This presentation was provided by Christine Fruin of The American Theological Library Association (ATLA), during the NISO Webinar "Open Source Publishing Technologies: Current Status and Emerging Possibilities" held on August 14, 2019.

1. Tried and True and Brand New: Atla Open Press
Utilization of Established and Emerging Open
Source Publishing Platforms
Christine Fruin
Scholarly Communication and Digital Projects Manager
cfruin@atla.com

2. Atla Open Press - Scope
Atla Open Press publishes and hosts open
access books & journals that lie at the
intersection of librarianship and the study
of theology and religion, including works
that impact the work of theological
librarians, that guide and support
innovative library services and enhance
professional development.
CC-BY-NC woo_is_me, “Focus”

3. Atla Open Press – Structure and Programs
Financial Structure
Products revenue funds activities of
the Press
Journals– no APCs; licensed under
CC-BY-NC
Monographs– modest author
honorarium; digital available free
online (EPUB/PDF); print on demand
for reasonable charge to readers
Journal hosting– setup + hosting fee
Publications
Monographs– PKP’s OMP andCoko’s
Editoria
Journals & Other Serials/Journal
Hosting Program– PKP’s OJS
Editorial boards
Members serving staggered terms
Paid stipend for service
Advisory Board- in transition
Staffing
Directed by Scholarly Communication
and Digital Projects Manager
Scholarly Communication Coordinator
– open position
Marketing Manager coordinates layout
and design
IS staff maintain platforms except
Editoria (hosted byCoko)

4. Open Source Platform Adoption

5. Journals, Other
Serials and
Hosting Program
Theological Librarianship
(https://theolib.atla.com/theolib)
• 10 years open access
• Migrated to OJS 3.x from 2.x in 2017)
New OJS install– http://serials.atla.com
• Theology Cataloging Bulletin
• Atla Annual Conference Proceedings
• Working on migration ofTheological
Librarianshipto this install
Hosted journals (new initiative)
• MOU– defining roles and responsibilities;
fee structure
• Australian and New Zealand Theological
Library Association Journal (migrated them
from own OJS 2.x site to new OJS 3.x install)
• New journal by Wabash Center for Teaching
and Learning in Theology and Religion–
shifting from subscription publisher
platform to OJS

6. Monographs
2014 – installed PKP Open
Monograph Press as means of
publishing member-authored works
and hosting digital reprints –
http://books.atla.com
2017/18 - Establish as a professional,
scholarly and legitimate press: seated
editorial board, adopted review
policies and procedures; prepared
new author contract using Model
Digital Scholarship Agreement;
drafted author instructions and
guidelines
2018 – began beta test of Coko’s
Editoria – web based monograph
editing and production (export to PDF
and EPUB)

7. Monograph Program – Workflow/Needs
Proposal/Selection
• Scholarly Editions- prospective authors submit a proposal through OMP for review and acceptance by Editorial
Board
• Call for proposals- Editorial Board initiated books; chapter proposals sent to editorial board/guest editor
• Association Editions- works initiated by the Association; guest edited with invited submissions
Manuscript Preparation and Review- OMP not designed for our proposal submission process; review of completed
manuscripts reliant upon track changes in Word and submission of multiple files through OMP document
management system- potential for errors/corrupt files/versioning confusion
Copyediting/Layout - Atla contracts this work out to professional proofreaders and designers to copy edit text
(marked up PDFs/more Word track changes) and layout completed works in Adobe InDesign ($$)
NEEDS- collaborative space to perform editorial review/commenting for author revision and subsequent
professional copy editing followed by simpler/cost-effective layout in custom template -- EDITORIA

8. Successes and Challenges

9. Atla Open Press – Successes
Coordinating Council--> Advisory Council
Documentation is Critical, but Development is Time Consuming
Marketing publications and services/content recruitment
Editorial Board Recruitment
Management of open source software platforms

10. Atla Open Press – Challenges
Coordinating Council--> Advisory Council
Documentation is Critical, but Development is Time Consuming
Marketing publications and services/content recruitment
Editorial Board Recruitment
Management of open source software platforms