@misc{BargheerWalker2016, author = {Bargheer, Margo and Walker, Kizer}, title = {From project to program: sustaining publishing services in US and German research libraries}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0290-opus4-24335}, year = {2016}, abstract = {The rise of the internet has been accompanied by a consolidation of major sectors of the scholarly publishing industry, privatizing knowledge and creating sustainability pressure all along the scholarly communications chain. But the internet has also enabled the growth of alternative publishing infrastructures owned and maintained within the academy. Partnering with other academic stakeholders, research libraries in the US and in Germany are building new scholarly communication channels that promote the flow of information as a social benefit. The Open Access arXiv repository, hosted by Cornell University Library in Ithaca, New York, expedites research in physics and related fields by enabling scientists worldwide to share and access results before they are formally published. ArXiv is one of multiple publishing partnerships of Cornell University Library, which include a mix of Open Access and purchase models. All of these initiatives seek sustainable publishing strategies for the disciplines they serve, but each poses maintenance challenges. In Germany, a key focus of research libraries' publishing activity is the development of new university presses. An example is G{\"o}ttingen University Press, hosted by the State and University Library G{\"o}ttingen. Operating for more than a decade with an Open Access business model for monographs, GUP anticipated the recent embrace of Open Access in the social sciences and humanities by several years. The delay in the uptake of Open Access in these fields presented a challenge for the Press; being a first mover created tensions with both the University's administration and with commercial publishers. With examples from the US and Germany, we will highlight how libraries handle economic, organizational, and institutional challenges when converting publishing projects to reliable services for entire communities. The lessons learned will provide valuable insights for libraries assuming new responsibilities for their research communities.}, language = {de} }