Cardiff University
University Library Service
Cardiff University Presscardiffuniversitypress@cardiff.ac.uk
cardiffuniversitypress.org
@cardiffunipress; facebook.com/Cardiff-University-Press-Gwasg- Prifysgol-Caerdydd-268506940016820
United Kingdom
Primary Contact:
Sonja Haerkoenen
Scholarly Publications Manager
44(0)2922510221
haerkoenens@cardiff.ac.uk
Program Overview
We aim to develop Cardiff University Press further as a high-impact, pioneering institutional publisher, committed to innovation and excellence in publishing, for the benefit of both academia and the wider external community. Our mission is to publish high-quality original academic research online with no charges to editors or authors for our basic services, to ensure that the publications conform to open access principles, and to comply with funder and HEFCE mandates through Creative Commons licences.
Year publishing activities began: 2015
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Total FTE in support of publishing activities: professional staff (.6)
Funding sources (%): library operating budget (25); non-library campus budget (75)
Stage of publishing efforts (1–5): 3
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Advisory/editorial board: Yes
Publishing Activities
Library-administered university press publications in 2018: campus-based faculty-driven journals (4); campus-based student-driven journals (3); journals produced under contract/MOU for external groups (1); databases (1)
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Internal partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty; graduate students
External partners: The Learned Society of Wales
Publishing platform(s): OJS; WordPress; moving to Ubiquity
Digital preservation strategy: Portico
Additional services: marketing; training; analytics; cataloging; metadata; ISSN registry; DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers; contract/license preparation; hosting of supplemental content
Additional Information
Plans for expansion/future directions: Cardiff University Press is moving its hosting platform to Ubiquity Press in autumn 2017 in order to enable monograph publishing in future.View All Entries