The Chronicle of Higher Education is reporting that the University of California system has issued a report on Publishing Needs and Opportunities at the University of California. The report, based on interviews with over 100 UC faculty and administrators, was written by Catherine H. Candee, Executive Director of Strategic Publishing and Broadcast Initiatives, and Lynne Withey, Director of the University of California Press. It does not appear to be currently available on the Internet, and the office of the Executive Director of Strategic Publishing and Broadcast Initiatives does not appear to have a Web presence.
The article describing the report, "U. of California Assesses Its Publishing Needs," is restricted to CHE subscribers.
Surprisingly, UC faculty seem to be generally content with their publishing options, whereas administrators are more concerned with the erosion of options, especially for humanists. New digital publishing options are thriving. Candee and Withey are working together to provide a wide range of options for faculty, embracing everything from open access to restricted, subscription-based access models.
Postscript: The report is now available online.
Hi: You can find the report here:
http://www.slp.ucop.edu/consultation/slasiac/102207/SLASIAC_Pub_Task_Force_Report_final.doc
I’ve asked the Chronicle’s web editors to add that link to the story. Eventually there will be a more permanent online location, I’m told. FYi, Candee works for UC’s Office of the President; she and Withey undertook the report for UC’s Systemwide Library and Scholarly Information Advisory Committee, or SLASIAC.