Maynooth University
Maynooth University Library
Digital Programmes and Information Systems
Fiona Morley, Head of Digital Programmes and Information SystemsEmail: Fiona.Morley@mu.ie
Program Overview
To support and encourage the dissemination of academic research via open access on appropriate publishing platforms.
- Publishing activities began: 2018
- Location: Ireland
- Languages published: English
- Organization: services distributed across campus
- Stage of publishing efforts (1-3): 2 - Early
- Stage comments: We have a number of different publishing support models in operation by agreement with the journal editors for each publication. These include funding of a Scholastica subscription, local hosting of a journal on OJS, support of external hosting of a journal on OJS and use of our institutional repository to host a locally published journal's articles, from where they are linked.
- Open access focus (1-5): 4 - Very Important
- Program advisory/editorial board: No
- Peer reviewed journals: 100%
- Professional staff: 0.5
- Paraprofessional staff: 0.5
Funding sources for publishing activities:
- Library operating budget: 100%
Publishing Activities
Types of publications: conference papers and proceedings, faculty; conference papers and proceedings, student; journals, campus-based faculty-created; journals, campus-based student-created; journals, contracted by external groups; journals, inactive back-issues; blog posts; posters.| 2021 | Open access | Paid | Hybrid | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conference papers and proceedings, faculty | ||||
| Conference papers and proceedings, student | ||||
| Databases | ||||
| Datasets | ||||
| Educational resources (e.g., textbooks, course modules) | ||||
| Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) | ||||
| Journals, campus-based faculty-created | 3 | |||
| Journals, campus-based student-created | ||||
| Journals, contracted by external groups | 1 | 1 | ||
| Journals, inactive back issues | ||||
| Monographs | ||||
| Newsletters | ||||
| Technical/research reports | ||||
| Undergraduate capstones/honors theses |
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:
- The Open Journal of Astrophysics (journal)
- Journal of Military History and Defence Studies (journal)
- Journal of Mediation and Applied Conflict Analysis (journal)
- Dancecult- Journal of Electronic Dance Music Culture (journal)
Disciplinary specialties:
- Astrophysics
- history
- social/cultural
- music
- communications
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)
Part of a consortium that provides support for publishing?
Work with a university press?
Administer a university press?
Technologies & Services
Media formats:
- data
- images
- text
Softwares & platforms:
- EPrints
- OJS
- Scholastica web-based platform
Additional services:
- author advisory – copyright
- contract/license preparation
- DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
- ISSN registry
- outreach
Digital preservation strategy:
Service vendors: Scholastica; CrossRef; PKP - Digital preservation services under discussion
Additional Information
Plans for Expansion & Future Directions:We would like to further support campus colleagues in developing open access journal publications and investigate publication of open access monographs.
Other Information:
MU Library is represented on the Library Association of Ireland's Library Publishing Group and works closely with this group on library publishing developments and opportunities.
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