Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Open Publishing Suite (OPUS)
Karen Meijer-Kline, Scholarly Communications LibrarianPhone: 604-599-2978
Email: karen.meijer-kline@kpu.ca
Program Overview
The KPU 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
- Languages published: English
- Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
- Stage of publishing efforts (1-3): 3 - Established
- Stage comments:
- Open access focus (1-5): 5 - Completely
- Program advisory/editorial board: No
- Peer reviewed journals: 100%
- Professional staff: 2
- Paraprofessional staff: 0.75
- Undergraduates: 1.5
- Library operating budget: 100%
Publishing Activities
Types of publications: conference papers and proceedings, faculty; educational resources (ex. textbooks, course modules); journals, campus-based faculty-created; journals, campus-based student-created; journals, inactive back-issues; monographs; newsletters; technical/research reports; undergraduate capstones/honors theses.| 2021 | Open access | Paid | Hybrid | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conference papers and proceedings, faculty | ||||
| Conference papers and proceedings, student | ||||
| Databases | ||||
| Datasets | ||||
| Educational resources (e.g., textbooks, course modules) | 9 | 9 | ||
| Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) | ||||
| Journals, campus-based faculty-created | 2 | 2 | ||
| Journals, campus-based student-created | 4 | 4 | ||
| Journals, contracted by external groups | ||||
| Journals, inactive back issues | 1 | 1 | ||
| Monographs | 1 | 1 | ||
| Newsletters | 1 | 1 | ||
| Technical/research reports | 5 | 5 | ||
| Undergraduate capstones/honors theses | 4 | 4 |
2021: New publications from July 2020 to June 2021. 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
- Mise-en-Scene (journal)
- Logan Creek Decolonization Project Journal (journal)
- Academic Integrity (book)
- Student Engagement Activities for Business Communications (book)
- sociology
- education
- communications
- psychology
- horticulture
Partners
Internal partners: campus departments or programsOpenness 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)
Best publications to refer to our program: Publications related to KPU or associated with KPU affiliated people
Part of a consortium that provides support for publishing?
Work with a university press?
Administer a university press?
Technologies & Services
- audio
- images
- text
- video
- Islandora
- OJS
- Pressbooks
- audio/video streaming
- author advisory – copyright
- author advisory – other
- cataloging
- copyediting
- digitization
- graphic design (print or web)
- hosting of supplemental content
- image services
- ISBN registry
- ISSN registry
- marketing
- metadata
- peer review management
- print-on-demand
- training
- Digital preservation services under discussion
- PKP Preservation Network
Additional Information
Plans for Expansion & Future Directions:In the coming year we are planning to start offering DOI assignment
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