Library Publishing Directory
McGill University
McGill University Library
Academic Library · CanadaResearch and Scholarship
https://www.mcgill.ca/library/services/scholarly-publishingRobin Desmeules, Coordinator, Scholarly Communications
Phone: 514-398-1896
Email: robin.desmeules@mcgill.ca
Program Overview
Mission/Objectives:McGill Library and Archives publishes scholarly peer reviewed journals using an open access business model. We achieve this by working closely with our campus community to provide them with publishing services that support their research needs, accommodating multiple levels of scholarship including faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates. We ensure that journals published with us are disseminated worldwide with appropriate infrastructure and that content is accessible on a global scale.
- Publishing activities began: 1998
- Stage of publishing efforts: 3 - Established
- Open access focus: Central to mission
- Portion of Open Access publications: All
- Publishing Languages: English; French
Program Organization
- Organization of publishing services: Centralized library publishing unit/department
- Advisory/editorial board: No
- Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 0.5
- Individual people: 2
- Students: Undergraduate student(s)
- Funding sources: Grants, Library operating budget
Publishing Activities
- Conference papers or proceedings
- Datasets
- Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)
- Grey literature
- Journals
- Monographs
Journal Publishing:
- Journals published: 11
- Campus-based faculty-created: 9
- Campus-based student-created: 1
- Contracted by external groups: 3
- Peer-reviewed: 8
- Required fee to enable Open Access: 1
- Currently inactive or archived: 6
Monograph/Book Publishing:
- Monographs published: 2
- Required fee to enable Open Access: 2
Highlights
Top Publications:
- Seismica (Journal)
- McGill Journal of Education (journal)
- International Journal of Whole Person Care (journal)
- Canadian Review of Art Education (CRAE) (journal)
- McGill Journal of Medicine (journal)
Disciplinary Specialties:
- Library and information studies
- Education
- Health
Partners
- Internal partners: Campus departments or programs, Individual faculty, Graduate students, Undergraduate 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 if there is a tie to my institution (e.g., local editor of a journal for an external scholarly society)
- Part of a consortium which provides support for publishing? (e.g. platform, funding): Yes
Technologies & Services
Media Formats:
- data
- text
Software & Platforms:
- Dataverse
- Open Journal Systems (OJS)
- Samvera (including Hyku or Hyrax)
Additional Services:
- author advisory - copyright
- applying for Cataloging in Publication Data
- cataloging
- digitization
- DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
- hosting of supplemental content
- ISBN registry
- ISSN registry
- training
Digital Preservation Strategy:
- PKP Open Preservation Network
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