Abstract
In 2012, the author and colleagues surveyed eight publishers that had been involved with the Publishing and the Ecology of European Research (PEER) project to learn about the state of hybrid journal publishing. At the same time, one of the key questions asked to a panel of librarians at the International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers May 2012 Meeting was what role librarians would play if scholarly publishing shortly went open access (OA) across the board? From the survey of the market, and the rapid OA developments in the UK and EU that include hybrid OA, a picture has begun to emerge of what roles librarians can play with regard to supporting hybrid OA publishing at their institutions. This article focuses on developing new partnerships within a given institution, looks at new budgetary models and the tracking of local scholarship creation. Current pertinent standards are highlighted.
Highlights
Background and zeitgeistIn June 1996, the author, as an early career professional librarian, attended the 11th annual NASIG Conference in New Mexico
Paul Ginsparg spoke about the development of the physics preprint database and what would become ArXiv[1]
What is meant by hybrid open access publishing? Some sources consider hybrid OA publishing to be ‘gold’ and others do not
Summary
In June 1996, the author, as an early career professional librarian, attended the 11th annual NASIG Conference in New Mexico. At the closing plenary session of this conference were two speakers: Paul Ginsparg (Los Alamos National Laboratory) and Dr Stevan Harnad ( Professor of Psychology & Director, Cognitive Sciences Center at Southampton University). Stevan Harnad presented on the ’Faustian bargain’ of scholarly research publication and the development of ‘Scholarly Skywriting’, a precedent to what eventually became open access (OA) publishing[2]. The question and answer session for this presentation ran over by an hour and a half as members of the scholarly publishing community juxtaposed a myriad of ideas, concerns and criticisms. It was one of the most amazing experiences of group brainstorming observed. You saw thoughts churning and the energy in that room was palpable
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