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University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Copyright, Fair Use, Scholarly Communication, etc. Libraries at University of Nebraska-Lincoln 6-6-2017 Changing Publishing Ecologies: A Landscape Study of New University Presses and Academic- Led Publishing: A Report to JISC Janneke Adema Coventry University, [email protected] Graham Stone JISC, [email protected] Chris Keene JISC, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/scholcom Part of the Book and Paper Commons, Intellectual Property Law Commons, Interdisciplinary Arts and Media Commons, Modern Literature Commons, Reading and Language Commons, Scholarly Communication Commons, and the Scholarly Publishing Commons Adema, Janneke; Stone, Graham; and Keene, Chris, "Changing Publishing Ecologies: A Landscape Study of New University Presses and Academic-Led Publishing: A Report to JISC" (2017). 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Changing publishing ecologies A landscape study of new university presses and academic-led publishing A report to Jisc by Janneke Adema and Graham Stone, with an introduction by Chris Keene © Jisc Published under the CC BY 4.0 licence creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Changing publishing ecologies A landscape study of new university presses and academic-led publishing Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................... 3 1.1 Background ...................................................................................................................................................4 1.2 Aims and objectives ...................................................................................................................................... 5 2.0 Literature review ............................................................................................................................................ 6 2.1 Setting the scene: university presses ........................................................................................................... 6 2.2 Open access presses ..................................................................................................................................... 7 2.3 Institutinal repositories as ‘publishers’ .......................................................................................................... 7 2.4 The library as publisher .................................................................................................................................8 2.5 Publishing services ....................................................................................................................................... 9 2.6 Developing a library publishing network ...................................................................................................... 9 2.7 Journal publishing ....................................................................................................................................... 10 2.8 Monograph publishing ................................................................................................................................ 10 2.9 Academic-led presses ................................................................................................................................. 11 3.0 Methodology ................................................................................................................................................. 13 4.0 New University Presses: results and evaluation .......................................................................................... 14 4.1 Section A. Opening questions ..................................................................................................................... 15 4.2 Section B. Established New University Presses ........................................................................................... 17 4.3 Section C. Planned New University Presses ................................................................................................ 30 4.4 Section D. Closing questions ....................................................................................................................... 38 5.0 Academic-Led Presses: results and evaluation ............................................................................................ 42 5.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................ 42 5.2 Part 1. Background, motivations and goals ................................................................................................. 43 5.3 Part 2. Overview of your press.....................................................................................................................49 5.4 Support required ......................................................................................................................................... 65 6.0 Recommendations ........................................................................................................................................ 77 6.1 Introduction: support for the sector ............................................................................................................ 77 6.2 Shared publishing platform ........................................................................................................................ 79 6.3 Best practice toolkit .................................................................................................................................... 79 7.0 References .................................................................................................................................................... 81 Appendix 1. NUP survey questions ................................................................................................................... 86 Appendix 2. ALP interview protocol ................................................................................................................. 96 Appendix 3. Short descriptions of Academic-Led Presses ................................................................................ 98 Appendix 4. Existing New University Presses .................................................................................................. 101 2 Changing publishing ecologies A landscape study of new university presses and academic-led publishing Introduction A new wave of university presses is emerging. Common characteristics are that they are open access (OA), digital first, library-based, and they often offer a smaller set of services than a traditional publisher, blurring the line between publisher and platform. In tandem, a small but notable number of academics and researchers have set up their own publishing initiatives, often demonstrating an innovative or unique approach either in workflow, peer review, technology or business model. These new publishing initiatives have a potentially disruptive effect on the scholarly communication environment, providing new avenues for the dissemination of research outputs and acting as pathfinders for the evolution of academic publishing and the scholarly record. In this report, we have captured the current landscape of new university presses (NUPs) and academic-led presses (ALPs) emerging within the UK. Taking different approaches for these two types of press we have captured the take-up, reasoning and characteristics of these initiatives, as well as future plans. The report concludes with a series of recommendations to help support and foster new developments in this space, to share best practice and collaboration and to identify the tools and services that will facilitate further innovation. Jisc supports universities and researchers in the provision of new digital services and innovation. We will work with the community and stakeholders to decide how we can take forward some of the recommendations listed in this report for the benefit of our members and the research community. 3 Changing publishing ecologies A landscape study of new university presses and academic-led publishing 1.1 Background In 2014, Jisc published the national monograph strategy1, setting out a high-level roadmap to support the future of the monograph. The roadmap called for experimentation around platforms and business models. Likewise, the OAPEN-UK project final report highlighted that: “Experimentation and change will be a feature of the open access monographs environment for some time. It is important that stakeholders understand how their innovations play out in practice, to inform future development." New university presses and scholarly publishing in the library are increasingly playing an important role in the shift of scholarly communications. The US-based Library Publishing Coalition defines these new library-led presses as a “set of activities led by college and university libraries to support the creation, dissemination, and curation of scholarly, creative,