Library Publishing Directory
Loyola University Chicago
Loyola University Chicago Libraries
Academic Library · United StatesLibrary Systems
https://libraries.luc.edu/digital-servicesMargaret Heller, Digital Services Librarian
Email: mheller1@luc.edu
Program Overview
Mission/Objectives:The University Libraries support a variety of digital services, including helping faculty and students make their work available to a wide audience, hosting journals and conference papers, and creating innovative digital exhibits.
- Publishing activities began: 2012
- Stage of publishing efforts: 3 - Established
- Open access focus: Central to mission
- Portion of Open Access publications: Most
- Publishing Languages: English, Spanish
Program Organization
- Organization of publishing services: Centralized library publishing unit/department
- Advisory/editorial board: No
- Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 1
- Individual people: 1
- Students: Graduate student(s)
- Funding sources: Library materials budget; library operating budget
Publishing Activities
- Conference papers and proceedings
- Educational resources
- Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)
- Expansive digital publications
- Journals
Journal Publishing:
- Journals published: 1
- Campus-based student-created: 1
- Peer-reviewed: 1
Highlights
Top Publications:
- Journal of Critical Scholarship on Higher Education and Student Affairs (journal)
Disciplinary Specialties:
- HIgher education administration
- Social justice
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: Yes
- Program’s openness to working with external partners: Consider external partners but only if in our disciplinary specialty
- Part of a consortium which provides support for publishing? (e.g. platform, funding): No
Technologies & Services
Media Formats:
- audio
- data
- images
- text
- video
- visualizations
Software & Platforms:
- Digital Commons (bepress)
- Omeka
- WordPress
Additional Services:
- author advisory - copyright
- audio/video streaming
- dataset management
- digitization
- hosting of supplemental content
- metadata
- outreach
- peer review management
Digital Preservation Strategy:
- Preservica