1 00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:11,499 [Music] 2 00:00:17,039 --> 00:00:22,800 welcome back everyone um we are now 3 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:24,960 moving on to jesse lynn's talk about 4 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:27,359 moving to self-managed open access 5 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:29,840 publishing uh jesse is a recovering 6 00:00:27,359 --> 00:00:31,359 library and archives academic currently 7 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:32,320 working at the federal office of the 8 00:00:31,359 --> 00:00:35,600 arts 9 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:37,600 until 2021 she was voluntary uh 10 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:39,280 voluntary vice president and managing 11 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:41,600 editor of the australian society of 12 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:43,600 archivists and actively involved in the 13 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:45,840 move from a proprietary publishing model 14 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:46,719 to open access which is fantastic in my 15 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:50,559 view 16 00:00:46,719 --> 00:00:53,520 uh jessie has a phd in that considers 17 00:00:50,559 --> 00:00:56,239 how quick um zines queer archival and 18 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:57,920 collecting practices and has taught 19 00:00:56,239 --> 00:00:58,960 collection management and an archival 20 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:01,760 product 21 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:03,600 sorry archival practice in a couple of 22 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:05,840 australian universities 23 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:08,080 she has a lapsed zine 24 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:10,080 maker and stencil press printer which is 25 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:11,520 really interesting anyway on to you 26 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:14,320 jesse 27 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:16,159 thank you sarah and hello to everyone 28 00:01:14,320 --> 00:01:17,840 i'm speaking to out there it's hard to 29 00:01:16,159 --> 00:01:20,080 know who's there but i think there might 30 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:21,840 be some um 31 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:23,439 members of the audience who can probably 32 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:25,680 add more to the story that i'm telling 33 00:01:23,439 --> 00:01:29,360 so i'm going to take today's session as 34 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:30,159 a bit of a storytelling session and 35 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:32,320 uh 36 00:01:30,159 --> 00:01:34,079 knowledge sharing and hopefully bring 37 00:01:32,320 --> 00:01:35,680 some other voices in as people ask 38 00:01:34,079 --> 00:01:37,600 questions or as we talk about 39 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:41,280 experiences 40 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:43,520 i'm here today at my home in isolation 41 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:45,920 in canberra on the lands of the unseated 42 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:48,079 lands of the nana wall and nambri people 43 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:49,600 i pay my respects to elders past and 44 00:01:48,079 --> 00:01:52,720 present and 45 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:54,399 acknowledge the important work that 46 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:57,200 indigenous people do 47 00:01:54,399 --> 00:02:00,159 have always done and continue to do in 48 00:01:57,200 --> 00:02:01,600 preserving and thinking about how we 49 00:02:00,159 --> 00:02:02,799 know things 50 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:04,719 um 51 00:02:02,799 --> 00:02:06,880 sovereignty was never seen it always was 52 00:02:04,719 --> 00:02:10,640 always his aboriginal land 53 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:14,239 today uh is an interesting session 54 00:02:10,640 --> 00:02:17,440 i am not uh involved i'm not i'm not i 55 00:02:14,239 --> 00:02:18,640 don't have a day job in publishing um or 56 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:21,200 and as a 57 00:02:18,640 --> 00:02:23,120 lapsed academic i have been mostly on 58 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:26,239 the other side of publishing 59 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:28,560 writing articles and publishing them 60 00:02:26,239 --> 00:02:30,560 my role in the asa as managing editor 61 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:32,400 though it led me to develop lots of new 62 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:34,000 skills and knowledge in 63 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:36,160 the publishing field and the academic 64 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:38,239 publishing field in particular what i 65 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:40,720 love about my work with the asa in 66 00:02:38,239 --> 00:02:41,840 particular is that the journal that the 67 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:43,920 asa 68 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:46,239 produces is 69 00:02:43,920 --> 00:02:48,000 what we call a society journal and so 70 00:02:46,239 --> 00:02:51,599 it's it's 71 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:53,920 led and driven not predominantly by the 72 00:02:51,599 --> 00:02:55,440 academic agenda that a lot of journals 73 00:02:53,920 --> 00:02:57,519 are published and 74 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:59,200 driven by but it's also really member 75 00:02:57,519 --> 00:03:01,200 driven and so 76 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:02,800 that idea of collective organization 77 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:05,519 comes before here 78 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:08,400 and the asa the australian society of 79 00:03:05,519 --> 00:03:10,400 archivists is always putting members 80 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:12,159 first and at the forefront and that's 81 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:14,640 what has driven a lot of the decisions 82 00:03:12,159 --> 00:03:16,239 we've been making along the long journey 83 00:03:14,640 --> 00:03:18,159 of this journal 84 00:03:16,239 --> 00:03:19,920 so today 85 00:03:18,159 --> 00:03:22,080 i will give you a bit of a potted 86 00:03:19,920 --> 00:03:23,120 history of how we've come to be where we 87 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:24,720 are 88 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:27,599 um at this point 89 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:29,280 as sarah said i am the 90 00:03:27,599 --> 00:03:30,879 recent vice president and managing 91 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:32,480 editor i'm no longer on the australian 92 00:03:30,879 --> 00:03:34,080 society of archivist council i was there 93 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:36,000 for three years and i loved my time 94 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:37,920 there's a lot to learn 95 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:40,159 encourage anyone who's interested to get 96 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:41,920 involved in these governance roles in 97 00:03:40,159 --> 00:03:44,159 your professional associations i think 98 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:46,879 it's really important