Watch out, it's behind you: publishers' tactics and the challenge they pose for librarians
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The document discusses the evolving role of publishers and the challenges they pose for librarians, particularly in the context of academic libraries and scholarly communications. It highlights how publishers offer a range of services that extend beyond traditional publishing, including training and career support, which can disadvantage libraries if they do not adapt. The document calls for librarians to engage actively with researchers and improve their visibility and services to remain relevant in the academic landscape.
Watch out, it's behind you: publishers' tactics and the challenge they pose for librarians
- 1. Watch out, it's behind you: publishers' tactics and the challenge they pose for librarians libraries@cambridge conference 7th January 2016 Sally Rumsey Head of Scholarly Communications & RDM, Bodleian Libraries Danny Kingsley Head of Scholarly Communication, Cambridge University Libraries
- 2. Lorcan Dempsey http://www.slideshare.net/lisld/alctssymposium Changing roles of libraries
- 5. What do you think publishers do? • What services do they provide for academics? • What services do they provide for universities? • What services do they provide for academic libraries? • What value-added services do they provide above and beyond what could be considered traditional ‘publishing?’ ACTION: Talk to your neighbour and give us your suggestions
- 6. Audience response • Distribution • Marketing • Copyright – divide the copyright for the universities (or perhaps assume) • Partnership • Design • Provide us with records • Print materials • eBooks and eJournal platforms • Recognition for academics • Publish our research • Facilitate peer review for journals
- 7. What publishers actually do • Things that you might expect… • …delivered with a strong publisher perspective • Surprising offerings from publishers
- 9. Lifecycle of publishing Idea formation Obtaining funding Research and writing Submission Peer review Revision/possible resubmission Acceptance of work Production and publication Dissemination and archiving
- 10. Unexpected services Training and advice
- 11. • As you might expect - advice on how to publish • Incorporating Elsevier content and online services • Offering students services to improve their skills and career opportunities • Providing services traditionally offered by careers offices, librarians, supervisors and others Elsevier - targeting individuals
- 12. More than just producing scholarly publications https://www.publishingcampus.elsevier.com/
- 13. Rewards - certificates from Elsevier signed by the Managing Directors
- 17. Wiley - targeting institutions Training for online teaching student retention: • Offering institutions training for their lecturing community in online teaching skills (online programme development) • “In addition to helping you design and develop courses and programs, Wiley helps you evaluate them” • Student recruitment and retention
- 19. http://wileyedsolutions.com/learning-solutions Based on cognitive science, WileyPLUS is now available with ORION to provide students with a personal, adaptive learning experience that helps students build proficiency on content topics while using their study time most effectively. WileyPLUS builds students’ confidence because it takes the guesswork out of studying by providing a clear roadmap; what to do, how to do it, if they did it right. With WileyPLUS, students take more initiative so you’ll have a greater impact.
- 20. Wiley Retention Services and Systems Include: A 24/7 Personal Support Center (PSC) dedicated to your online students Committed full-time PSC representatives trained in addressing online student needs PSC representatives who serve as trusted liaisons between students, faculty, administrators and recruiters to support enrollment and increase retention A 24/7 Technical Help Desk that provides your students with “anytime, anywhere” online convenience, course management and technical assistance A cutting-edge online and campus-wide Customer Relationship Management system, Wiley Student Relationship Platform™, to enable enhanced interactions with your students By providing student-focused services as well as answers and guidance, distance learners are able to develop a stronger student/school relationship. So your students will not only get the information they need when they need it, they will be assisted by skilled professionals who will represent your institution. http://wileyedsolutions.com/services/student-retention-services Wiley student retention services
- 22. Problematic open access services Example: some publishers extended embargoes in response to OA policies forcing payment for gold OA for compliance
- 24. Obfuscating the language http://exchanges.wiley.com/medialibrary/2 015/02/19/abb15324/General%20Complian ce%20Map%20-%20Green.pdf Conflation of ‘deposit’ with ‘making available’
- 25. When is a web page not a web page? https://www.elsevier.com/about/company- information/policies/sharing
- 26. Wiley aren’t mentioning self-archiving … funny that http://rossmounce.co.uk/2013/03/12/wiley-arent- mentioning-self-archiving-funny-that/
- 27. Wiley aren’t mentioning self-archiving … funny that http://rossmounce.co.uk/2013/03/12/wiley-arent-mentioning-self-archiving-
- 28. http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/juliet/index.php Longstanding service - provided by Jisc/RLUK
- 29. Service provided by Wiley
- 30. • By country • No search • Need to know the country of funder • Why duplicate SHERPA/Juliet? “Please note that this page is being updated regularly and not all institutions/funders may be represented. We strive to ensure that all information is correct and up-to-date, so if you notice anything is missing or incorrect, please contact us at [email protected].” Wiley still developing the service
- 31. Adds info about Wiley OA account to encourage gold uptake Duplicate ROAR Registry of Open Access Repositories?
