McMaster University
McMaster University Library
Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarshipscom@mcmaster.ca
http://library.mcmaster.ca/scholarly-communication
Canada
Primary Contact:
Gabriela Mircea
Digital Repository Librarian
9055259140
Program Overview
The McMaster University Library journal and institutional repository platforms offer state-of-the-art services to the McMaster community. We are strongly committed to using open source software to deliver high quality services that are both scalable and sustainable.
Year publishing activities began: 2006
Organization: services are distributed across library units/departments
Total FTE in support of publishing activities: professional staff (1.5); undergraduate students (3)
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 2015:
Library publications in 2015: campus-based faculty-driven journals (10); campus-based student-driven journals (5); faculty conference papers and proceedings (55); ETDs (802); undergraduate capstones/honors theses (54)
Number of open access titles:
Number of paid titles:
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Media formats: text; images; audio; video; data
Disciplinary specialties: philosophy; literature; communication; health
Top publications: Early Theatre; Russell: The Journal of Bertrand Russell Studies; Energy Studies Review; Journal of Professional Communication; Nexus
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:
Publishing platform(s): DSpace; OJS
Digital preservation strategy: in-house; Ontario Library Research Cloud
Additional services: training metadata; DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers; digitization