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Cambridge Journals 2022-2024 Open Access Publishing: Information for Authors

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“OhioLINK is embarking upon an agreement with Cambridge University Press with two major benefits for students and faculty at institutions of higher education in Ohio.  This deal provides expanded access to important published research from Cambridge University Press and is the first such “Read & Publish” deal with an open access publishing component for OhioLINK. 

Starting January 1, 2022, students, faculty, and staff at most OhioLINK member institutions will  have access to current articles published in all 400+ journals published by Cambridge University Press. An important new component of this agreement is the ability for authors at OhioLINK member institutions to publish open access (OA) journal articles at Cambridge University Press-published journals at no additional charge to either the author or the institution.”

Scholarly Communication & Copyright Librarian

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“Working as a team member while demonstrating significant individual initiative, the Scholarly Communication and Copyright Librarian (SCCL) is the primary contributor to and strategist in the library’s efforts to transform scholarly communication in ways that benefit [Case Western Reserve University] and the broader environment for teaching, research, and scholarship. The Scholarly Communication and Copyright Librarian is responsible for managing a balanced portfolio of three key activities: (1) open access policy and strategy development; (2) open access, publishing, and copyright consultation and advising; and (3) education and advocacy to advance the university’s and the library’s missions as they relate to scholarly communication, open access, and copyright. Reports to the Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship Team Leader.”

The Ohio State University Applicant Portal | Program Assistant

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“The Ohio State University Libraries publishes and hosts Open Access journals, archives the research and scholarship of campus partners, and promotes the open sharing of scholarly works created by Ohio State faculty, staff, and students. The Production Assistant for Publishing Services reports to the Production Services Coordinator and helps support the dissemination of research, scholarship, and creative expression in alignment with the Libraries strategic directions. The Production Assistant for Publishing Services consistently demonstrates commitment to our values and promotes an organizational culture of Discovery, Connection, Equity, Integrity, and Stewardship (https://library.osu.edu/strategic-directions) as well as dedication to advance the work of Publishing and Repository Services. The Production Assistant for Publishing Services assists with established production services for Open Access publishing in the Libraries and performs production work for publishing services across multiple software platforms (e.g. DSpace, Open Journal Systems, WordPress), on multiple simultaneous projects. The Publishing and Repository Services unit includes a team of one librarian, three staff members, and student employees. The position requires attention to detail, sound judgment and decision making, and knowledge of related and applicable software programs. Specific responsibilities include: perform production tasks including layout editing, data input, and DOI registration; design, implement, and document workflows for multiple concurrent production projects; monitor and ensure the quality of data input; provide publishing software technical support for editors and creators of digital content; track projects in project database; schedule and supervise the production work of student assistants; all other duties as assigned….”

Job Posting: Digital Access and Licensing Analyst | Libraries News and Information

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“The Ohio State University Libraries seeks an innovative and analytical person to fill the position of Digital Access and Licensing Analyst. The person in this position will be an integral part of the Electronic Resources Management team and will focus on supporting accessibility of Libraries’ purchased electronic resources….”

Faculty Fellow for Transforming the Scholarly Publishing Economy | Ohio State University Libraries

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“University Libraries seeks expressions of interest in working with University Libraries as The Faculty Fellow for Transforming the Scholarly Publishing Economy. This one-year, 25-50 percent appointment (negotiable) will be effective January 2, 2020. The position is open to tenured associate professors and professors.

The Faculty Fellow for Transforming the Scholarly Publishing Economy reports to the Associate Director for Content and Access and works closely with the Libraries Scholarly Sharing Program Area and Collections Strategy to accelerate the Libraries’ strategic work to transform the scholarly publishing economy. The faculty fellow attends Libraries’ leadership meetings and publisher negotiations, engages with consortial (BTAA and OhioLINK) and Ohio State campus partners, and participates in national conversations on the changing landscape of scholarly publishing.

The fellow must have a demonstrated record of engagement with scholarly publishing (e.g. editorships, editorial board experience, scholar society leadership) and experience working with faculty across the university such as through college or university level service….”

Faculty Fellow for Transforming the Scholarly Publishing Economy | Ohio State University Libraries

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“University Libraries seeks expressions of interest in working with University Libraries as The Faculty Fellow for Transforming the Scholarly Publishing Economy. This one-year, 25-50 percent appointment (negotiable) will be effective January 2, 2020. The position is open to tenured associate professors and professors.

