2020 Library Publishing Directory

The University of Manchester Library

University of Manchester Library

Research Services

2020 CONTACT:
Helen Dobson, Research Services Manager
Phone: +44-(0)161-275-8091
Email: helen.j.dobson@manchester.ac.uk

Program Overview

The University of Manchester Library’s publishing program supports the creation, dissemination, and preservation of knowledge, including PhD theses, datasets, learning objects and image collections. The University of Manchester Library also works in partnership with Manchester University Press to explore development opportunities, and continue production of jointly established Open Access journals.

Publishing Activities Began: 2009
Location: United Kingdom
Organization: services distributed across campus
Stage (1-3): 2 - Early
Open Access Focus (1-5): 4 - Very Important
Program Advisory/Editorial Board: No
Peer Reviewed Journals: 100%

Staffing (in Full Time Equivalents):
  • Professional staff: 4
  • Paraprofessional staff: 8
Funding Sources for Publishing Activities:
  • Library Materials Budget: 5%
  • Library Operating Budget: 80%
  • Grants: 5%
  • Sales Revenue: 5%
  • Charge Backs: 5%

Publishing Activities

Types of publications: electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs); technical/research reports.

  2019 Open Access Paid Hybrid
Campus-based Faculty-driven Journal11
Campus-based Student-driven Journals11
Databases
ETDs1000880
Faculty Conference Papers and Proceedings
Journals for External Groups
Monographs
Newsletters
Student Conference Papers and Proceedings
Technical/Research Reports2525
Textbooks
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.

Highlights

Top Publications:
  • James Baldwin Review (journal)
  • Manchester Medical Journal (journal)
Disciplinary Specialties:
  • social sciences
  • arts and humanities
  • medical and human sciences
  • life sciences
  • engineering and physical sciences

Partners

Internal Partners: campus departments or programs
University Press Partners: Manchester University Press

Openess to Partners: Consider external partners if there is a tie to my institution (e.g. local editor of a journal for an external scholarly society)

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:
  • data
  • images
  • multimedia/interactive content
  • text
Softwares & Platforms:
  • Fedora
  • Mendeley, EthOS and ProQuest
Additional Services:
  • analytics
  • author advisory – copyright
  • author advisory – other
  • cataloging
  • dataset management
  • digitization
  • DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
  • hosting of supplemental content
  • image services
  • ISBN registry
  • marketing
  • metadata
  • outreach
  • training
Digital Preservation Strategy:
  • In-house
  • Preservica

Additional Information

Plans for Expansion & Future Directions:
The Library’s publishing programme is aligned with the University’s strategic goals, focusing on content types that add most value across campus and beyond, and working with the University Press.
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