Loyola University Chicago

Loyola University Chicago Libraries

Academic Library · United States

• https://libraries.luc.edu/digital-services
• lib-sys@luc.edu

Library Systems

https://libraries.luc.edu/digital-services

Margaret Heller, Digital Services Librarian
Email: mheller1@luc.edu

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
The University Libraries support a variety of digital services, including helping faculty and students make their work available to a wide audience, hosting journals and conference papers, and creating innovative digital exhibits.

• Publishing activities began: 2012
• Stage of publishing efforts: 3 - Established
• Open access focus: Central to mission
• Portion of Open Access publications: Most
• Publishing Languages: English, Spanish

Program Organization

• Organization of publishing services: Centralized library publishing unit/department
• Advisory/editorial board: No
• Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 1
• Individual people: 1
• Students: Graduate student(s)
• Funding sources: Library materials budget; library operating budget

Publishing Activities

• Conference papers and proceedings
• Educational resources
• Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)
• Expansive digital publications
• Journals

Highlights

Partners

• Internal partners:  Campus departments or programs; individual faculty; graduate students
• Other publishing entities administered by your library: No
  
• Other publishing entities within your library’s parent institution: Yes
  
• Program’s openness to working with external partners: Consider external partners but only if in our disciplinary specialty
• Part of a consortium which provides support for publishing? (e.g. platform, funding): No

Technologies & Services

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