University of Virginia

University of Virginia Library

Academic Library · United States

• https://aperio.press
• publish@virginia.edu

Scholarly Communication

https://aperio.press

Dave Ghamandi, Open Publishing Librarian & Managing Editor, Aperio
Email: dave@virginia.edu

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
Aperio, a service of the University of Virginia Library, draws upon the strengths of the University to increase open access knowledge for a global audience in a variety of formats—journals, monographs, open educational resources, etc.

• Publishing activities began: 2010
• Stage of publishing efforts: 3 - Established
• Open access focus: Central to mission
• Portion of Open Access publications: All
• Publishing Languages: English, Spanish

Program Organization

• Organization of publishing services: Centralized library publishing unit/department
• Advisory/editorial board: Yes
• Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 1
• Individual people: 1
• Funding sources: Charge backs/cost sharing, Endowment income, Library operating budget

Publishing Activities

• Datasets
• Educational resources
• Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)
• Expansive digital publications
• Journals
• Newsletters

Highlights

Partners

• Internal partners:  Campus departments or programs, Individual faculty, Graduate students
• Other publishing entities administered by your library: No
  
• Other publishing entities within your library’s parent institution: No
  
• Program’s openness to working with external partners: Consider external partners if there is a tie to my institution (e.g., local editor of a journal for an external scholarly society)
• Part of a consortium which provides support for publishing? (e.g. platform, funding): No

Technologies & Services

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