project (PKP).
As
a result of this agreement, the CDL will assist with PKP’s
ongoing development and support of its open source software
suite — Open Journal Systems (OJS), Open Conference Systems
(OCS), and Open Harvester System (OHS), with Open Monograph
Press (OMP) due for release in the coming year.
Chuck
Eckman, Dean of Library Services at Simon Fraser University
stated: "The California Digital Library is widely recognized
for its record of innovation and leadership in the domain of
scholarly publishing and the SFU Library is thrilled at the
prospects this new collaborative venture creates for advancing
our shared scholarly communication goals." Laine Farley,
Executive Director of CDL, noted, “Not only are we extremely
pleased with the flexibility afforded by OJS, we are also
delighted to join this growing international community and
contribute to the future growth of this publishing solution.”
The
California Digital Library, in partnership with the University
of California campus libraries, supports and encourages open
access publishing initiatives within the UC system through its
eScholarship publishing and institutional repository platform.
eScholarship provides a suite of open access, scholarly
publishing services and research tools that enable
departments, research units, publishing programs, and
individual scholars associated with the University of
California to have direct control over the creation and
dissemination of the full range of their scholarship.
Home
to 45 peer-reviewed journals (http://escholarship.org/uc/search?smode=browse;browse-journal=aa),
eScholarship has recently transitioned to OJS as its journal
management and submission system and has integrated OJS with
its pre/post-print, books and working papers repository, which
contains more than 45,000 UC-affiliated publications.
John
Willinsky, Khosla Family Professor of Education at Stanford
University, Library Scholar in Residence and Professor
(Limited Term) in Publishing Studies at Simon Fraser
University, and founding Director of PKP stated: “Given the
leadership, innovation, and engagement shown by CDL in moving
scholarly communication into a digital era marked by a spirit
of greater openness and sharing aimed at the advancement of
learning, this partnership provides a wonderful opportunity
for PKP to further explore ways that faculty and librarians
can work together to make more of what we do more of a public
good.”
The
California Digital Library provides digital library
development and support for the University of California
libraries and the communities they serve. The CDL Publishing
Group delivers open access digital publication services to the
University of California academic community, supports
widespread distribution of UC research materials, and fosters
new models of scholarly publishing through the development and
application of advanced technologies. (For further information
contact Catherine Mitchell, director of CDL Publishing at
catherine.mitchell@ucop.edu
510.587.6132.)
PKP
is dedicated to improving the scholarly and public quality of
research. With more than 11,500 installations of Open Journal
Systems (OJS); Open Conference Systems (OCS); and Open
Harvester Systems (OHS) around the world, the Public Knowledge
Project (PKP) has proven that open source software can be a
game changer in scholarly publishing.
In
September 2011, PKP officially launched a major sustainability
campaign to ensure the continued development and enhancement
of its open source software suite and to provide better
support for the growing PKP user community. To find out more
about this initiative and how your site can become a PKP
sponsor visit the PKP Web site at
http://pkp.sfu.ca
_______________________________________________________________________________
Ellen Meltzer
Information Services Manager
University of California - California Digital
Library
415 20th Street
Oakland, CA 94612
510.987.9214
3706)
