From: Catherine Mitchell <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 18:19:00 +0000
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
[log in to unmask] 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
Oakland, CA 94612
510.987.9214
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