Day/Time: Friday, May 14, 4:00 PM to 5 PM
An Update from the DOAJ and the LPC Community Relationship
Presenters:
- David Scherer, Carnegie Mellon University
- Emma Molls, University of Minnesota
- Judith Barnsby, DOAJ
Description:
In 2017/2018 the LPC convened a task force of members to work on community relationships and training to support journal indexing in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). Recently, former members of the LPC DOAJ task force have continued to serve as community liaisons as editors and associate editors of the DOAJ. In late 2020, the DOAJ also transitioned to a new website, as well as an updated web application form for editors to submit their journals for DOAJ indexing.
Since the end of the work of the DOAJ LPC Task Force in 2018, the DOAJ now includes more than twice the number of LPC member journals as it did prior to the Task Force’s work. But are there still barriers? And how can we continue to help members to overcome these? How can LPC member institutions and their journals learn more about the DOAJ application process? What resources are available for LPC members to learn how to prepare their journals for the DOAJ’s application process? How can the LPC leverage its relationship with the DOAJ through its members who serve as editors and associate editors?
This session will provide an overview of key changes to the DOAJ application form and what this means for library publishers and journal editors. Attendees will hear directly from representatives of the DOAJ as well as LPC members who actively volunteer as editors and associate editors from their perspectives as both DOAJ editors and library publishers.
Developing a library-press partnership through team teaching a course in journal publishing
Presenters:
- Jeanne Pavy, Scholarly Communication Librarian, University of New Orleans Library
- Abram Himelstein, Editor-in-Chief, University of New Orleans Press
Description:
In spring of 2019 the University of New Orleans campus administration decided to move the university press into the library, both physically and administratively. This “arranged marriage” was approached by the affected parties with excitement and goodwill but also with some anxiety about how, exactly, the marriage would work.
We propose to share our initial steps toward collaboration and mutual understanding as a kind of case study in library-press partnership development. We will relate how we identified areas of shared interest and complementary expertise, and decided to launch our first real shared project: developing and delivering a team-taught course on journal publishing for the Spring 2021 semester. We will be wrapping up the first iteration of the course and sharing successes, pitfalls and products from this experience, including drafts of final products and student responses.
As part of a smaller-sized regional research university, with minimal staff on both sides, the human capacity of both parties is our most precious commodity. We believe that our story will be especially relevant to scholarly communications librarians and university press staff at under-resourced institutions who are seeking to strengthen their respective publishing services through mutually beneficial partnerships, even without a formal structural arrangement.
Case Study: Publishing Multilingual Open Access International Peer Reviewed Journals
Presenter:
- Jill Krefft, Florida International University
Description:
Florida International University (FIU) is an urban, multi-campus public research university uniquely positioned to support its mission of “collaborative engagement with our local and global communities”. Located in Miami, FL, also known as the Gateway to the Americas, FIU is the top institution in the U.S. in enrolling and graduating Hispanic students with bachelor’s degrees and is a member of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities.
FIU Libraries works closely with faculty and Latin American partners to support and publish several multilingual journals in support of our institutional mission. This presentation will share case studies from two open access peer reviewed journals hosted by FIU Libraries: Leer, Escribir Y Describrir, a publication of Comité Latinoamericano para el Desarrollo de la Lectura y Escritura: and the forthcoming American Journal of Non-Communicable Diseases a publication of America’s Network for Chronic Disease Surveillance. This presentation will share the complexities, challenges and lessons learned working with multilingual editorial boards and authors distributed throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.