SSP Pre-Meeting Seminar: June 2, 2010Automating Workflow from Acceptance to Publication
Scholarly publisher with 7 wholly owned journals, 7 partnered journals, a member magazine, and online conference proceedings
Reputation for innovation with Open Access and Interactive Publications
Publications hosted on OSA-built Optics InfoBase
OSA - The Optical Society osa.org
OSA - The Optical Society osa.org
OSA - The Optical Society osa.org
OSA manages end-to-end peer review and production on a home-grown system called ADS — All Digital System.
ADS designed to support rapid publication
Evolved out of Optics Express (OpEx) system
OpEx launched in 1997 as rapid, all-electronic journal
OpEx is OSA’s largest, fastest journal
Production time: 11
days
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OSA - The Optical Society osa.org
OSA - The Optical Society osa.org
Tracks production steps
Imports/ exports files and data
Invoices the author
“Publishes” articles
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SQL Database
ColdFusionWeb
InterfaceAssoc. Mgt.
Integration100% Staff
Managed
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Composed in 3B2 / XyVision
3XML
conversion
1Copyediting in Epic
Editor
2Published, indexed
thru Optics InfoBase
6
Final PDF and XML
generated from Word + eXtyles
3MS
normalized, tagged, edited in Word + eXtyles
1PDF proof generated
from Word,
reviewed by Author
2Published, indexed
thru Optics InfoBase
4
PDF proofs
reviewed by OSA
and Author
4Final article prepared in
Epic & 3B2 /
XyVision
5OSA Traditional Journal
Optics Express
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OSA - The Optical Society osa.org
Manuscript “Specs” Page
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Managing Image and Video Files
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Managing Conversion and Copyediting
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Manuscript Data Export to 3rd Party Systems
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Managing Page Proofs and Author Corrections
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Author Billing
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NIH?
Multimedia?
Optional Open
Access?
Publishing / Issue Management
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Admin: Setup and Reports
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How long did project planning take?How long did implementation take?Would you use same approach if
starting today?What is planned for the future?
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AdvantagesCentralized system for all OSA journalsSeamless transition from peer review to
productionIntegration with OSA's AMS and Optics
InfoBaseFlexibility to do whatever we likeDisadvantagesFlexibility to do whatever we likeHeavy reliance on a few, key IT staff to
maintainOSA - The Optical Society osa.org
Thank you!
M. Scott Dineen, [email protected]