- 32. Platform ownership Nature - Connotea (which closed) Elsevier - Mendeley (now with Mendeley Data) Elsevier - PURE Figshare - owned by Digital Science (owned by MacMillan)
- 33. ResearchGate - a force to be reckoned with According to unpublished research: ● ResearchGate have 7 million users. The world estimate of researchers is 8 million ● ResearchGate is fast reaching and will soon overtake Google Scholar as a platform used by researchers ● 61% of researchers say half or more of their articles are on ResearchGate ● Articles are available to users who are not logged in ● Aggressive marketing strategy to the research community
- 34. On reading an article...
- 35. IRs are minnows in the big picture Monitoring the Transition to Open Access A report for the Universities UK Open Access Co-ordination Group August 2015 (p36) http://www.researchinfonet.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Full- report-FINAL-AS-PUBLISHED.pdf
- 36. Control More than 50% of 2013 papers were published with only five publishers Larivière V, Haustein S, Mongeon P (2015) The Oligopoly of Academic Publishers in the Digital Era. PLoS ONE 10(6): e0127502. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0127502
- 37. Control of: • content • access (eg: Sharing restrictions eg: STM Principles*) • cost/payments (refusing to negotiate offset charges, APCs) • metrics (control of downloads) • platforms • new services • training and advice *http://www.stm-assoc.org/2015_06_08_Voluntary_principles_for_article_sharing_on_scholarly_collaboration_networks.pdf
- 38. It’s about download counts
- 39. Open Access
- 40. Re-Tweet?
- 41. Not Open Access
- 42. Hosting Articles in Institutional Repositories http://www.elsevier.com/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/84787/Hosting_Flyer.pdf
- 43. This can be seen as a threat or an opportunity “In the digital-world supply chain, where the internet, and not the library, has become the first point of departure for researchers, libraries have been disintermediated, cut out not only of the distribution link in the supply chain but also of establishing what is trustworthy.” http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2015/12/16/the-knowledge- supply-chain-in-the-internet-age-who-decides-what-information- is-trustworthy/
- 44. Threats? • Researchers have always had a direct relationship with publishing through peer review and editing. • Publishers are circumnavigating the library and approaching researchers directly with helpful advice and services • If librarians don’t take an active role, then there won’t be a role at all in the future for them. • To paraphrase Richard Poynder – Will it mean that the OA revolution that they helped to engineer develops in the way they envisaged? – Would it create a system of scholarly communication fit for the 21st Century? – http://richardpoynder.co.uk/Tracz_Interview.pdf
- 45. Opportunities for Libraries and librarians • Within the library community: – Highly skilled and knowledgeable workforce – Network of departmental contacts – Continually evolving in response to requirements • This means that libraries are capable of providing many of the services that publishers are offering. • There is clearly a need for this.
- 46. An example of library research support Research Publications Adviser University of Reading Salary: £28,695 to £37,394 per annum Hours: Full time Contract: Permanent Closes: 15th October 2015 This is an exciting opportunity to join the University of Reading Library ... to provide advice for research publications in the University. You will be ..., leading on the understanding of publication practices and citation patterns in the University. You will liaise with researchers across the University, advising them on all aspects of research publication and in the use of research intelligence tools, and developing and delivering any required training and documentation. You will have: A good first degree (honours) or equivalent, and a postgraduate qualification in librarianship or publishing, OR PhD in a relevant academic discipline Knowledge of publications and citations analysis Excellent oral and written communication skills Strong interpersonal skills Experience of working in a relevant library/publishing/higher education environment The ability to prioritise and manage your work effectively Contact role: Head of Collections and Space
- 47. Thanks for listening - time for discussion Discuss the changing library environment with your neighbour, and identify opportunities open to libraries and librarians Sally Rumsey, Head of Scholarly Communications & RDM, Bodleian Libraries - [email protected] Danny Kingsley, Head of Scholarly Communication, Cambridge University Libraries - [email protected]
- 48. Suggestions from audience • Improving relationship with the Faculty – not currently talking about these issues. Regular item on the agenda with faculty meetings. • Having the time to be an Ambassador – allowing the time within the work day to talk to researchers more • Publishers are like Tesco – a one stop shop. So if library doesn’t have a high enough profile why would they come to us? • College librarians need to identify people who don’t have departments so we can’t assume their actually librarians will look after the. A real role for them. • Understanding where our researchers publish – with whom and also understand the publishing process. • Start early, Scholarly Communication depts. providing library staff with material for training and information • This is community reacting to what a publisher does. We need to be proactive – use the licenses that are now available. We need to use the legal tools. Contracts from the University that are to our advantage • Blame is laid at publishers on the current state of affairs – the academic community didn’t get their act together early in the digital age and we are now in a position that is behind. Developments should come from the academic community. Leapfrog and look where we see this going.