Ryerson University
Ryerson University Library
Cross-Library Collaboration
2020 CONTACT:Ann Ludbrook, Copyright and Scholarly Engagement Librarian
Phone: 416-979-5000 ext 6910
Email: aludbrook@ryerson.ca
Program Overview
The Ryerson Library provides support for Ryerson faculty and staff members who wish to create and publish both open and scholarly monographs.
Publishing Activities Began: 2016
Location: Canada
Organization: services distributed across library units/departments
Stage (1-3): 2 - Early
Open Access Focus (1-5): 4 - Very Important
Program Advisory/Editorial Board: No
Peer Reviewed Journals: 0.5%
Staffing (in Full Time Equivalents):
Location: Canada
Organization: services distributed across library units/departments
Stage (1-3): 2 - Early
Open Access Focus (1-5): 4 - Very Important
Program Advisory/Editorial Board: No
Peer Reviewed Journals: 0.5%
Staffing (in Full Time Equivalents):
- Professional staff: 0.5
- Undergraduates: 0.3
Funding Sources for Publishing Activities:
- Library Operating Budget: 100%
Publishing Activities
Types of publications: campus-based faculty-driven journals; ETDs; faculty conference papers and proceedings; monographs; textbooks; undergraduate capstones/honors theses; Public Domain works.| 2019 | Open Access | Paid | Hybrid | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campus-based Faculty-driven Journal | 3 | |||
| Campus-based Student-driven Journals | ||||
| Databases | ||||
| ETDs | ||||
| Faculty Conference Papers and Proceedings | ||||
| Journals for External Groups | ||||
| Monographs | 3 | 3 | ||
| Newsletters | ||||
| Student Conference Papers and Proceedings | ||||
| Technical/Research Reports | ||||
| Textbooks | 7 | 7 | ||
| Undergraduate Capstones/Honors Theses |
2019: New publications from July 2018 to June 2019. 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 may be offered in some form as OA, but are also available as a paid version.
Other/Additional Publishing Activities:
- Library Publishing Activities: Public Domain works
Highlights
Top Publications:
- Vital Sign Measurement Across the Lifespan (textbook)
- Write Here, Right Now (textbook)
- Pop-up Retail Strategies in an Omnichannel Context (textbook)
- Professional Web Accessibility Auditing Made Easy (textbook)
- Web Accessibility for Developers (textbook)
Disciplinary Specialties:
- nursing
- business
- graphic communication management
- accessibility
Partners
Internal Partners: campus departments or programs; individual facultyOpeness to Partners: Open to working with any external partner
Technologies & Services
Media Formats:
- multimedia/interactive content
- text
Softwares & Platforms:
- Islandora
- OJS
- Pressbooks
- Scalar
Additional Services:
- analytics
- author advisory – copyright
- budget preparation
- contract/license preparation
- copy-editing
- graphic design (print or web)
- image services
- ISBN registry
- metadata
- outreach
- training
- typesetting