DPubS:An Open Source

Electronic Publishing System

Sarah E. Thomas Cornell University Library

CNIDecember 2005

DPubSDigital Publishing System

Funded through a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, DPubS is an electronic publishing application that enables….

publishers to organize, manage, present, and deliver both open access and subscription controlled scholarly communications; and

users to discover, navigate, and access scholarly content.

DPubS Partners

Cornell University Library

Transformation of Scholarly Communication

• Online dissemination• Open Access• Disciplinary

Repositories• Institutional

Repositories• New forms of

scholarship• Economic pressures

DPubS Family Tree

Functionality Developed for Euclid

• Full-text format neutral• Full-text indexing• Flexible access control options for publishers

– Open Access– Society members – E-Commerce (pay-per-view)

• OAI 2.0 compliance• Usage statistics for subscribers/publishers

– Subscription• Reference linking• DOI registration• Referral Service

Evolution of DPubS Software

• Origins in Cornell Computer Science department, mid-90s– NCSTRL—Networked Computer

Science Technical Report Library (1995-98)

• Project Euclid development, 2000-2003

• DPubS development project, 2004-2006

DPubS development

• Generalize and enhance the Euclid software and release as Open Source

• Funding period: 2004-2006• Development agenda:

– Generalize the system– Improve administrative interfaces– Add editorial management tools– Facilitate interoperability with institutional

repositories, such as Fedora and DSpace

Interoperate with institutional repository systems

• Identified IRs: DSpace, Fedora• DPubS becomes an application

layer on top of IR– DPubS Repository Service functions

as an API to Institutional Repository

Generalization of system

• Redesigned User Interface Service– Move UI customization out of core code– UI now is now xml/xslt driven

• Employ a more abstract, and configurable, definition of…– Object types (document structures)– Metadata types

• Allow for “collections”:– Grouping mechanism; may contain

publications or other collections

Technical requirements

• Perl, mod_perl, apache, other common OS tools

• Hardware: Sun and Intel boxes• OS: Sun Solaris (9, 10), Linux

Editorial management services

• Support manuscript management and peer review activities– Manuscript submission– Reviewing– Document tracking– Organization of publications– Publishing content (“making public”)

DPubs Features

• Focused distribution & controlled access• Subscription control• Support for multiple pricing models• Reference linking capabilities• Forward and backward linking• DOI registration at Cross Ref• Distinctive presentation styles and

branding• Support for enhanced resource discovery

DPubS in the Months Ahead

• Work with development partners (Dec. ’05-Apr. ’06)

• Launch code as Open Source (Apr- Dec ’06)

• Recruit DPubS users (Nov. ’05-Dec. ’06)

• Hold DPubS Users Meeting (June-Sept. ’06)

DPubS Development Partners

• Australian National University• Universität Bielefeld• University of Kansas• University of Utah

DPubS Corporate Sponsor

• Sun Microsystems • Sun’s Education Commons Open

Source Community

Who Will Use DPubS?University Presses

Who Will Use DPubS?Societies

Who Will Use DPubS?Libraries

Who Will Use DPubS?Institutional Repositories

Who will use DPubS?Libraries as Service

Providers

How Will DPubS Be Used?Journal Publication

How Will DPubS Be Used?Online Books

How Will DPubS Be Used?Grey Literature

How Will DPubS Be Used?Conference Proceedings

• DPubS

–http://dpubs.org– dwr4@cornell.edu

• Center for Innovative Publishing

–http://cip.cornell.edu