that we diversify 99 00:03:44,159 --> 00:03:48,959 the voices that we have in leadership 100 00:03:46,879 --> 00:03:50,080 roles in our professional associations 101 00:03:48,959 --> 00:03:51,360 as well 102 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:53,200 um 103 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:55,280 as someone with a very young child it 104 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:57,439 was really interesting for me to 105 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:58,959 bring that voice to 106 00:03:57,439 --> 00:04:02,720 some of the discussions and how we think 107 00:03:58,959 --> 00:04:05,200 about care responsibilities for instance 108 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:06,959 that the professional association offers 109 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:08,159 um 110 00:04:06,959 --> 00:04:10,879 the 111 00:04:08,159 --> 00:04:12,239 so what else did i want to say and so 112 00:04:10,879 --> 00:04:14,319 my 113 00:04:12,239 --> 00:04:16,799 interest has always been in open access 114 00:04:14,319 --> 00:04:18,079 publishing and i joined council to 115 00:04:16,799 --> 00:04:20,320 continue to 116 00:04:18,079 --> 00:04:22,479 pursue that interest mainly because the 117 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:24,880 university i worked at at the time 118 00:04:22,479 --> 00:04:26,639 didn't have a subscription to a couple 119 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:28,479 of key archives journals and that was 120 00:04:26,639 --> 00:04:31,040 really problematic for me 121 00:04:28,479 --> 00:04:32,800 as an educator because i wanted my 122 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:35,759 students to be reading the research it 123 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:38,000 was at the cutting edge of 124 00:04:35,759 --> 00:04:40,240 our practice and our profession and the 125 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:42,479 theory and it was really difficult to 126 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:44,800 then be able to use the material that 127 00:04:42,479 --> 00:04:46,880 was in the journals because the library 128 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:47,840 didn't have a budget to subscribe to 129 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:50,240 them 130 00:04:47,840 --> 00:04:52,080 and when they did they were 131 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:53,680 eventually there was 132 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:55,360 archives and manuscripts was bundled up 133 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:57,040 in within a bigger database and i'm not 134 00:04:55,360 --> 00:05:00,240 a librarian i don't 135 00:04:57,040 --> 00:05:02,160 academic librarian i don't really 136 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:03,360 know the intricacies of that 137 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:05,919 the 138 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:08,160 way those financial structures are set 139 00:05:05,919 --> 00:05:09,759 up so we could get some articles from 140 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:11,520 archives and manuscripts then what 141 00:05:09,759 --> 00:05:13,120 became the issue was that 142 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:14,560 many of the articles that i wanted to 143 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:16,000 use that were historical articles 144 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:18,080 weren't available anywhere except in 145 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:20,240 hard copy and so it required a lot of 146 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:22,560 interlibrary loans and the like 147 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:25,840 so that's how i came to be part of this 148 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:28,960 project before me though have been 149 00:05:25,840 --> 00:05:31,759 and still going on uh huge numbers of 150 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:34,639 active members who have played a role in 151 00:05:31,759 --> 00:05:36,800 the journal over its life either 152 00:05:34,639 --> 00:05:40,000 in editor roles in 153 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:42,479 author roles in managing the content and 154 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:44,000 the relationships and the like and a lot 155 00:05:42,479 --> 00:05:46,479 of voluntary roles in 156 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:49,520 recent projects 157 00:05:46,479 --> 00:05:51,440 so for those of you who are going asa 158 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:53,759 what are you talking about is it the 159 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:56,880 authors is it the anesthesiologists who 160 00:05:53,759 --> 00:05:59,759 are these asas um we are the archivists 161 00:05:56,880 --> 00:06:01,680 um the society of archivists is the 162 00:05:59,759 --> 00:06:03,120 national body peak body that advocates 163 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:06,479 for and supports 164 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:08,400 both archives and archivists and by 165 00:06:06,479 --> 00:06:09,199 also record keeping 166 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:11,520 um 167 00:06:09,199 --> 00:06:14,560 where uh and james you might correct me 168 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:16,319 here we have around a thousand members 169 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:17,919 um also 170 00:06:16,319 --> 00:06:20,639 we 171 00:06:17,919 --> 00:06:22,800 have been going since 1975 so there's a 172 00:06:20,639 --> 00:06:23,759 long history and we have a long 173 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:25,680 um 174 00:06:23,759 --> 00:06:28,000 an important role in advocating for the 175 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:29,280 profession and for the the workers in 176 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:32,160 the profession 177 00:06:29,280 --> 00:06:33,520 um alongside our friends in the glam 178 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:35,520 sector so we have really strong 179 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:37,600 relationships with alia for instance and 180 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:40,880 other 181 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:42,400 glam professional associations so 182 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:44,720 one of the things that society does 183 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:47,199 amongst many is produce a journal and 184 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:48,639 this journal is archives and manuscripts 185 00:06:47,199 --> 00:06:51,039 the 186 00:06:48,639 --> 00:06:53,520 journal was started in 1955 and i'll go 187 00:06:51,039 --> 00:06:55,039 back i'll come to that and it was 188 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:58,479 published in print 189 00:06:55,039 --> 00:07:01,360 only by the society as a society journal 190 00:06:58,479 --> 00:07:03,440 up until 2012 and so it's important to 191 00:07:01,360 --> 00:07:05,199 just look at some of the 192 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:07,520 uh the materiality of the journal i 193 00:07:05,199 --> 00:07:10,400 think at this point to say anyone who 194 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:12,720 got the journal got it in print form 195 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:14,240 um up until that point 196 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:15,919 from 197 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:17,919 although catherine may correct me there 198 00:07:15,919 --> 