Learning through Research: Engaging students in publishing at

The University of Manchester

Simon Bains, Head of Research Services and Deputy LibrarianThe University of Manchester Library

@simonjbains

• The strategic imperatives• Scholarly communications developments• Library and Press collaboration• Student publishing projects• The shifting publishing landscape• Publishing as a research skill

“More targeted support and guidanceon publication strategies and ensuringall researchers meet the University’s

commitment to open access”

“We will prepare students for a rangeof career paths…engaging them in

employability and developingresearch skills”

“Students are provided with opportunitiesand support to develop their technical

and information skills so that theybecome highly digitally literate.”

http://blog.research-plus.library.manchester.ac.uk/

Learning through research

Ethical grand challenges

University College for

Interdisciplinary Learning

Volunteering

My Learning Essentials My Future My Wellbeing

The Manchester Advantage

Meet the Robin Hood of Sciencehttp://bigthink.com/neurobonkers/a-pirate-bay-for-science

Sci-Hub As Necessary, Effective Civil Disobediencehttp://bjoern.brembs.net/2016/02/sci-hub-as-necessary-effective-civil-disobedience/

I think what Sci-Hub is doing is terrible — bad for publishers, researchers, and librarians

http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2016/03/02/sci-hub-and-the-four-horsemen-of-the-internet/

By means that I don’t approve of, but can’t improve on, it has cut the Gordian Knot of scholarly communication

http://svpow.com/category/open-access/sci-hub/

http://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/vision/

Thank you.

Simon Bains, Head of Research Services and Deputy LibrarianThe University of Manchester Library

@simonjbains

(Possible) questions for you…1. Business models

How do you build sustainable publishing services for your institution?2. Purpose

What's more important in library publishing, product or process?3. What's in a name?

What should we call our library publishing entity? 4. Complement or competition

Local action or support for wider initiatives? 5. What is publishing?

It’s not all about PDF…