Libero Webinar 11-03-19 PDF

Libero Publisher:
Freedom and flexibility

for scholarly publishers
eLife
11/03/19
Jennifer McLennan Maël Plaine Paul Shannon
Head of External Product Manager Head of Technology
Relations
Libero is an open source platform of services and applications
to help scholarly publishers do more with everything we publish.
Agenda
1. Who can use Libero Publisher

2. Why eLife is building technology for publishing
3. What is Libero Publisher?
4. When and how it will be available
5. How it will be supported and maintained
6. Next steps & discussion
Who can use Libero Publisher
Libero Publisher
All kinds of scholarly content providers
● Publishers, societies and associations
● University presses and library-based publishers
● Journals (in the short term) and monographs (in the

longer term)
Organisations without technology teams
● Libero Publisher is a simple and easy-to-use solution
● Will be supported by an ecosystem of service providers

Why eLife is building
technology for publishing
Libero Publisher
What is eLife?
● A non-profit backed by research funders to drive reform

in research communication
● We invest heavily in open-source technology

development and innovation on behalf of the
community
Libero Publisher
eLife’s motivations
● Leverage the power of web technology to accelerate

research and discovery
● Build a community-owned infrastructure for research

communication
● Support open-access publishing

Community motivations
● A strong need for cost-effective solution
● A need for more flexible, modular options
● Desire for a modern user experience (UX/UI)

Building an end-to-end solution
Libero Reviewer Libero Producer Libero Publisher
Submission Peer review Typesetting Hosting Publishing
Learn more at libero.pub

eLife’s development community
eLife’s Libero Reviewer collaboration
eLife’s Libero Producer collaboration
eLife’s Libero Publisher collaboration
What is Libero Publisher?
Libero Publisher
● A fresh, open-source approach to content delivery for
scholarly publishers
● Inspired by eLife but built from the ground-up to serve

more publishers and content providers
● A community of publishers and collaborators who want

their publishing systems to be more flexible, adaptable
and cost-effective
Libero Publisher
Pattern
CMS Library
Browser Web App Dashboard

Article
Ingestor
API
FTP
Articles Listings Search
Depositor
Event Bus
When and how
you can use Libero Publisher
Libero Publisher
Demo Journal available
Steps
May - June
Feature Y, K, A
Feature Z, M, G
Feature W, S, F
Feature D, B, U Feature X, H, O
Time
Article, dashboard & home page
Watch progress as it happens:
Roadmap
High-level
requirements
Tickets
Detailed
requirements
Deciding features and requirements
● We get input from publishers and other content

providers on what features to build
● We’re looking for suggestions on how to expand the

single-journal demo version and where to take Libero
Publisher next
To contribute, contact us: hello@libero.pub

How to get Libero Publisher
1. When the demo version is online: Ask your

development team to build it using components
available on GitHub
2. Later this year: Contact one of the service providers

that are now being recruited from around the world
Service provider model
Libero Community Code base maintenance
Service Service Service Implementation, customisations &

Provider Provider Provider customer service
Publisher
Publisher
Publisher
Publisher
Publisher
Publisher
Publisher
Publisher
Libero Publisher users
Providers must offer strong transition support
● Experienced in content migration
● Workflow and other customisations
● High-quality customer service

Benefits of a community-owned approach
● Future-proof: No one is dependent on any one

organisation
● Customer-owned: Your instance of the platform

belongs to you; you can change it any time
● Best of both worlds: You can adapt the code, and have
plenty of qualified support available
Long-term support and
maintenance
Libero Publisher
Accessing the code now
● We’re constantly evolving https://libero.pub with new guides and

links to the relevant repositories
● Jump straight to the code https://github.com/libero
● Open an issue https://github.com/libero/libero/issues/new/choose

Governance
● eLife are Project Leads supported by a Steering

Committee and Special Interest Groups
● This was decided by the community at the inaugural