The Faculty Fellow for Transforming the Scholarly Publishing Economy reports to the Associate Director for Content and Access and works closely with the Libraries Scholarly Sharing Program Area and Collections Strategy to accelerate the Libraries’ strategic work to transform the scholarly publishing economy. The faculty fellow attends Libraries’ leadership meetings and publisher negotiations, engages with consortial (BTAA and OhioLINK) and Ohio State campus partners, and participates in national conversations on the changing landscape of scholarly publishing.

The fellow must have a demonstrated record of engagement with scholarly publishing (e.g. editorships, editorial board experience, scholar society leadership) and experience working with faculty across the university such as through college or university level service….”

Digital Initiatives and Scholarly Communication Librarian

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“Wright State University Libraries seeks a full-time Digital Initiatives and Scholarly Communication Librarian. This position will advance the University Libraries’ scholarly communications efforts and is responsible for metadata creation and associated authority and quality control and other duties associated with enhancing discovery, access, and delivery of content through our institutional repository, CORE Scholar. This work supports research, innovation, scholarship, and creative activities at Wright State University….”

Digital Initiatives and Scholarly Communication Librarian

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“Wright State University Libraries seeks a full-time Digital Initiatives and Scholarly Communication Librarian. This position will advance the University Libraries’ scholarly communications efforts and is responsible for metadata creation and associated authority and quality control and other duties associated with enhancing discovery, access, and delivery of content through our institutional repository, CORE Scholar. This work supports research, innovation, scholarship, and creative activities at Wright State University….”

Guest Post: Evaluating Open Access in a Consortial Context – The Scholarly Kitchen

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“OhioLINK has 188 member libraries from 89 higher education institutions plus the State Library of Ohio: 16 public universities, 51 independent university and college libraries, 23 two-year college libraries, 16 regional campus libraries, 8 law school libraries, and 5 medical school libraries. Membership includes three R1 institutions, five ARL libraries, and the Cleveland Clinic. Given the makeup of the institutional membership, sometimes OhioLINK can serve as a microcosm of the U.S. higher educational library market as a whole. (For an OhioLINK-specific analysis of institutional type and library alignment within the context of the University Futures, Library Futures OCLC Research/Ithaka S+R research report, see Constance Malpas’ presentation “University Futures, Library Futures: institutional and library directions in OhioLINK.”)

These are OhioLINK publishing and usage figures for one major STEM publisher in 2018. OhioLINK institutions published approximately 1,000 articles in the 900+ titles for which OhioLINK had a subscription. “Publish” activity from OhioLINK researchers accounted for about 0.4% of the total articles for which members had subscription access. “Read” activity was 1,900,000+ full text downloads. One institution accounted for 34% of all published articles in these titles; another group of three institutions accounted for a further 36% for a total of 70% output from the top four publishing institutions; 22 institutions made up the rest of the publishing activity out of a consortium of 90 institutions. The top four publishing institutions published between 10% and 12% of their articles in any kind of OA form (not by consortial agreement or subsidy, but acting individually either at the institutional or author level.) In total, OhioLINK-affiliated authors paid APCs for approximately 100 OA articles: 80% fully OA journals, 20% OA in hybrid journals….

We would expect any Read and Publish deals from publishers to conform to our particular publishing profile, rather than to a California Digital Library profile or a Projekt Deal profile. For some consortia, such as those composed of mostly private colleges, there is even less publishing activity. There is no standard deal that will fit all consortia; some consortia may not be offered certain OA deals at all, or the OA deals on offer will not be financially viable without significant outside sources of funding. Our collective question is: Given that much of the revenue coming from our members is, and always will be, from “Read” = subscription funding, what are the implications for the future financial burden of “Publish” consortia as more institutions become free riders? How will “Read” institutions/consortia participate in OA funding initiatives?:

OhioLINK Breaks New Ground Creating Central Fund for Open Access Publications with Wiley | Wiley News Room – Press Releases, News, Events & Media

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“OhioLINK, a library consortium serving 118 libraries and 89 Ohio colleges and universities, announced today the signing of a Wiley Open Access Account agreement. A Wiley Open Access Account will enable OhioLINK-affiliated researchers to use a central fund for Article Publication Charges (APC). The partnership reflects both parties’ growing commitment to open research and advancing scholarly communications. OhioLINK is the first North American library consortium to centrally fund the creation and dissemination of open access research….”

