North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES) Publications:

A Review

Brian Voss, NOAA Libraries

Janet Webster, Oregon State University Libraries

33rd IAMSLIC Conference, Sarasota, Florida

October 2007

Background

• Publications program purpose– Documenting conditions in North Pacific Ecosystem– Examining problems– Proposing approaches – Recording the organization’s administration

• 2003 Review– Focus on production mechanics & process

• 2007 Review– Focus on transition to electronic

Budget & Costs

2003 2004 2005

Printing $74,025 $67,005 $128,523

Communications $30,980 $33,839 $31,792

Total budget $829,870 $810,344 $970,867

% Printing & Communications

12.6% 12.4% 16.5%

Approach

• Review the 2003 recommendations.• Examine current cost, purpose & audience.• Understand current workload issues.• Examine current distribution.• Describe indexing, collecting and usage.

Collecting as Access

Transition to electronic = greater reliance on local access to print copies– Examine current geographic distribution of PICES

collections (WorldCat)– Identify locations for potential archival collections

(IAMSLIC or non-WorldCat/Z collections)– Examine geographic concentrations of primary

readership (PICES distribution lists) Establish MOU with selected libraries for

permanent print collections

Collecting as Access - Issues

• Data collection issues– Limits and variability in WorldCat data– Difficulty identifying foreign language collections

• Audience issues– Preferences of readership (print v. online)– Network infrastructure to support online distribution– Cultural/institutional restrictions

PICES/IAMSLIC survey of readership and libraries

Indexing as Exposure

ASFA 159

BIOSIS 4

Fish & Fisheries 360

WAVES 64

Web of Science 20

Zoological Record 39

Indexing as Exposure

Reports indexed by title (32)

Articles within reports indexed (302)

ASFA 10 98

BIOSIS 0 0

FFW 22 196

WAVES 32 0

WOS 0 0

Zoo 3 10

Usage = Access + Exposure

• Citations to the PICES Scientific Reports– Scopus = 235– Web of Science = 80

• Citations to 352 articles in journal issues– Scopus = 3276– Web of Science = 1938

Usage = Access + Exposure

• Web usage of PICES publications• Marine Ecosystems of the North Pacific

• Harmful Algal Blooms in the PICES Region of the North Pacific

• PICES Science: the first ten years and a look to the future)

• Shark abundance increases in the Gulf of Alaska

Recommendations

• Streamlining the publication workflow• Increasing recognition of PICES as a publisher• Enhancing access through library & indexer cooperation• Improving distribution efficiency• Increasing visibility and ensuring perpetuity through a

digital repository

A digital repository• Establish a pilot project in the Aquatic Commons.

– PICES / IAMSLIC cooperative effort

• Complete digitization of PICES publications.– PICES Database and Web Administrator

• Negotiate with publishers the right to archive digital copies of articles.– PICES Secretariat / Commercial publishing partnership

• Develop a copyright agreement.– PICES Secretariat

• Financial impact:– Possible staffing needs for repository pilot project

Continued Cooperation between PICES and IAMSLIC

• PICES collection within the IAMSLIC digital repository, Aquatic Commons, as a pilot project

• Survey PICES distribution lists to complete assessment of collection policies and reader needs.

• Develop memoranda of understanding with libraries for permanent, ongoing archiving print versions of PICES publications.

• Complete the linking to electronic versions of PICES publications from existing WorldCat records.

Next Steps

• Feedback from IAMSLIC

• Presentation to PICES F&A Committee

• Await action from PICES

Acknowledgments• PICES

– Alex Bychkov – Skip McKinnell– Julia Yazvenko

• IAMSLIC– Joan Parker

• Our Institutions– NOAA/NESDIS Seattle– OSU/ Hatfield Marine Science Center