00:07:20,240 but that's i'm just going to put that 199 00:07:17,919 --> 00:07:21,919 out there um from 200 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:23,919 2012 201 00:07:21,919 --> 00:07:25,520 the journal was published by taylor and 202 00:07:23,919 --> 00:07:27,440 francis who were one of the big players 203 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:29,039 in the academic publishing world 204 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:31,199 and then the journal was available print 205 00:07:29,039 --> 00:07:34,400 and online 206 00:07:31,199 --> 00:07:36,479 and then from this year we the society 207 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:38,319 will be publishing the journal again 208 00:07:36,479 --> 00:07:40,000 self publishing it and we'll be 209 00:07:38,319 --> 00:07:42,000 publishing it open access and 210 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:44,400 importantly we will also be publishing 211 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:45,199 it print as well as online 212 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:46,639 and 213 00:07:45,199 --> 00:07:48,160 that's important to think about when we 214 00:07:46,639 --> 00:07:50,800 go back to that point that i was making 215 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:53,120 about us being member driven first the 216 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:55,680 print copy has always been 217 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:57,360 a material object that gives people from 218 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:59,840 a lot of the research and surveys we've 219 00:07:57,360 --> 00:08:01,840 done with members it's it's the object 220 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:03,440 that people hold on to 221 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:06,080 and gives them a sense of 222 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:07,199 belonging to the society 223 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:08,720 um 224 00:08:07,199 --> 00:08:10,319 interestingly in some of the surveys 225 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:11,520 that we did in the last few years we 226 00:08:10,319 --> 00:08:12,800 have people 227 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:14,639 telling us that they don't actually read 228 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:16,240 it but they still want to get it which 229 00:08:14,639 --> 00:08:18,639 is always interesting 230 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:21,199 without fail we will get a few 231 00:08:18,639 --> 00:08:23,440 full-run copies of the old print version 232 00:08:21,199 --> 00:08:25,120 offered to the society for our archives 233 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:26,639 every year 234 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:29,360 um as i 235 00:08:26,639 --> 00:08:30,319 visit people on my journeys i often get 236 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:32,479 shown 237 00:08:30,319 --> 00:08:34,479 people come and show me their run of 238 00:08:32,479 --> 00:08:36,560 beautiful colors of print journals on 239 00:08:34,479 --> 00:08:37,760 their shelves and so the print copy was 240 00:08:36,560 --> 00:08:38,880 something that was really important to 241 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:40,880 us and has 242 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:42,000 given us a bit of a challenge now as we 243 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:45,360 work forward 244 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:45,360 but it's important 245 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:49,360 so 246 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:51,200 the what has been interesting for me is 247 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:54,160 to look at the 248 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:56,240 how we got to where we are now 249 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:58,080 for what has been a very 250 00:08:56,240 --> 00:09:01,279 long running journal 251 00:08:58,080 --> 00:09:03,760 nearly 75 years and 252 00:09:01,279 --> 00:09:07,279 for a journal that has been driven 253 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:08,880 purely by volunteer labor in my mind 254 00:09:07,279 --> 00:09:11,920 so originally 255 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:13,839 the asa didn't start till 1975 256 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:16,160 as i said but the archive section of the 257 00:09:13,839 --> 00:09:18,560 library association of australia started 258 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:22,480 the journal in 1955 259 00:09:18,560 --> 00:09:26,240 and so and that laa then became alias so 260 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:27,680 for those first 20 years alia in theory 261 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:29,519 owned the journal 262 00:09:27,680 --> 00:09:33,440 our australian library and information 263 00:09:29,519 --> 00:09:36,399 association from 1975 onwards the asa 264 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:38,720 has continued to publish the journal 265 00:09:36,399 --> 00:09:41,440 from 2002 266 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:42,640 um and that inserts a more recent 20 267 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:45,519 past 268 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:46,880 the journal moved from being a journal 269 00:09:45,519 --> 00:09:49,760 publishing 270 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:52,480 articles of note for the profession and 271 00:09:49,760 --> 00:09:54,320 of research and publishing research to 272 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:56,000 where the articles are peer-reviewed so 273 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:58,000 it became a fully-fledged academic 274 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:59,600 journal 275 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:01,760 by 276 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:04,240 i think from memory the mid 277 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:07,120 i can't remember exactly when this whole 278 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:10,480 world happened in academic world but by 279 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:12,480 the late 2000s the 280 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:14,880 archives and manuscripts was an a-rank 281 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:14,880 journal 282 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:19,279 in the old way of referring to how 283 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:20,560 journals were ranked which put it up 284 00:10:19,279 --> 00:10:22,000 there with some of the best in the 285 00:10:20,560 --> 00:10:22,880 country 286 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:24,560 and 287 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:27,839 made it a very desirable journal to 288 00:10:24,560 --> 00:10:27,839 publish into as well 289 00:10:28,079 --> 00:10:34,320 around 2010 2011 the society started to 290 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:35,600 go through some troubles we call them 291 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:37,680 the troubles 292 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:40,000 we transferred publication to taylor and 293 00:10:37,680 --> 00:10:41,440 francis um was one of the side effects 294 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:44,320 of those troubles 295 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:47,120 in 2017 it was put to members that maybe 296 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:50,079 we should consider