Abstract
How can open source infrastructure support a modernized, accelerated book production workflow? The California Digital Library, the University of California Press and the Collaborative Knowledge Foundation collaborated to design a new platform – Editoria – to do exactly this, following a new user-driven design method to result in a simple, people-centric interface. This case study details the main problem facing publishers who are restrained by outdated, print-oriented production platforms, the ‘reimagining’ exercise and the iterative design process that has resulted in new technology which can be adopted, adapted and integrated by publishers.
Highlights
The development of community-driven open source software is rapidly gaining momentum in the scholarly publishing industry
The joint development of innovative open source tools among those publishers working with the Collaborative Knowledge Foundation (Coko)[1] is providing the proof of concept needed for organizations to understand how the incorporation of this technology fits into their strategies for digital sustainability
Coko staff observed that participants at 2018 meetings, including the Society for Scholarly Publishing Conference, the Library Publishing Forum and the Association for University Presses Annual Meeting, were increasingly interested in the idea of open source as a viable option for publishing infrastructure
Summary
The development of community-driven open source software is rapidly gaining momentum in the scholarly publishing industry. Coko staff observed that participants at 2018 meetings, including the Society for Scholarly Publishing Conference, the Library Publishing Forum and the Association for University Presses Annual Meeting, were increasingly interested in the idea of open source as a viable option for publishing infrastructure. Concerns about proprietary software and commercial ownership of scholarly infrastructure is inspiring greater curiosity about the prevalence of open source solutions on the wider web. This in turn has resulted in the realization that industries have been able to transform themselves through open source.[2]
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