The academic community has traditionally relied on corporate publishers to produce scholarly journals. But today, that's all changing as scholars embrace online tools to publish journals on their own - and for good reason. With some publishers instituting article processing charges (APCs) for OA articles in the thousands of dollars, there is risk of the serials crisis being replaced with an APC funding emergency. It’s vital that the academic community start to take back control of the cost of research and DIY journals are one of the most direct solutions. This presentation overviews the rise in DIY open access journal publishing and: - Examples of DIY open access journals - The benefits of DIY journal publishing - Tips and tools for efficient and affordable OA publishing

1. The Rise of DIY Open
Access Journals:
Why and How

2. HELLO!
Brian Cody
Scholastica, Co-Founder and CEO
@scholasticahq
Scholastica: Software to streamline peer review, easily publish
a professional open access journal, or both

3. What we’ll cover
1. Why DIY open access journals and examples
2. The benefits of DIY journal publishing
3. Tips and tools for efficient and affordable OA
publishing

4. Why we’re thinking about DIY OA journals

5. White paper
1. Björn Brembs, Professor of Neurogenetics at the
University of Regensburg and OA advocate
2. Dan Morgan, Digital Science Publisher at University
of California Press
3. Roxanne Missingham, Chief Scholarly Information
Officer at Australian National University and
Australian OA Support Group Deputy Chair
4. Stevan Harnad, Professor in the Department of
Psychology at Université du Québec à Montréal,
Green OA advocate
5. Ulrich Herb, OA expert at Saarland University and
State Librarian

6. The corporate publisher
trifecta
Control
over
impact
measures
Centralized
journal
control
Specializatio
n of
publishing

7. TL;DR
Democratization (de-specialization)
Atomisation (de-centralization)

8. ““Publishing in the future will be a service,
not a content-hoarding and extortion
business”
- Björn Brembs, Professor of Neurogenetics at the
University of Regensburg and OA advocate (Source)

9. Realization
Open Access alone can be an
evolution of the serials crisis -
not necessarily a full solution

10. Open, but expensive
OA article processing charges

11. What prevents the serials crisis
from becoming an APC crisis?

12. Many OA models
⊡ Open Library of the Humanities (OLH)
⊡ Collabra (University of California Press)
⊡ University Library System e-journal publishing
at the University of Pittsburgh
⊡ PLoS One
⊡ and...

13. DIY OA
Journals

14. DIY OA
journal publishing
⊡ Workflow focused on single journal
⊡ Born digital
⊡ Volunteer editors
⊡ Lean budget
⊡ Using wide range of (inexpensive) tools

15. sociologicalscience.com

16. https://www.sociologicalscience.com/about/analytics/
sociologicalscience.com

17. sociologicalscience.com

18. discreteanalysisjournal.com

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22. Benefits of DIY

23. From corporate
centralization
Corporate
publisher handles...
Peer review
Copyediting Typesetting
Publishing

24. To democratization and
atomization
DIY journal uses
services for
Peer review
Copyediting Typesetting
Publishing

25. Why DIY publishing?
Academics retain control of:
⊡ Copyright
⊡ Cost of publishing
⊡ Publishing methods
⊡ How research is distribution

26. 2 roads to DIY publishing
Flipped Startup

27. Tips and best practices

28. Peer review
⊡ Data all in one place (manuscripts, review, email, etc.)
⊡ Scale the ‘personal touch’ with authors and reviewers
⊡ Distribute the workload
⊡ Clear (and public) deadlines are important

29. Manage volunteers,
distribute the workload

30. Online publishing
⊡ Metadata and discoverability
⊡ Mobile-friendly
⊡ Easy website set up - no developer needed
⊡ Better reader experience
⊡ Publishing analytics
⊡ Easy and affordable to maintain: “free” isn’t always free

31. It’s getting easier!
(examples on Scholastica)

32. Main challenges OA
journals face
⊡ Staying organized
⊡ Attaining credibility
⊡ Working with limited resources
⊡ Managing volunteers / keeping momentum

33. Advice for a successful
journal launch or flip
Start with
strong
editorial
board and
“network”
Develop
peer review
+
publication
processes
Build great
tool set
Promote via
your
professional
network

34. Tips and tools for
affordable OA
Take advantage of free tools:
⊡ Zapier: automate across apps
⊡ Google docs
⊡ MailChimp
⊡ Social media and blogging

35. Funding models for
sustainable OA
⊡ Grants/subsidies (dept, university, association)
⊡ Submission fees
⊡ Article processing charges (APCs)
⊡ Advertising/sponsorships
⊡ Affordable Green OA (overlay journals)

36. Ready to learn more?
⊡ The Open Access
Journal Starter Kit
⊡ Democratizing
Academic Journals:
Technology, Services,
and Open Access
⊡ OA Week of Resources