Finding the Right Platform

A Report on Building a Publishing Platform Crosswalk

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https://doi.org/10.23974/ijol.2024.vol8.4.342

Abstract

This Report from the Field introduces a collaboratively authored set of documentation that compares digital publishing platforms that are typically used by library publishers. This report discusses how we created this set of crosswalks that compare 10 publishing platforms, most of which are academy-owned and open-source. These platforms are used to create eBooks, digital humanities projects, journals, collections, and community projects, and the crosswalks compare a set of common features each has, including hosting options and cost, ingestion options, interactivity, archive and preservation features, export options, accessibility, and other features. We walk readers through how to use this Creative-Commons-licensed tool to compare platforms, features, and project types, with the hopes that users (be they librarians or authors) can easily compare and make decisions about which platform might best suit their publishing needs.

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Author Biographies

  • Corinne Guimont, Virginia Tech

    Corinne Guimont is the Interim Director of Publishing Services and Digital Scholarship Coordinator at the University Libraries at Virginia Tech. She has a background in Information Science, Digital Humanities, and commercial e-textbook publishing. Corinne works with faculty and students to create digital publications utilizing a variety of tools and platforms. 

  • Cheryl E. Ball

    Cheryl E. Ball is an independent publishing consultant and Executive Director of the Council of Editors of Learned Journals. From 2017–2022, she co-facilitated a monthly working group of Mellon-funded digital publishing platforms. In addition, she has been editor at Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy for 22 years.

  • Matt Vaughn

    Matt Vaughn is the Open Publishing Librarian at Indiana University Bloomington. His research interests include open access and library publishing, particularly JATS XML workflows for OA scholarly journals. He supports the Indiana University Libraries open access journal publishing program.

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2024-01-31

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Vol. 8 No. 4 (2024): Special Issue on Scholarly Communications

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Finding the Right Platform : A Report on Building a Publishing Platform Crosswalk. (2024). International Journal of Librarianship, 8(4), 51-66. https://doi.org/10.23974/ijol.2024.vol8.4.342