Libero Community Sprint in August 2018
● Provides freedom, accountability and protection

Licensing
● A permissive MIT free open-source software license
● Documentation is under Creative Commons

Attribution License (CC_BY 4.0)
● All contributions under a Contributor License

Agreement that protects against patents, bad actors,
acquisitions or licensing changes
Maintenance
● Libero is principally maintained by eLife and the
community
● Three organisations signed an MOU in October 2018

to show a commitment to the project
● Two organisations will be using Libero Publisher

this year and eLife are planning to use it to run the eLife
journal
Support
● Is always available via the Libero Community Slack or

by raising an issue on GitHub
● Our growing ecosystem of service providers can offer

technical support alongside eLife people
● SLAs for bug fixes and security updates will be part of

the ecosystem offering
Next steps
Libero Publisher
What you can do:
1. Contribute to the development of Libero Publisher

○ Try out the demo version and give us feedback
○ Suggest features and requirements to build
2. Learn more about what’s happening

○ Connect with the community
○ Visit libero.pub
To contribute:
● Contact us to share your interest: hello@libero.pub
● Review the roadmap for feature development:

https://elifesci.org/roadmap
● Talk to the community on slack:

https://libero.pub/join-slack/
To learn more:
● Visit https://libero.pub
● Sign up for eLife’s Technology and Innovation

newsletter: https://elifesci.org/technews
● Explore the code: https://github.com/libero/

What eLife will do:
1. Make a really big announcement when the demo

release is available
2. Gather your feedback on how to build Libero Publisher

to best support you
What do you think?
Libero Publisher
Thank you

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Libero Publisher:

Freedom and flexibility

1. Who can use Libero Publisher

● Publishers, societies and associations

● University presses and library-based publishers

● Journals (in the short term) and monographs (in the

● Libero Publisher is a simple and easy-to-use solution

● Will be supported by an ecosystem of service providers

● A non-profit backed by research funders to drive reform

● We invest heavily in open-source technology

● Leverage the power of web technology to accelerate

● Build a community-owned infrastructure for research

● Support open-access publishing

● A strong need for cost-effective solution

● A need for more flexible, modular options

● Desire for a modern user experience (UX/UI)

Libero Reviewer Libero Producer Libero Publisher

Submission Peer review Typesetting Hosting Publishing

Learn more at libero.pub

● Inspired by eLife but built from the ground-up to serve

● A community of publishers and collaborators who want

Browser Web App Dashboard

● We get input from publishers and other content

● We’re looking for suggestions on how to expand the

To contribute, contact us: hello@libero.pub

1. When the demo version is online: Ask your

2. Later this year: Contact one of the service providers

Libero Community Code base maintenance

Service Service Service Implementation, customisations &

● Experienced in content migration

● Workflow and other customisations

● High-quality customer service

● Future-proof: No one is dependent on any one

● Customer-owned: Your instance of the platform

● We’re constantly evolving https://libero.pub with new guides and

● Jump straight to the code https://github.com/libero

● Open an issue https://github.com/libero/libero/issues/new/choose

● eLife are Project Leads supported by a Steering

● This was decided by the community at the inaugural

● Provides freedom, accountability and protection

● A permissive MIT free open-source software license

● Documentation is under Creative Commons

● All contributions under a Contributor License

● Three organisations signed an MOU in October 2018

● Two organisations will be using Libero Publisher

● Is always available via the Libero Community Slack or

● Our growing ecosystem of service providers can offer

● SLAs for bug fixes and security updates will be part of

1. Contribute to the development of Libero Publisher

2. Learn more about what’s happening

● Contact us to share your interest: hello@libero.pub

● Review the roadmap for feature development:

● Talk to the community on slack:

● Sign up for eLife’s Technology and Innovation

● Explore the code: https://github.com/libero/

1. Make a really big announcement when the demo

2. Gather your feedback on how to build Libero Publisher

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