edit & scientific publishing in natural history institutions
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Scientific publishingin Natural History Institutions
3rd MeetingCopenhagen 7-8 October 2010
Laurence BÉNICHOU & Daphne DUIN
Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle
Programme committee
Laurence BÉNICHOU – Publications manager Scientific Publications departmentMuséum national d'Histoire naturelle
Daphne DUIN – EDIT Stakeholder Liaison OfficerMuséum national d'Histoire naturelle
Danny EIBYE-JACOBSEN – Managing Editor, SteenstrupiaNatural History Museum of Denmark
Isabelle GÉRARD – Head of Publications ServiceRoyal Museum for Central Africa
Sponsor http://www.e-taxonomy.eu/
Context
• Rapid changes in scientific publishing / digital era
• Isolated desk editors / lack of resources
• Specificities related to publishing in natural history sciences
� Decrease in titles publishing descriptive taxonomy� Long shelve life publications (sustainability)� Library exchange programmes� Nomenclature
• Scientific publishing in the public sector
Aims
• Formulate recommendations on dissemination and access, at two levels:
� the publishing level in our institutions
� the decision makers
• Question the way we work to catch up with the technology to keep fulfilling our mission
• Inform, network, bring together people working on the same job with the same purpose
• Identify opportunities and barriers
1st meeting: Paris, 2008
• Within EDIT
� 25 out of the 28 EDIT members are publishers
� around 65 journals (+ 45 book/monograph series)
� 70% available online
� 28% have an impact factor
• Isolated teams
• Long-shelf life
• Same production process, different business models
2nd meeting: Bratislava, 2009
• Opportunities and challenges for electronic publishing
� Nomenclature rules
� Sustainability: electronic archiving
� Exchange programmes and their future
• OA journals and impact on publishing strategy� Improvement of the accessibility of publications and small journals� Challenges for existing cost models
Outcomes of the meetings
• Empower individual staff
� International network of personnel in NHIs with capacity to take initiatives, such as writing conference papers and project proposals� collaborations between publishing and library departments
But more work to do
• Support collaborative projects
� Joint negotiations with commercial partners�EJT
Surveys
• 2 questionnaires
� About Journals and Monograph series
� About Exchange programme
http://www.e-taxonomy.eu/publishingconsultation
Find sustainable resources to continue to do the community building that started in 2008
3rd Meeting: Copenhagen , 2010
• Trends and developments� Enhanced publications
� Open science and scientific publishing
� New role of scientific journals
� Acquisition policy and business models of research libraries in a digital era
• Collaborative solutions� A joint Nordic approach to Open Access and research distribution�EJT: a new journal� Journal aggregation and integration for enhancing the access and impact of taxonomic publications� GRIB, a bibliographic index of EDIT and BHL-Europe� A concrete case of digitalization partnership
Breakout sessions
TOPIC MODERATOR
1 Economic models L. Bénichou, MNHN
2 Library exchange programmes G. Higley, NHML
3 Copyright R. Linklater, RBGK
4 Dissemination of natural history books N. Massen, NHBS
5 Fast-track publishing Z.Q. Zhang, Zootaxa
6 Co-publishing I. Gérard, RMCA
Registration: D. Eibye-Jacobsen
• Room to allow people to network, essential for technician and decision makers
• Decision makers need good technical expertise and collective strategy
• Fact that the field of taxonomy is changing because of the new technologies: cybertaxonomy
• Share expertise with colleagues from libraries
3rd Meeting: Copenhagen, 2010
• Production of “checklists”
• Production of recommendation to NHIs
Outcomes expected from 3rd Meeting:
Copenhagen , 2010
We thank
And the Natural History Museum of Denmark
WEBSITEShttp://www.mnhn.fr/
http://www.e-taxonomy.eu/http://www.eu-nomen.eu/pesi/
http://snm.ku.dk/
ENJOY THE MEETING
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