Library as a Journal Publisher, Librarian as a Managing Editor : New Librarianship in Academic Publishing

Abstract

Special libraries have a unique place in the field of academic research. In addition to providing traditional information services, they are required to produce and distribute creative information content through various channels. To meet these requirements, the Ocean Science Library (OSL) developed the POSEIDON Project, named after the Greek god of the sea. The project focuses on “enhancing the capacity of a special library through academic publication.” It is composed of the following activities.OSL has been facilitating close cooperation between subject librarians and scientists to strengthen a public outreach framework in the field of ocean literacy. OSL believes that our work can serve as a role-model for publishing services by sharing successful cases from OSL with other countries’ libraries.