not going on with 297 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:51,519 taylor and francis um or maybe consider 298 00:10:50,079 --> 00:10:52,959 staying with him for another three years 299 00:10:51,519 --> 00:10:54,880 it was decided to stay with another 300 00:10:52,959 --> 00:10:57,279 three years 301 00:10:54,880 --> 00:11:02,480 and that was all by member vote and 302 00:10:57,279 --> 00:11:04,320 that important to know but by 2019 um no 303 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:06,720 in 2019 sorry 304 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:10,160 those previous print issues that had 305 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:12,720 been up until 20 the 2000 early 2000s 306 00:11:10,160 --> 00:11:14,399 had been fully digitized 307 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:16,560 all the metadata created and then we 308 00:11:14,399 --> 00:11:17,920 released them all online as an online 309 00:11:16,560 --> 00:11:22,720 archive 310 00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:25,279 of 1955 to 2011 um fully searchable and 311 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:27,600 fully open access so that was a a huge 312 00:11:25,279 --> 00:11:28,399 project that was 10 or 15 years in the 313 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:30,399 making 314 00:11:28,399 --> 00:11:32,480 to get that done a lot of 315 00:11:30,399 --> 00:11:34,399 people had it played a big role in that 316 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:37,440 i just happened to be the person 317 00:11:34,399 --> 00:11:40,800 steering it at the end 318 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:44,160 and for that we used an open source 319 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:47,040 platform called ojs and supported by pkp 320 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:49,600 at simon fraser university and then we 321 00:11:47,040 --> 00:11:51,440 decided not to renew the contract with 322 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:52,560 taylor and francis at a council level so 323 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:54,800 we took 324 00:11:52,560 --> 00:11:57,040 uh we surveyed members and council made 325 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:58,959 the decision 326 00:11:57,040 --> 00:12:01,360 and since that decision we've spent the 327 00:11:58,959 --> 00:12:04,959 last um 328 00:12:01,360 --> 00:12:08,000 14 or 15 months getting ready to 329 00:12:04,959 --> 00:12:11,040 move to that full open access model 330 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:13,440 uh that's a very brief timeline 331 00:12:11,040 --> 00:12:15,600 i just wanted to and this is i've summed 332 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:17,360 this up i think 333 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:19,120 the important things to note here are 334 00:12:17,360 --> 00:12:22,399 these troubles so 335 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:24,880 the role of the society as itself as the 336 00:12:22,399 --> 00:12:26,560 publisher of the journal and how 337 00:12:24,880 --> 00:12:28,959 financial sustainability is really 338 00:12:26,560 --> 00:12:30,639 important in order to have 339 00:12:28,959 --> 00:12:33,120 a sustainable journal 340 00:12:30,639 --> 00:12:34,639 and so those troubles really 341 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:37,760 led into a lot of the decisions that 342 00:12:34,639 --> 00:12:40,000 were made to move to taylor and francis 343 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:41,839 there was a lot of tension at around the 344 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:45,600 time at that decision 345 00:12:41,839 --> 00:12:47,920 about that decision so the move 346 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:50,240 to taylor and francis was controversial 347 00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:53,519 within the member body but it was seen 348 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:56,480 as the at the time the way 349 00:12:53,519 --> 00:12:59,600 forward to ensure that the journal could 350 00:12:56,480 --> 00:13:00,639 keep being published um 351 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:02,079 there were 352 00:13:00,639 --> 00:13:04,079 a lot of 353 00:13:02,079 --> 00:13:06,320 activism there was there was activism 354 00:13:04,079 --> 00:13:07,680 around that time and the board the 355 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:09,600 editorial board of the journal did 356 00:13:07,680 --> 00:13:10,720 change quite significantly due to that 357 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:13,680 decision 358 00:13:10,720 --> 00:13:15,680 um it's been very interesting 359 00:13:13,680 --> 00:13:16,880 uh seeing how that's been managed over 360 00:13:15,680 --> 00:13:18,399 the past 10 years and i think it's 361 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:20,800 important to remember 362 00:13:18,399 --> 00:13:22,720 always about the the decisions you make 363 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:25,440 being political decisions 364 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:26,639 taylor and francis had a particularly 365 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:29,839 unique 366 00:13:26,639 --> 00:13:32,560 green open access license for only four 367 00:13:29,839 --> 00:13:36,079 lis journals and i think that's been 368 00:13:32,560 --> 00:13:37,040 uh quite productive for the society so 369 00:13:36,079 --> 00:13:40,560 that 370 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:42,160 license means that all 371 00:13:40,560 --> 00:13:43,600 so instead of everything being locked 372 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:45,199 down forever 373 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:46,320 on the taylor and francis 374 00:13:45,199 --> 00:13:47,120 platform 375 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:50,160 the 376 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:51,920 any every volume is released open access 377 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:54,160 after three years so it's a three-year 378 00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:55,120 embargo for that license 379 00:13:54,160 --> 00:13:59,199 it's 380 00:13:55,120 --> 00:14:00,959 it's been useful for us in how to manage 381 00:13:59,199 --> 00:14:02,560 some of the member expectations around 382 00:14:00,959 --> 00:14:04,800 access to information 383 00:14:02,560 --> 00:14:06,560 one of the roles of being a member one 384 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:09,279 of the benefits sorry of being a member 385 00:14:06,560 --> 00:14:11,120 of the society however is around access 386 00:14:09,279 --> 00:14:11,920 to the journal so we had to really weigh 387 00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:13,920 up 388 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:15,360 some of our 389 00:14:13,920 --> 00:14:17,440 thoughts around 390 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:19,040 restricting access and and what taylor 391 00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:22,079 and francis offered in that 392 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:24,000 and how we made more political activist 393 00:14:22,079 --> 00:14:25,839 decisions around access to information 394 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:27,279 which is what the open access model is 395 00:14:25,839 --> 00:14:28,079 about 396 00:14:27,279 --> 00:14:30,320 so 397 00:14:28,079 --> 00:14:32,079 we did a lot of surveying of members and 398 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:34,240 we have always been surveying members 399 00:14:32,079 --> 00:14:37,040 and asking them about this 400 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:38,720 