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2. books and literature

Content, Models, Tools--Opportunities!
Elizabeth W. Brown
April 28, 2015
#musepubmtg15
What I’ll Cover
• Journals & Books Updates
• New Content
• New Models
• Series Linking
• New Statistics Tool
• MUSE Commons Update & Opportunities
JOURNALS:
What’s New for 2015
• 20 journals joining the collections
• 7 from new journal publishers
• 643 total journals in the collections by the
end of 2015
• 2015 slate very balanced by subject
area, reflecting the breadth of MUSE
content areas overall
Journal Additions for 2015
Caliope
Illinois Classical Studies
Confluencia
Ohio Valley History
Dante Studies
Canadian Journal of History
The Cormac McCarthy Journal
The William and Mary Quarterly
Studies in American Humor
Early Modern Women
The Southern Quarterly
European Journal of Language Policy
Twentieth Century Literature
Journal of Chinese Linguistics
Dickens Quarterly
Journal of Chinese Literature & Culture
The Massachusetts Review
Journal of Ecumenical Studies
Music and the Moving Image
Quaestiones Disputatae
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Example: How Calíope Fits In
• La corónica – Medieval Spanish literature & cultural
studies
• Bulletin of the Comediantes – early modern Hispanic
theatre
• Calíope – Hispanic baroque poetry
• Cervantes – Cervantes
• Anales Galdosianos – Galdos & other 19th century
authors
• …and several more general Spanish studies and
literature journals
Journal Additions for 2015
Caliope
Illinois Classical Studies
Confluencia
Ohio Valley History
Dante Studies
Canadian Journal of History
The Cormac McCarthy Journal
The William and Mary Quarterly
Studies in American Humor
Early Modern Women
The Southern Quarterly
European Journal of Language Policy
Twentieth Century Literature
Journal of Chinese Linguistics
Dickens Quarterly
Journal of Chinese Literature & Culture
The Massachusetts Review
Journal of Ecumenical Studies
Music and the Moving Image
Quaestiones Disputatae
Journal Additions for 2015
Calíope
Illinois Classical Studies
Confluencia
Ohio Valley History
Dante Studies
Gettysburg Magazine - HOSTED
The Cormac McCarthy Journal
Midwest Review - HOSTED
Studies in American Humor
Canadian Journal of History
The Southern Quarterly
The William and Mary Quarterly
Twentieth Century Literature
Early Modern Women
Dickens Quarterly
European Journal of Language Policy
The Massachusetts Review
Journal of Chinese Linguistics
Music and the Moving Image
Journal of Chinese Literature & Culture
Resilience - HOSTED
Journal of Ecumenical Studies
Demokratizatsiya - HOSTED
Quaestiones Disputatae
Journal of Black Sexuality - HOSTED
A New Kind of MUSE Journal:
The MUSE Hosting Program
University of Nebraska Press
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Gettysburg Magazine
Journal of Black Sexuality
Midwest Review
Resilience
George Washington University
• Demokratizatsiya
MUSE Journal Hosting Program
• Charge fees to cover the costs of hosting these
journals on MUSE
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Annual hosting fee per journal
Variable, one-time fee per article
No “add-on” fees, DOIs are included
• Can be subscription or Open Access
• Use the services of our existing single title
subscription program
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Fulfillment
Access only
MUSE Journal Hosting Program
• Can apply to transfer hosted journals into the
collections
• Guarantees publishers a presence for their
journal on MUSE, without the restrictive
timelines of the collection process
• No muss, no fuss: we give hosted journals
everything that collection journals get
Example of a Hosted Journal
• hosting
BOOKS:
What’s New for 2015
• Association for Scottish Literary Studies
• Lawrence & Wishart
• Includes the complete works of Marx &
Engels
• Princeton University Press
• Includes their major backlist project
BOOKS:
Single Title Update
• Sales continue to grow
• Publishers can opt in or out of the MUSE
multiplier of 200% of their submitted prices
• Opt out = set own prices for your books in
single title sales program
• Now is a great time to join the program…
….and to opt in more books!
BOOKS:
Single Title Update (cont.)
• List of all book metadata available through
single title selection tool
• Onix users: easy to opt in all using tool
• Picking and choosing: output to Excel
template
ONIX Users & Single Title Sales
• No good way for publishers to use
ONIX to opt books in or out of single
title sales….
• ….or into any other models and
options we might introduce.
Upcoming New Sales Option
“Single Title Only”
• Currently all books in collections
(required)
• Some books not appropriate for
collections
• Coursebooks, High-priced reference
books, digital “shorts”
• Goal to receive books that would not
otherwise be submitted
New Feature: Clickable Series
• screenshot
New Statistics Tool!!
• First self-serve statistics for our book
publishers!
• Upgrade to journal statistics, with addition
of graphics and real-time reporting
• Filters: Date-range, Institutions, Countries
• Books- by Books and Chapters
• Journals- by Journals, Issues, and Articles
• As you refine your search, click below to
refresh the report
New Statistics Tool!!
New Statistics Tool!!
New Statistics Tool!!
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New Statistics Tool!!
• Spread the love: share the data!
• Book acquisitions editors need this
data, too!
• Request more accounts!
• Generate reports for journal clients!
• Use exclamation points!
• And, most important: send your
feedback!
BOOKS and JOURNALS
Please include your logo on MUSE: Send to Liz
musecommons.org
The MUSE Commons
• Build a home for the MUSE Content
Community
• Spotlight MUSE content and our
publishers/content providers, with plenty of
pointers to MUSE
• Provide a space for publishers to interact
with MUSE and with each other
• Provide space for publishers to create
content and engage with their own
constituents
See you on
the Commons!
musecommons.org
THANKS!