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2022 Library Publishing Directory

Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Open Publishing Suite (OPUS)

  • https://www.kpu.ca/library/opus
  • opus@kpu.ca
Karen Meijer-Kline, Scholarly Communications Librarian
Phone: 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%
Staffing (in full-time equivalents):
  • Professional staff: 2
  • Paraprofessional staff: 0.75
  • Undergraduates: 1.5
Funding sources for publishing activities:
  • 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

Top publications:
  • Mise-en-Scene (journal)
  • Logan Creek Decolonization Project Journal (journal)
  • Academic Integrity (book)
  • Student Engagement Activities for Business Communications (book)
Disciplinary specialties:
  • sociology
  • education
  • communications
  • psychology
  • horticulture

Partners

Internal partners: campus departments or programs

Openness 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

Media formats:
  • audio
  • images
  • text
  • video
Softwares & platforms:
  • Islandora
  • OJS
  • Pressbooks

Additional services:
  • 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 strategy:
  • 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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