McGill University
McGill University Library
eScholarship, ePublishing and DigitizationCanada
Primary Contact:
Amy Buckland
eScholarship, ePublishing & Digitization Coordinator
514-398-3059
Program Overview
McGill University Library showcases the research done by the McGill community to the world via publishing initiatives such as electronic theses and dissertations, open access journals and monographs, and by partnering with others to develop new methods to disseminate research.
Year publishing activities began: 1988
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Total FTE in support of publishing activities: library staff (0.5)
Funding sources (%): library operating budget (100)
Stage of publishing efforts (1–5):
Open access focus (1–5):
Advisory/editorial board:
Publishing Activities
Library-administered university press publications in 2014:
Library publications in 2014: faculty-driven journals (2); monographs (1); technical/ research reports (20); ETDs (1000); undergraduate capstone/honors theses (25); working papers
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Media formats: text; images; audio; video
Disciplinary specialties: education; food cultures; library history
Top publications: McGill Journal of Education (journal); CuiZine (journal); Fontanus (journal)
Percentage of journals that are peer reviewed: 100
Percentage of journals assessing article processing charges (APCs):
Internal partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty; graduate students; undergraduate students
External partners: Public Knowledge Project; Erudit; ThesesCanada
Publishing platform(s): OJS/OCS/OMP; locally developed software; DigiTool
Digital preservation strategy: in-house; digital preservation services under discussion
Additional services: training; analytics; notification of A&I sources; ISSN registration; author copyright advisory; other author advisory; digitization; hosting of supplemental content
Additional Information
Plans for expansion/future directions: ETD program and Fontanus series are well established, but OJS journals are still in a developmental stage; looking to pair with the digital humanities community on campus to look at new ways of publishing, beyond the journal/monograph binary.View All Entries