2020 Library Publishing Directory

Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Open Publishing Suite (OPUS)

2020 CONTACT:
Karen Meijer-Kline, Scholarly Communications Librarian
Phone: 604-599-2978
Email: karen.meijer-kline@kpu.ca

Program Overview

Open Publishing Suite (OPUS) collectively refers to a suite of services and tools offered by the Library. OPUS assists faculty and students in monograph and journal publishing or making their work available online. We also offer support to KPU instructors to create or adapt open educational resources.

Publishing Activities Began: 2015
Location: Canada
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Stage (1-3): 2 - Early
Open Access Focus (1-5): 5 - Completely
Program Advisory/Editorial Board: No
Peer Reviewed Journals: 100%

Staffing (in Full Time Equivalents):
  • Professional staff: 2
  • Paraprofessional staff: 0.5
  • Undergraduates: 1
Funding Sources for Publishing Activities:
  • Library Operating Budget: 70%
  • Non-library Campus Budget: 20%
  • Grants: 10%

Publishing Activities

Types of publications: campus-based faculty-driven journals; campus-based student-driven journals; faculty conference papers and proceedings; monographs; student conference papers and proceedings; technical/research reports; textbooks; undergraduate capstones/honors theses; Open Educational Resources.

  2019 Open Access Paid Hybrid
Campus-based Faculty-driven Journal12
Campus-based Student-driven Journals33
Databases
ETDs
Faculty Conference Papers and Proceedings
Journals for External Groups
Monographs
Newsletters
Student Conference Papers and Proceedings
Technical/Research Reports35
Textbooks45
Undergraduate Capstones/Honors Theses

2019: New publications from July 2018 to June 2019. 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 may be offered in some form as OA, but are also available as a paid version.

Other/Additional Publishing Activities:

  • Library Publishing Activities: Open Educational Resources (4)

Highlights

Top Publications:
  • Mise-en-Scene (journal)
  • "Making Selfies/Making Self: Digital Subjectivities in the Selfie" (conference publication)
  • Research Methods in Psychology (open textbook)
  • Logan Creek Decolonization Project Journal (journal)
Disciplinary Specialties:
  • sociology
  • education
  • criminology
  • horticulture
  • psychology

Partners

Internal Partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty; undergraduate students


Openess to Partners: Open to working with any external partner

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:
  • audio
  • images
  • multimedia/interactive content
  • text
  • video
Softwares & Platforms:
  • Islandora
  • OJS
  • Pressbooks
Additional Services:
  • audio/video streaming
  • author advisory – copyright
  • author advisory – other
  • cataloging
  • copy-editing
  • digitization
  • graphic design (print or web)
  • hosting of supplemental content
  • ISBN registry
  • ISSN registry
  • metadata
  • outreach
  • print-on-demand
  • training
Digital Preservation Strategy:
  • PKP Preservation Network
  • KPU’s KORA is part of the BC provincial repository: Arca

Additional Information

Plans for Expansion & Future Directions:
In the coming year we are planning to add support for LaTeX, as well as more student assistant support, library staff support, and expanded graphic design support.
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