This document summarizes the collaboration between Purdue University Libraries and Purdue University Press in providing a spectrum of publishing services. It discusses how the Press and Scholarly Publishing Services division, while having separate imprints and focuses, are staffed by one team and share infrastructure. The collaboration aims to serve the needs of the university community through both formal peer-reviewed publications under the Press imprint and less formal publications like reports and conferences through Scholarly Publishing Services. The divisions are physically located together and integrated administratively. Their shared mission is to advance institutional priorities, better serve academic disciplines, and address challenges in the scholarly communication system. Plans for the future include expanding campus publishing services and supporting new publication models.

1. LIBRARY/PRESS COLLABORATIONS
SERVING A SPECTRUM OF NEEDS
NISO Virtual Conference: Revolution or Evolution
The Organizational Impact of Electronic Content
October 16, 2013

2. MISSION-DRIVEN PUBLISHING
EACH “FIELD” HAS ITS OWN PLAYERS, BUSINESS MODELS, VALUES, MEETINGS, etc.
University
Presses
Library
Publishers
Society
Publishers
“Publishing is a complex and highly differentiated world but it is not without order. It is structured by the
existence of a plurality of fields which have their own distinctive properties and by the existence of
networks and organizations of various kinds which operate in one or more of these fields.”
John B. Thompson, Books in the Digital Age (Polity, 2005), p. 38

3. OUR POSITIONING
THE AIM IS TO OFFER PUBLISHING SERVICES ACROSS A SPECTRUM OF NEEDS and
to CREATE A SYNERGY BENEFICIAL FOR THE UNIVERSITY
University
Presses
Library
Publishers
Purdue University Press &
Scholarly Publishing Services

4. MEETING A SPECTRUM OF NEEDS
TWO IMPRINTS, ONE STAFF, SHARED INFRASTRUCTURE
- Purdue UP: branded; peer-reviewed; books and journals aligned with Purdue mission; discipline-focused
- Scholarly Publishing Services: “white label”; less formal; e.g., tech reports, conferences; institution-focused
PURDUE UNIVERSITY PRESS
PRE- and
POST-PRINT
COLLECTIONS
CONFERENCE
PROCEEDINGS
TECHNICAL
REPORTS
SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING SERVICES
4
JOURNALS
BOOKS
E-BOOKS
APPS

5. PURDUE UNIVERSITY PRESS
PEER-REVIEWED BOOKS AND JOURNALS

6. SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING SERVICES
OA JOURNALS, TECH REPORTS, OPEN TEXTS, CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS, POSTPRINTS, etc.

7. “The publishing division of Purdue Libraries enhances the impact of Purdue scholarship by
developing information products aligned with the University’s strengths.”
www.lib.purdue.edu/publishing

8. BEHIND THE SCENES
PHYSICAL COLLOCATION
ADMIN INTEGRATION
SHARED MISSION

9. PHYSICAL COLLOCATION
Center of power
Now – 2013 (above)
Then – 2009 (below)

10. ADMINISTRATIVE INTEGRATION
Planning and Operations Council
Dean’s Council
Dean of Libraries
Information Resources Council
Digital Scholarship Council
(James L. Mullins)
Director of PUP &
Head of SPS
AD for Academic Affairs
AD for Technology and Assessment
AD for Planning and Administration
AD for Research
(Charles Watkinson)
Admin Assistant
(Becki Corbin)
Director of Financial Affairs
Director of University Copyright Office
Director of Advancement
Director of Strategic Communication
University Archivist
Booker Chair in Information Literacy
Managing Editor
Sales & Marketing Manager
(Katherine Purple)
Repository Specialist
(Purdue e-Pubs)
Repository Specialist
(HABRI .75 / Purdue e-Pubs .25)
(Bryan Shaffer)
(Dave Scherer)
(Marcy Wilhem-South)
Production Editor
(w/JTRP) 0.5 FTE
Production Editor
(w/Shofar) 0.5 FTE
Communications
Assistant
(Kelley Kimm)
(Dianna Gilroy)
(Heidi Branham)
Editorial Assistant
(JTRP)
Alexandra Hoff
Editorial Assistant
(Jennifer Lynch)
JPUR Coordinator
(UG)
(Brooke Haltema)
Repository Assistant
(Eric Thompson)
Repository Assistant
(Lauren Weldy)
Communications
Assistant
(Megan Kendall)

11. SHARED MISSION
UNIT PLANS LINK TO JOINT STRATEGIC PLAN

12. TOGETHER WE BETTER . . .
SERVE CAMPUS NEEDS
SUPPORT DISCIPLINES
SOLVE ISSUES IN SYSTEM

13. SERVE CAMPUS NEEDS
HOW CAN WE ADVANCE INSTITUTIONAL PRIORITIES?
85 article proposals lead to
11 articles, 35 “snapshots”
High impact learning
practices; student retention
Student
authors, editors, designers.
Faculty reviewers and
advisory board
Library skills:
instruction, assessment, instit
utional outreach.
Publisher skills: content
selection, project
management, editing, design.
Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research
www.jpur.org

14. SUPPORT DISCIPLINES
HOW CAN WE BETTER SERVE DISCIPLINARY COMMUNITIES?
17,500 bibliographic entries
(600 full text Open Access)
20 discussion groups
Events and jobs boards
Blogs, wikis, workspaces
ca. 7,000 visitors per month
Interdisciplinary field, many
outside academy, gap between
(often NIH-funded) research and
on-the-ground practice
Library skills: bibliographical
research, taxonomy, metadata,
licensing, preservation.
HABRI Central – Resources for the Study of the
Human-Animal Bond, www.habricentral.org
Publisher skills: financial
management, acquisition of
original content, marketing.

15. SOLVE ISSUES IN THE SYSTEM
HOW CAN WE ADDRESS LARGER SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION CHALLENGES?
Gray
Literature
Joint Transportation Research Program
docs.lib.purdue.edu/jtrp
HIDDEN PRINT AND UNSTABLE ONLINE becomes DISCOVERABLE IN PRINT AND ONLINE
Library skills: digitization, metadata, online hosting, linked data, preservation.
Publisher skills: management of peer-review, production process
redesign, project management, identifiers

16. FUTURE PROSPECTS

17. PLANS FOR THE FUTURE
• Expansion of campus publishing services with more
systematic cost-recovery. Conferences offer a special
opportunity.
• More support for new models of publication, e.g., better
capacity to handle multimedia and links with data.
• Move up the value chain from technology and science areas
where we have established relationships through our informal
publishing activities. E.g., books in civil engineering.
• Promote larger scale opportunities for library/press
collaboration.

18. WHAT HAPPENS IF WE SCALE THIS UP?
» Ca. 130
organizations.
» Focus on
formal, peerreviewed
publications.
» Sales income is
primary source of
funding.
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» Ca. 110
organizations.
» Focus on
informal, lightlyreviewed
publications.
» Institutional
subsidy is primary
source of funding.
Unique positioning on campuses, close to the authors and users of information.
Shared belief in the importance of maximizing access to scholarly information.
Both oriented toward construction of “unique collections” and “distinctive lists.”
Track record of collaboration across as well as within institutions.
Priorities not dictated by financially-motivated shareholders.

19. “OH, THE PLACES [WE] WILL GO!”
With apologies
to Dr. Seuss

20. THANK YOU