On September 22nd, ITHAKA held several pre-meeting sessions about our work. Two morning and three afternoon sessions focused on efforts at two major services of ITHAKA – JSTOR and Portico. Topics ranged from a “new to JSTOR workshop” for publishers, to a discussion of preserving “orphaned” or “abandoned” works and Portico’s progress, to the latest efforts underway to support the dissemination, promotion, and use of scholarship on JSTOR.

Our aims in hosting Sustainable Scholarship 2009 were to facilitate a productive exchange of ideas among those most deeply invested in creating a healthy, innovative, and sustainable eco-system for scholarly communication in the future, and to provide examples and actionable ideas that could be used in many institutions and organizations as people plan and execute strategies relating to the creation, dissemination, preservation, and funding of scholarship and other content.

Below is the day’s agenda as well as links for downloading presentations. Please contact events@ithaka.org with any questions.


New Efforts to Promote and Enhance Content Discovery
Kristen Garlock, Associate Director, JSTOR Education & Outreach | Presentation
Jennifer McKillop, JSTOR Education Coordinator | Presentation | Video Supplement
Ron Snyder, Technology & Research Manager, Advanced Technology Research | Presentation
        
Promotion and use of the content on JSTOR is an important part of our work. We highlight task-based video tutorials designed to assist users at the point of need, incorporating these educational materials into library content management systems and web sites, using social networking sites to promote the use of JSTOR, and new efforts to enhance discoverability between the JSTOR collections.


Newcomers Workshop for JSTOR Participating Publishers
Michael Gallagher, JSTOR Education & Outreach Associate | Presentation
Bruce Lyons, Assistant Director, JSTOR Programs & Services | Presentation 1 | Presentation 2
Jason Phillips, Associate Director, JSTOR Outreach & Participation Services | Presentation
Anne Ray, JSTOR Content Development Manager | Presentation
Michael Spinella, EVP Global Content Alliances and JSTOR Managing Director | Presentation

This introduction to working with JSTOR was for publishers that recently joined or staff members new to participating publishers. We covered many JSTOR programs and services, including recent efforts to expand access and revenue opportunities for publications.


JSTOR: New Directions
Kristen Garlock, Associate Director, JSTOR Education & Outreach | Presentation
Rebecca Simon, Associate Director, University of California Press | Presentation
Michael Spinella, EVP Global Content Alliances and JSTOR Managing Director | Presentation
Melissa Tulig, Associate Director, New York Botanical Garden | Presentation

Institutions, presses, and scholarly associations are levering JSTOR as a platform and collaborator to support the publication and sharing of their content. Three specific initiatives and how we will bring these pieces together into a dynamic environment aimed at serving scholars and students were discussed.


Preserving Scholarship in Need
Ken DiFiore, Associate Director, Portico Outreach & Participation Services | Presentation    

Volatility in the scholarly publishing marketplace can result in “orphaned” or “abandoned” titles that need the kind of permanent preservation and care that Portico provides for electronic scholarly literature. Learn about real life cases of orphaned titles that have found a permanent home in Portico as well as an update on the progress Portico is making to support libraries, publishers and scholars as they transition securely to reliance on e-resources.


Advanced Technology Research – New Tools for All
Michael Gallagher, JSTOR Education Coordinator | Presentation
Lesley Goodwin, Project Manager | Presentation
Jess Mitchell, Project Manager for Decapod, a Fluid community project | Presentation
Ron Snyder, Technology Manager, Advanced Technology Research | Presentation
            
Learn about research projects and betas coming out of our Advanced Technology Research group, including new technologies to digitally capture local collection materials, visualization tools for large scale datasets, and a new interactive platform to support scholarly use of auction catalogues.