Durban University of Technology
DUT Library
Program Overview
To provide open access to the academic output of the University.
- Publishing Activities Began: 2007
- Location: South Africa
- Languages published: English
- Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
- Stage (1-3): 2 - Early
- Stage Comments:
- Open Access Focus (1-5): 5 - Completely
- Program Advisory/Editorial Board: No
- Peer Reviewed Journals: 100%
- Professional staff: 1
Funding Sources for Publishing Activities:
- Library Operating Budget: 100%
Publishing Activities
Types of publications: datasets; educational resources (ex. textbooks, course modules); electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs); journals, campus-based faculty-created; journals, campus-based student-created; monographs.| 2020 | Open Access | Paid | Hybrid | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conference papers and proceedings, faculty | ||||
| Conference papers and proceedings, student | ||||
| Databases | ||||
| Datasets | 1 | 1 | ||
| Educational resources (ex. textbooks, course modules) | 0 | |||
| Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) | 206 | 206 | ||
| Journals, campus-based faculty-created | 1 | 1 | ||
| Journals, campus-based student-created | ||||
| Journals, contracted by external groups | ||||
| Journals, inactive back-issues | ||||
| Monographs | 2 | 2 | ||
| Newsletters | ||||
| Technical/Research Reports | ||||
| Undergraduate Capstones/Honors Theses |
2020: New publications from July 2019 to June 2020. Journals include titles actively publishing during the date range. Other publication types include items that were published or added to repositories for the first time within the date range.
OA/Paid/Hybrid: Publications currently published and/or available online. OA (open access) publications do not include counts for hybrid publications. Hybrid publications are those that offer a combination of both open access and pay-access content.
Highlights
Top Publications:
- African Journal of Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies (journal)
Partners
Internal Partners: campus departments or programsOpenness to working with external partners: Only work with internal partners
Part of a consortium that provides support for publishing? yes
Work with a university press? no
Administer a university press? no
Technologies & Services
Media Formats:
- data
- text
Softwares & Platforms:
- DSpace
- OJS
- OMP
Additional Services:
- author advisory – copyright
- copyediting
- digitization
- ISBN registry
- ISSN registry
- marketing
- training
Digital Preservation Strategy:
- In-house