ORCID is governed by representatives from a broad cross-section of stakeholders from the global scholarly research community, the majority of whom are non-profits. 

Congratulations, Lisa.

Each quarter, the CDL sends a report to each campus Scholarly Communication Officer (SCO) with information about that campus’s use of eScholarship as well as total usage systemwide.  Instead of sending the reports out in email form this quarter, CDL Publishing & Access staff has converted them to an online form that will be much easier for us to generate in the future and will be easier (we hope) for campus constituents to share with colleagues.

Want to know which campus has a publication that was viewed more than 11,000 times—and what it is?   Or which campus has added 13 new journals or academic units in eScholarship?  Check out the reports below.

The reports contain data about the eScholarship activity for each campus and Lawrence Berkeley Lab during the previous reporting period, including:

• The top ten most frequently read publications
• New journals, units and series established in eScholarship by your faculty/students
• Total number of your campus eScholarship publications

We have also provided the following data to offer a more holistic view of eScholarship activity systemwide:

• The most popular paper, by campus
• Total number of eScholarship publications, by campus

Finally, you can view a downloadable activity report detailing the full breadth of eScholarship publications from your campus, organized by academic unit and journal, as of the end of Q4 2012. Usage metrics for these units and journals are provided in the report, including:

• Total number of items posted per month
• Total historical requests for these publications
• Percentage of online views that led to publication downloads

All of the reports can be viewed below:

LBNL: http://www.escholarship.org/stats/campus/lbnl_quarterly_report_q4_2012.html

UCB: http://www.escholarship.org/stats/campus/ucb_quarterly_report_q4_2012.html

UCD: http://www.escholarship.org/stats/campus/ucd_quarterly_report_q4_2012.html

UCI: http://www.escholarship.org/stats/campus/uci_quarterly_report_q4_2012.html

UCLA: http://www.escholarship.org/stats/campus/ucla_quarterly_report_q4_2012.html

UCM: http://www.escholarship.org/stats/campus/ucm_quarterly_report_q4_2012.html

UCR: http://www.escholarship.org/stats/campus/ucr_quarterly_report_q4_2012.html

UCSB: http://www.escholarship.org/stats/campus/ucsb_quarterly_report_q4_2012.html

UCSC: http://www.escholarship.org/stats/campus/ucsc_quarterly_report_q4_2012.html

UCSD: http://www.escholarship.org/stats/campus/ucsd_quarterly_report_q4_2012.html

UCSF: http://www.escholarship.org/stats/campus/ucsf_quarterly_report_q4_2012.html

Please let us know if you have any suggestions for future revisions.  We would also be interested in hearing how your campus uses these reports and if you receive any feedback about them from your constituencies.  Please send your ideas to help@escholarship.org

California Digital Library Publishing Group Director Catherine Mitchell sees local publishing services as key for universities to reclaim their primary intellectual asset – the scholarly output of faculty.

By getting involved in the publishing process early on, as the researchers are creating work rather than after the fact, Mitchell believes that universities and their libraries can better support and drive the creation, preservation, and dissemination of scholarship.

“Despite the daunting complexity of the task, universities must take responsibility for managing their own scholarly output,” says Mitchell, “or risk losing control of that core intellectual property.”

At an OCLC Symposium on the Future of Publishing at the American Library Association’s annual conference in June 2010, Mitchell presented an overview of “The University as Publisher: Our Value/s, Ourselves” (http://vidego.multicastmedia.com/player.php?p=akz63449), outlining the University of California’s University as Publisher initiative.

At the heart of UC’s initiative is UC Publishing Services (UCPubS). A collaboration between the California Digital Library (CDL) and the University of California Press, UCPubS provides a suite of open access digital and print publishing tools to UC centers, institutes, and departments that produce scholarly books. Using a shared resource model, UCPubS enables its publishing partners to focus on scholarship, while UC Press and CDL’s eScholarship handle distribution, sales, and web platform development.

UCPubS not only allows these academic units to take control of their publishing processes, but also enables the work published through the CDL and UC Press to reach a worldwide audience, enhancing the University of California’s standing as a top-tier educational institution.

Read more about UC’s University as Publisher initiative in NextSpace, the OCLC Newsletter: http://www.oclc.org/nextspace/016/1.htm.

The California Digital Library provides digital library development and support for the University of California libraries and the communities they serve.

eScholarship provides open access, scholarly digital publishing services to the University of California and delivers a dynamic research platform to scholars worldwide.

University of California Press, is among the six largest university presses in the United States and, of these, is the only one located in the West and associated with a public university.

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Job Summary:
The Publishing Group of the California Digital Library provides open access digital publication services to the University of California academic community, supports widespread distribution of UC research materials, and fosters new models of scholarly publishing through the development and application of advanced technologies. It is home to the University’s eScholarship program, a strategic publishing initiative that promotes innovation in scholarly communication by developing and supporting low-cost distribution services and new publishing models for academic publications across the UC system and beyond. Under the supervision of the Technical Lead, this position will collaborate with other Publishing Group technologists implementing, updating, and maintaining Publishing Group services, including but not limited to eScholarship.

Job Requirements:

* At least two years’ experience working with HTML/XHTML, XML XSLT stylesheets and scripting languages such as PERL or Ruby;
* At least one year’s experience working on production systems;
* General knowledge of Unix operating system;
* Experience working with search applications and metadata;
* Familiarity with essential digital library concepts and issues;
* Excellent attention to detail and strong analytical, communication and organizational skills

HOW TO APPLY: For a complete job description or to apply for this position, please visit:

http://jobs.ucop.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind= 53529

Job Number: 20100110
Close Date: 06/21/2010

To review a complete list of all of UCOP’s open positions please visit the University of California Office of the President Employment Website:

[http://jobs.ucop.edu]

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity /Affirmative Action employer.