University of Huddersfield Repository Stone, Graham Developing a Sustainable Publishing Model for a University Press: A Case Study of the University of Huddersfield, 2011-2015 Original Citation Stone, Graham (2017) Developing a Sustainable Publishing Model for a University Press: A Case Study of the University of Huddersfield, 2011-2015. Doctoral thesis, University of Huddersfield. This version is available at http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/33791/ The University Repository is a digital collection of the research output of the University, available on Open Access. Copyright and Moral Rights for the items on this site are retained by the individual author and/or other copyright owners. 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For more information, including our policy and submission procedure, please contact the Repository Team at: [email protected]. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/ DEVELOPING A SUSTAINABLE PUBLISHING MODEL FOR A UNIVERSITY PRESS: A CASE STUDY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD, 2011-2015 GRAHAM STONE A thesis submitted to the University of Huddersfield In partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Enterprise The University of Huddersfield May 2017 Table of Contents FIGURES AND TABLES ................................................................................................................. 14 COPYRIGHT STATEMENT ............................................................................................................ 16 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .............................................................................................................. 17 ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS .............................................................................................. 18 ABSTRACT .................................................................................................................................. 21 CHAPTER 1. SETTING THE SCENE ................................................................................................. 22 1.0 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................... 22 1.1 UNIVERSITY PRESSES AND THE DIGITAL LANDSCAPE ........................................................................... 23 1.2 MOTIVATION FOR THE STUDY ........................................................................................................ 25 1.3 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY ........................................................................................................ 26 1.3.1 The Open Access Movement and the changing landscape of UK funder policy .............. 26 1.3.2 Research strategy and open access at the University of Huddersfield ........................... 28 1.3.3 The University of Huddersfield Press ............................................................................... 29 1.3.4 The University of Huddersfield repository ....................................................................... 30 1.4 FOCUS OF THE STUDY ................................................................................................................... 30 1.4.1 Research questions and aims .......................................................................................... 31 1.4.2 Purpose and scope........................................................................................................... 32 1.5 METHODOLOGY .......................................................................................................................... 32 1.5.1 Research Philosophy ........................................................................................................ 33 1.6 SUMMARY AND STRUCTURE OF THESIS ............................................................................................ 37 1.6.1 Chapter 2. Understanding today’s publishing environment ........................................... 38 1.6.2 Chapter 3. University of Huddersfield Press Monographs .............................................. 38 1.6.3 Chapter 4. University of Huddersfield Press Journals ...................................................... 38 1.6.4 Chapter 5. Fields, the University of Huddersfield’s student research journal ................. 39 1.6.5 Chapter 6. Huddersfield Contemporary Records (HCR) ................................................... 39 1.6.6 Chapter 7. Discussion and analysis ................................................................................. 39 2 1.6.7 Substantive appendices ................................................................................................... 39 1.7 CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................. 41 CHAPTER 2. UNDERSTANDING TODAY’S PUBLISHING ENVIRONMENT .......................................... 42 2.0 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................... 42 2.1 SETTING THE SCENE: UNIVERSITY PRESSES ........................................................................................ 42 2.1.1 The rise of the Open Access Movement .......................................................................... 44 2.1.2 The role of repositories as ‘publishers’ ............................................................................ 46 2.2 LIBRARY AS PUBLISHER ................................................................................................................. 48 2.2.1 Publishing services ........................................................................................................... 50 2.2.2 Publishing across different disciplines ............................................................................. 51 2.2.3 Developing a library publishing network ......................................................................... 51 2.2.4 Growth of library publishers in Australia ........................................................................ 52 2.3 LIBRARY AS JOURNAL PUBLISHER .................................................................................................... 53 2.3.1 Hosting ............................................................................................................................ 54 2.3.2 Librarian expertise ........................................................................................................... 55 2.3.3 Publishing ........................................................................................................................ 57 2.4 LIBRARY AS SCHOLARLY MONOGRAPH PUBLISHER ............................................................................. 59 2.4.1 The ‘monograph crisis’ .................................................................................................... 59 2.4.2 What are the benefits of publishing open access monographs? .................................... 61 2.4.3 Transition from print to electronic (open access) formats .............................................. 61 2.5 DISSEMINATION AND DISCOVERY ................................................................................................... 63 2.6 BUSINESS MODELS....................................................................................................................... 65 2.6.1 Journal models ................................................................................................................ 65 2.6.2 Monograph business models........................................................................................... 66 2.6.3 Sustainability ................................................................................................................... 67 2.7 CHANGES TO AUTHOR ATTITUDES................................................................................................... 68 2.8 CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................. 69 CHAPTER 3 UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD PRESS MONOGRAPHS .............................................. 70 3 3.0 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................... 70 3.1 BACKGROUND ............................................................................................................................ 70 3.1.1 What do we mean by a ‘monograph’? ............................................................................ 70 3.2 OPEN ACCESS BUSINESS MODELS FOR MONOGRAPHS ........................................................................ 71 3.2.1 The costs of open access monographs ............................................................................ 74 3.3 UNIVERSITY PRESS MONOGRAPH PUBLICATIONS .............................................................................. 76 3.3.1 Publisher pays.................................................................................................................. 76 3.3.2 Author/Institute/Funder pays ........................................................................................