um we did a lot of research over the 401 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:41,120 last over that whole 10-year period so 402 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:43,199 we moved to taylor and francis and from 403 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:45,040 that point committed to 404 00:14:43,199 --> 00:14:47,040 making a good decision into the future 405 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:50,720 about staying 406 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:52,560 importantly to note too is um 407 00:14:50,720 --> 00:14:56,800 when we think about open access and 408 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:56,800 publishing and is actually that 409 00:14:56,880 --> 00:15:01,120 for this these 10 years and the years 410 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:03,760 previous that there is actually 411 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:05,199 copyright ownership of all the content 412 00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:07,120 and so 413 00:15:05,199 --> 00:15:09,120 it's not like 414 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:11,279 we can just say oh it's open so we have 415 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:12,800 to think about copyright quite a lot at 416 00:15:11,279 --> 00:15:14,720 this point and we are having some 417 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:16,320 interesting discussions with lawyers 418 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:17,040 around this as well 419 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:19,360 so 420 00:15:17,040 --> 00:15:21,519 from what we can see and what we know is 421 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:23,680 that asa has a content copyright and 422 00:15:21,519 --> 00:15:25,600 taylor and francis owned the 423 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:27,760 the visual copyright of the sort of 424 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:29,440 layout of the those 10 years worth of 425 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:31,360 journals and that's 426 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:34,720 been good for us to get to the bottom of 427 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:36,639 but it's been interesting as well 428 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:38,720 so the online archive i've got the link 429 00:15:36,639 --> 00:15:41,920 there i'm happy to share it it was a 430 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:43,600 huge job to seek permission so talking 431 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:45,759 about copyright again 432 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:47,680 every author of every article or their 433 00:15:45,759 --> 00:15:52,000 delegate or their 434 00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:53,600 air had to grant copyright transfer and 435 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:54,639 agree to 436 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:57,839 open 437 00:15:54,639 --> 00:16:00,000 creative commons or i think it's a 438 00:15:57,839 --> 00:16:01,680 creative commons license on 439 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:04,160 their material 440 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:05,680 so that was a huge project of managing 441 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:07,199 all that data 442 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:08,880 the permissions data and we have that 443 00:16:07,199 --> 00:16:11,279 all safely stored away 444 00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:15,279 once that was all done then we worked to 445 00:16:11,279 --> 00:16:17,040 we there was a lot of evaluation done of 446 00:16:15,279 --> 00:16:17,920 service providers for to host for 447 00:16:17,040 --> 00:16:19,040 journal 448 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:21,759 pkp 449 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:24,160 was decided as the best option 450 00:16:21,759 --> 00:16:26,240 so there's a cost involved the society 451 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:27,519 carries that cost to 452 00:16:26,240 --> 00:16:30,160 host 453 00:16:27,519 --> 00:16:31,920 the journal on the pkp server 454 00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:34,399 so it's a public knowledge project at 455 00:16:31,920 --> 00:16:35,440 simon fraser university 456 00:16:34,399 --> 00:16:37,680 and 457 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:39,920 um the 458 00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:42,079 we launched that and there's still a lot 459 00:16:39,920 --> 00:16:43,839 of tweaks to be done but the best bit 460 00:16:42,079 --> 00:16:46,480 has been working with open source 461 00:16:43,839 --> 00:16:48,160 software and that's what ojs on open 462 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:50,399 journal system is 463 00:16:48,160 --> 00:16:53,279 is that there's some flexibility 464 00:16:50,399 --> 00:16:55,680 to tailor it when we need to 465 00:16:53,279 --> 00:16:57,600 interestingly there we procured the 466 00:16:55,680 --> 00:16:58,880 services of a 467 00:16:57,600 --> 00:17:01,440 journal 468 00:16:58,880 --> 00:17:04,400 publishing service i'm not sure what 469 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:06,720 they actually call themselves um to do 470 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:08,640 the bulk of the 471 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:10,720 the transfer work and the upload work 472 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:13,360 with us and to do the desktop publishing 473 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:14,880 and design of some of the parts of the 474 00:17:13,360 --> 00:17:17,039 website 475 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:19,120 and i think that was a good recognition 476 00:17:17,039 --> 00:17:20,880 from the society of the fact that none 477 00:17:19,120 --> 00:17:23,120 of us are experts in 478 00:17:20,880 --> 00:17:25,520 in all of these different fields and so 479 00:17:23,120 --> 00:17:27,120 it's more cost efficient and sustainable 480 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:28,319 for us to actually pay the experts 481 00:17:27,120 --> 00:17:29,280 rather than 482 00:17:28,319 --> 00:17:31,280 um 483 00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:33,919 those of us on council at the time 484 00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:36,240 trying to or those volunteer members 485 00:17:33,919 --> 00:17:39,280 trying to get the expertise we're really 486 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:41,840 good at archives we're not so good at 487 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:44,000 managing websites necessarily 488 00:17:41,840 --> 00:17:44,000 so 489 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:50,000 the last 15 months has been 490 00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:51,840 a big project trying to get this 491 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:54,000 happening our contract with taylor and 492 00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:54,720 francis had a 12 month notice period and 493 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:56,080 so 494 00:17:54,720 --> 00:17:58,640 the first thing we had to really do was 495 00:17:56,080 --> 00:18:01,120 make that decision we gave the notice 496 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:04,799 and um so our contract finished with 497 00:18:01,120 --> 00:18:07,840 taylor francis on 31st of december 2021 498 00:18:04,799 --> 00:18:09,039 and so they have uh we have terminated 499 00:18:07,840 --> 00:18:11,600 any relationship with them and they're 500 00:18:09,039 --> 00:18:11,600 no