1. Scientific publishing
in Natural History Institutions
3rd Meeting
Copenhagen 7-8 October 2010
Laurence BÉNICHOU & Daphne DUIN
Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle

2. Programme committee
Laurence BÉNICHOU – Publications manager Scientific Publications department
Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
Daphne DUIN – EDIT Stakeholder Liaison Officer
Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
Danny EIBYE-JACOBSEN – Managing Editor, Steenstrupia
Natural History Museum of Denmark
Isabelle GÉRARD – Head of Publications Service
Royal Museum for Central Africa
Sponsor http://www.e-taxonomy.eu/

3. Context
• Rapid changes in scientific publishing / digital era
• Isolated desk editors / lack of resources
• Specificities related to publishing in natural history
sciences
Decrease in titles publishing descriptive taxonomy
Long shelve life publications (sustainability)
Library exchange programmes
Nomenclature
• Scientific publishing in the public sector

4. Aims
• Formulate recommendations on dissemination and
access, at two levels:
the publishing level in our institutions
the decision makers
• Question the way we work to catch up with the
technology to keep fulfilling our mission
• Inform, network, bring together people working on
the same job with the same purpose
• Identify opportunities and barriers

5. 1st meeting: Paris, 2008
• Within EDIT
25 out of the 28 EDIT members are publishers
around 65 journals (+ 45 book/monograph series)
70% available online
28% have an impact factor
• Isolated teams
• Long-shelf life
• Same production process, different business models

7. 2nd meeting: Bratislava, 2009
• Opportunities and challenges for electronic
publishing
Nomenclature rules
Sustainability: electronic archiving
Exchange programmes and their future
• OA journals and impact on publishing strategy
Improvement of the accessibility of publications and
small journals
Challenges for existing cost models

8. Outcomes of the meetings
• Empower individual staff
International network of personnel in NHIs with capacity
to take initiatives, such as writing conference papers and
project proposals
collaborations between publishing and library
departments
But more work to do
• Support collaborative projects
Joint negotiations with commercial partners
EJT

9. Surveys
• 2 questionnaires
About Journals and Monograph series
About Exchange programme
http://www.e-taxonomy.eu/publishingconsultation
Find sustainable resources to continue to do the
community building that started in 2008

10. 3rd Meeting: Copenhagen , 2010
• Trends and developments
Enhanced publications
Open science and scientific publishing
New role of scientific journals
Acquisition policy and business models of research libraries in a
digital era
• Collaborative solutions
A joint Nordic approach to Open Access and research distribution
EJT: a new journal
Journal aggregation and integration for enhancing the access and
impact of taxonomic publications
GRIB, a bibliographic index of EDIT and BHL-Europe
A concrete case of digitalization partnership

11. Breakout sessions
TOPIC MODERATOR
1 Economic models L. Bénichou, MNHN
2 Library exchange programmes G. Higley, NHML
3 Copyright R. Linklater, RBGK
4 Dissemination of natural history books N. Massen, NHBS
5 Fast-track publishing Z.Q. Zhang, Zootaxa
6 Co-publishing I. Gérard, RMCA
Registration: D. Eibye-Jacobsen

12. • Room to allow people to network, essential
for technician and decision makers
• Decision makers need good technical
expertise and collective strategy
• Fact that the field of taxonomy is changing
because of the new technologies:
cybertaxonomy
• Share expertise with colleagues from libraries
3rd Meeting: Copenhagen, 2010

13. • Production of “checklists”
• Production of recommendation to NHIs
Outcomes expected from 3rd Meeting:
Copenhagen , 2010

14. We thank
And the Natural History Museum
of Denmark
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