Publishing and Repository Services Librarian

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“The Publishing and Repository Services Librarian leads The Ohio State University Libraries program for innovative and sustainable publishing and repository services to support scholarly content creation and stewardship. This tenure-track faculty position provides operational, tactical, and strategic leadership for the Libraries Open Access digital publishing and institutional repository services and initiatives. The Publishing and Repository Services Librarian builds new capacity, publishing partnerships, and services and sustains existing, successful initiatives. This work will include accelerating campus partnerships, advancing the Libraries publishing program, and guiding the continued growth of Ohio State’s institutional repository, the Knowledge Bank.

The Ohio State University Libraries currently publishes and hosts fifteen Open Access journals, archives the research and scholarship of more than 100 campus partners, and promotes the open sharing of scholarly works created by Ohio State faculty, staff, and students. As a member of the Scholarly Sharing Program Area’s leadership team, the Publishing and Repository Services Librarian reports to the Scholarly Sharing Strategist and helps support new models for the dissemination of research, scholarship, and creative expression in alignment with the Libraries strategic directions. The Publishing and Repository Services unit currently includes three staff members and .5 FTE students. Publishing and Repository Services works in close collaboration with Copyright Services, the Libraries’ Research Commons, Libraries IT, and subject specialists. Campus partners include the university press and an affordable textbook publishing program managed by the OCIO….”

Program Assistant for Publishing and Repository Services

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“University Libraries’ Publishing and Repository Services (PRS) engages with partners across the university to increase the amount, value, and impact of OSU-produced digital content including, but not limited to, conference proceedings, journals, monographs, student scholarship, working papers, technical reports, and faculty articles. PRSoffers support by organizing, providing access, distributing, and preserving digital scholarship through the Knowledge Bank repository program and the Libraries’ Open Access Publishing Program.

The Production Assistant reports to the Publishing Services Lead and performs production work for Publishing and Repository Services on multiple simultaneous projects. Production work includes: submitting content, creating metadata, DOI registration, designing and documenting workflows, monitoring and ensuring the quality of data input, tracking projects in project database, and scheduling and supervising the production work of student assistants. The Production Assistant works collaboratively with the Head of the Department and other departmental staff. The position requires attention to detail, sound judgment and decision making, and knowledge of related and applicable software programs (e.g. DSpace). All other duties as assigned….”

A consortial repository

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“Charles Bailey has a useful two-part introduction (one and two) to OhioLINK‘s Digital Resource Commons (DRC) and Ohio Digital Commons for Education (ODCE). The DRC is essentially an OAI-compliant, open-access repository, built on Fedora, serving the 84 colleges and universities in the OhioLINK consortium. From the DRC home page: ‘OhioLINK’s Digital Resource Commons (DRC) is a content management service and repository that ingests, preserves, presents, and mediates administration of the educational and research materials of participating institutions. With the capability to store and deliver a virtually unlimited variety of digital file types and formats (including text, data sets, image, audio, video, streaming video, multimedia presentations, animations, etc.) the DRC is positioned to capture digital content from student and faculty researchers as it is produced and return it to users of the DRC upon request. Content is stored on enterprise-class servers and storage networks located close to the internet backbone, ensuring maximum availability and speed. OhioLINK’s storage area network allows virtually unlimited storage space with massive offsite tape and disk backup systems ensuring the safety and security of content. Researchers can be assured that their materials will be available for the next generation through a rigorous schedule of media refreshing and a comprehensive catalog of content types that will enable digital preservationists to apply appropriate treatments to digital materials.’ …”

Scholarly Communications & Digital Publishing Strategist, University of Cincinnati

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“The Scholarly Communications and Digital Publishing Strategist develops, coordinates and oversees the growth of scholarly communications and publishing programs and services at UC, including: providing outreach, knowledge and support to faculty, students, and staff about copyright, licensing, and scholarly publishing, and about the dissemination and preservation of the scholarly, historical, and cultural record. The position will also participate in the development of university policies regarding access to scholarly work, including copyright and intellectual property issues, fair use, authors’ rights, privacy rights, open access, and other information policy issues within the libraries and university. Additionally, the position will collaborate with the Office of General Counsel in order to make specific information available to foster creative solutions and to develop best practices….”