longer 501 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:16,240 giving the access that we have to the 502 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:17,200 journal in that way 503 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:19,440 so 504 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:21,280 um 505 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:22,960 from there once we've made that decision 506 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:25,600 that was quite a big decision to make 507 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:27,679 and it i feel like um at the time the 508 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:28,720 council that made that decision 509 00:18:27,679 --> 00:18:30,559 one of the 510 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:32,640 motivating factors for us there was 511 00:18:30,559 --> 00:18:34,960 around the statement we were making 512 00:18:32,640 --> 00:18:36,320 about who can access information and how 513 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:38,080 they access it 514 00:18:36,320 --> 00:18:40,720 and what was important to council and 515 00:18:38,080 --> 00:18:41,600 still continues to be i believe 516 00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:43,200 is 517 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:45,440 the 518 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:48,480 information and about practice and the 519 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:50,799 findings of research are important for 520 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:52,720 all to be able to access regardless of 521 00:18:50,799 --> 00:18:54,720 where they are and what limits they have 522 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:56,400 on that information 523 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:58,799 we have a large member base in the 524 00:18:56,400 --> 00:19:02,559 volunteer sector or in the small archive 525 00:18:58,799 --> 00:19:04,880 sector that might not necessarily have 526 00:19:02,559 --> 00:19:07,200 as much a higher as a budget to access 527 00:19:04,880 --> 00:19:10,880 that information for instance 528 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:12,960 um we also there is also a huge 529 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:14,559 the global audience for our research 530 00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:16,799 that gets published is quite important 531 00:19:14,559 --> 00:19:18,960 as well 532 00:19:16,799 --> 00:19:21,919 during 2021 we did a lot of research it 533 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:23,200 was very interesting trying to find a 534 00:19:21,919 --> 00:19:25,200 place 535 00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:28,799 to publish the journal so we weren't 536 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:31,120 able the council is not staffed 537 00:19:28,799 --> 00:19:33,280 incredibly well i don't know james you 538 00:19:31,120 --> 00:19:34,960 may have some other thoughts on that 539 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:37,280 but we don't have someone whose job it 540 00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:39,120 is to manage a journal and so we needed 541 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:40,400 to find someone to host the journal for 542 00:19:39,120 --> 00:19:43,120 us 543 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:45,679 um and to do a lot of the and who had 544 00:19:43,120 --> 00:19:47,600 the expertise in managing journals we 545 00:19:45,679 --> 00:19:48,799 approached a couple of local university 546 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:50,640 presses 547 00:19:48,799 --> 00:19:53,440 who publish open access because the 548 00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:54,720 decision had been made to go open 549 00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:56,960 and 550 00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:58,799 as to be expected we 551 00:19:56,960 --> 00:20:00,960 weren't able to work with them because 552 00:19:58,799 --> 00:20:02,799 despite us even having a budget to spend 553 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:05,600 on it there's just not enough resources 554 00:20:02,799 --> 00:20:08,080 in universities at the moment 555 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:09,840 and so the council decided to continue 556 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:11,200 our relationship with the 557 00:20:09,840 --> 00:20:14,000 publishing 558 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:16,480 services support company based out of 559 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:18,480 europe who work with pkp 560 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:20,080 to provide that front-end service and 561 00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:23,280 also help manage the back end of the 562 00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:26,480 publishing process so we have budgeted 563 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:29,280 um there's a yearly budget line in for 564 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:31,039 the council for the society to manage 565 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:32,960 so to cover the cost of managing the 566 00:20:31,039 --> 00:20:35,600 journal 567 00:20:32,960 --> 00:20:37,200 we made a decision to print the journal 568 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:38,799 and some of the decisions around that 569 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:40,640 printing are 570 00:20:38,799 --> 00:20:42,480 still to be finalized so there's a lot 571 00:20:40,640 --> 00:20:44,240 of research still to be done there 572 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:46,000 we're looking at print-on-demand models 573 00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:49,039 and we're trying to incorporate some of 574 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:50,720 the politics of 575 00:20:49,039 --> 00:20:52,159 labor and 576 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:54,480 distribution 577 00:20:52,159 --> 00:20:56,080 through those decisions but at the end 578 00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:58,640 of it we will need to make sure we still 579 00:20:56,080 --> 00:21:00,720 get a print copy to those people who are 580 00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:03,600 entitled to it mainly members and 581 00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:05,360 subscribers we've been learning a lot 582 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:08,720 about publishing so a lot of the work 583 00:21:05,360 --> 00:21:10,720 that tnf did was very untransparent and 584 00:21:08,720 --> 00:21:12,480 so that's been interesting and hard to 585 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:14,159 know what we don't know until they 586 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:15,760 suddenly tell us that here's some 587 00:21:14,159 --> 00:21:17,840 information for you that we don't need 588 00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:19,200 we don't do any more 589 00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:21,200 and most importantly we've been 590 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:22,880 communicating with members very clearly 591 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:24,960 about the decision making and where 592 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:26,320 we're going forwards 593 00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:29,760 so 594 00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:30,640 it's been a very bumpy road i would say 595 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:32,640 um 596 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:34,880 going if we go all the way back to the 597 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:36,960 decision to move to taylor and francis 598 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:38,720 and now the decision to move away from 599 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:41,039 taylor and francis 600 00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:42,960 but it's been excellent the last two or 601 00:21:41,039 --> 00:21:45,280 three years of my involvement has been 602 00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:47,360 really interesting in it uh some of the 603 00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:48,799 findings we have or some of my own 604 00:21:47,360 --> 00:21:50,320 personal reflections are that it's 605 00:21:48,799 --> 00:21:52,080 really important to be able to feel 606 00:21:50,320 --> 00:21:54,799 confident to spend money 607 00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:56,480 um volunteer labor is really excellent 608 00:21:54,799 --> 00:21:58,640 but it's important that we recognize 609 00:21:56,480 --> 00:22:03,039 people's skills and knowledge and reward 610 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:03,039 them for it with the um with money 611 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:07,120 it's 612 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:08,559 often impor one of the other really 613 00:22:07,120 --> 00:22:10,559 important things has been in networks 614 00:22:08,559 --> 00:22:12,880 that we've lent on and are very grateful 615 00:22:10,559 --> 00:22:14,320 for around the open access publishing 616 00:22:12,880 --> 00:22:17,200 community and they are in those 617 00:22:14,320 --> 00:22:19,120 university libraries and presses 618 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:19,919 as well as with colleagues 619 00:22:19,120 --> 00:22:22,240 at 620 00:22:19,919 --> 00:22:24,159 sister type journals for instance 621 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:25,840 archivaria in canada 622 00:22:24,159 --> 00:22:28,320 and the relationship between the 623 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:30,480 editorial board and the 624 00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:32,799 journal is also very important they were 625 00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:34,320 very supportive of the decision 626 00:22:32,799 --> 00:22:35,760 going forwards 627 00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:37,679 um 628 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:39,679 so networks are very important and 629 00:22:37,679 --> 00:22:41,840 communication 630 00:22:39,679 --> 00:22:43,280 and then 631 00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:45,840 the other thing 632 00:22:43,280 --> 00:22:47,919 i would like to reflect on there is that 633 00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:49,760 if you get the chance to 634 00:22:47,919 --> 00:22:52,960 make these type of decisions don't be 635 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:56,480 afraid to bring your politics and and 636 00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:57,840 where you stand in it to the fore so 637 00:22:56,480 --> 00:22:59,520 because you'll realize that lots of 638 00:22:57,840 --> 00:23:00,799 people might also be thinking the same 639 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:03,360 way and so that voice is really 640 00:23:00,799 --> 00:23:07,280 important to be to have out there 641 00:23:03,360 --> 00:23:08,799 i think um sarah is that enough time 642 00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:10,559 should i leave some time i'm not sure if 643 00:23:08,799 --> 00:23:12,240 there's any questions there 644 00:23:10,559 --> 00:23:14,000 uh there is actually quite a few 645 00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:16,480 questions okay so 646 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:17,840 i'm going to stop sharing if that's or 647 00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:20,960 maybe i can put this up for a little 648 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:20,960 while but i'm happy 649 00:23:21,039 --> 00:23:26,159 thank you so much that was fantastic um 650 00:23:24,559 --> 00:23:27,840 first question would you do it again 651 00:23:26,159 --> 00:23:30,880 knowing what you know now 652 00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:33,360 yes totally i think the um 653 00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:34,720 the what's motivating me now is to know 654 00:23:33,360 --> 00:23:36,480 that people more people are going to be 655 00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:38,480 able to access the information and 656 00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:39,840 actually we think and we're seeing it 657 00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:41,919 we're going to get more research being 658 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:43,600 published as well more people's 659 00:23:41,919 --> 00:23:46,960 choosing the journal as a venue for 660 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:49,520 their research so yes definitely 661 00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:52,000 um how aligned do you think the members 662 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:54,640 are in the idea of open access is there 663 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:56,159 a better feeling of the members that uh 664 00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:58,080 then there are troubles despite all the 665 00:23:56,159 --> 00:24:00,480 changes 666 00:23:58,080 --> 00:24:02,240 uh can you say that one i'm like yeah 667 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:03,679 can you say that one again is that how 668 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:05,600 online do you think the members are in 669 00:24:03,679 --> 00:24:06,799 the idea of open access i guess that's 670 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:08,080 the best way 671 00:24:06,799 --> 00:24:09,120 um 672 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:12,240 i 673 00:24:09,120 --> 00:24:15,279 think it's either a measure of active 674 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:17,520 or apathetic and so it's the the apathy 675 00:24:15,279 --> 00:24:19,679 is it's not a bad thing to be apathetic 676 00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:21,200 and not have an opinion 677 00:24:19,679 --> 00:24:23,600 but those who do have opinion we had 678 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:26,000 very little active resistance to the 679 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:27,600 idea of moving to open access 680 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:29,200 so it was either people didn't really 681 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:33,279 need to not like didn't know or didn't 682 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:36,559 want to know or were very supportive 683 00:24:33,279 --> 00:24:39,039 uh how much was the move to real open 684 00:24:36,559 --> 00:24:40,799 access with pkp driven by the general 685 00:24:39,039 --> 00:24:43,120 membership and how much was it driven by 686 00:24:40,799 --> 00:24:45,760 the council 687 00:24:43,120 --> 00:24:47,600 um it 688 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:49,760 that's a hard 689 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:52,159 question to quantify the answer to i'm 690 00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:53,679 not really a quant person and i can't 691 00:24:52,159 --> 00:24:56,720 give you stats but 692 00:24:53,679 --> 00:24:59,120 um there were a lot of 693 00:24:56,720 --> 00:25:00,400 there were a number i would say of vocal 694 00:24:59,120 --> 00:25:03,120 members 695 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:05,279 um and always were since we made the 696 00:25:03,120 --> 00:25:08,000 decision to move to taylor and francis 697 00:25:05,279 --> 00:25:09,279 we being not me on the council but the 698 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:12,960 society 699 00:25:09,279 --> 00:25:14,240 um there's always been a vocal group 700 00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:16,720 about that 701 00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:16,720 of members 702 00:25:17,039 --> 00:25:21,760 um and 703 00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:23,679 yes sorry no no keep going 704 00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:24,480 i was just gonna say there have been 705 00:25:23,679 --> 00:25:27,039 uh 706 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:29,919 and and there is always a vocal minority 707 00:25:27,039 --> 00:25:31,840 but um the 708 00:25:29,919 --> 00:25:34,799 underlying message we got through our 709 00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:38,240 surveys as well was that it was either 710 00:25:34,799 --> 00:25:39,840 um yes supported or unless it was there 711 00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:42,559 were some concerns i think in a survey 712 00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:44,960 about the cost of the society 713 00:25:42,559 --> 00:25:47,200 that's all 714 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:49,120 um and this one's probably more of a 715 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:50,960 comment but um 716 00:25:49,120 --> 00:25:52,720 i assume or hope that there's a paper or 717 00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:54,320 two in the archive about the bumpy road 718 00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:55,120 that you were telling us about 719 00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:56,880 yes 720 00:25:55,120 --> 00:25:58,640 it will come now i don't have to be an 721 00:25:56,880 --> 00:26:00,799 academic i'd love to write a paper about 722 00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:03,600 being about doing this work so 723 00:26:00,799 --> 00:26:05,840 yeah definitely some work coming 724 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:08,559 wonderful to hear um 725 00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:11,520 did the move to pkp for the 726 00:26:08,559 --> 00:26:14,880 2011 and earlier journals influence your 727 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:17,919 decision to go pkp again this time 728 00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:22,480 yes so that our preference initially was 729 00:26:17,919 --> 00:26:24,880 to go local and so to go the local press 730 00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:27,520 and once we realized we couldn't do that 731 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:29,039 because it wasn't a sustainable model um 732 00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:30,880 we 733 00:26:29,039 --> 00:26:34,080 went and we did evaluate a couple of 734 00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:36,080 different online journal systems but we 735 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:38,480 went with pkp because we did have that 736 00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:39,440 pre-existing relationship 737 00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:42,880 and 738 00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:46,400 it gives us a smooth uh 739 00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:48,640 kind of image for the journal 740 00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:50,400 okay and one last question 741 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:51,440 hypothetically 742 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:53,840 if there is 743 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:56,320 uh some australian library association 744 00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:58,240 out there that wanted to do this with 745 00:26:56,320 --> 00:26:59,760 their publication do you think that 746 00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:01,840 there would be different or other 747 00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:05,120 barriers and how would you suggest that 748 00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:08,400 they go about changing their journal 749 00:27:05,120 --> 00:27:09,440 i think the um 750 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:11,279 the 751 00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:14,080 part of the decision-making that was the 752 00:27:11,279 --> 00:27:15,840 easiest was the confidence the financial 753 00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:17,440 stability that the society has at the 754 00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:21,120 moment 755 00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:24,080 so we're not in uh unstable position 756 00:27:21,120 --> 00:27:26,080 and so that stability made us 757 00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:28,320 gave us the confidence so i think for 758 00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:29,600 any society but 759 00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:31,440 any association that might be 760 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:33,600 considering it got looking at your 761 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:35,279 financial stability in the first place 762 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:36,399 because the thing that was also quite 763 00:27:35,279 --> 00:27:38,559 eye-opening 764 00:27:36,399 --> 00:27:40,559 to me was that we were making money from 765 00:27:38,559 --> 00:27:42,240 taylor and francis there was a bit of an 766 00:27:40,559 --> 00:27:43,840 income stream coming in and so what 767 00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:46,240 we've had to do is sacrifice that income 768 00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:47,279 stream and look to diversify it in other 769 00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:49,600 ways 770 00:27:47,279 --> 00:27:50,799 which i think is definitely there's so 771 00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:52,880 we've done a lot of planning around that 772 00:27:50,799 --> 00:27:54,799 too 773 00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:57,360 um but i think it's been very well 774 00:27:54,799 --> 00:27:59,279 received by our glam community the 775 00:27:57,360 --> 00:28:00,720 decision from what we can see we haven't 776 00:27:59,279 --> 00:28:03,279 had any resistance 777 00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:05,840 and so i would encourage other 778 00:28:03,279 --> 00:28:07,360 glam type journals to consider it as 779 00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:09,200 well 780 00:28:07,360 --> 00:28:11,120 i would i would definitely encourage 781 00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:13,440 that as well well thank you so much 782 00:28:11,120 --> 00:28:15,120 jesse for joining us today and it was 783 00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:17,200 amazing hearing about 784 00:28:15,120 --> 00:28:19,840 the process that you've been through 785 00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:21,919 next up at 5 pm we have daniel sobi 786 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:24,080 telling us about musicbrainz.org and 787 00:28:21,919 --> 00:28:27,039 wikidata.org 788 00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:28,399 hopefully you can join us at 5 00. thank 789 00:28:27,039 --> 00:28:32,919 you again jesse 790 00:28:28,399 --> 00:28:32,919 thank you thanks for the invitation bye