Library Publishing Directory
University of Alberta
University of Alberta Library
Academic Library · CanadaOpen Publishing and Digitization Services
https://library.ualberta.ca/publishing/Sonya Betz, Head, Open Publishing and Digitization Services
Email: sonya.betz@ualberta.ca
Program Overview
Mission/Objectives:Our publishing activities seek to make the scholarship of researchers more open and discoverable. We believe that open publishing initiatives have the potential to change the scholarly communication landscape and model sustainable business practices that benefit both researchers and the public.
- Publishing activities began: 2006
- Stage of publishing efforts: 3 - Established
- Open access focus: Central to mission
- Portion of Open Access publications: All
- Publishing Languages: English; French; Ukrainian; Spanish
Program Organization
- Organization of publishing services: Centralized library publishing unit/department
- Advisory/editorial board: No
- Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 3
- Individual people: 4
- Students: Undergraduate student(s)
- Funding sources: Library operating budget
Publishing Activities
- Conference papers or proceedings
- Datasets
- Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)
- Grey literature
- Journals
- Multimedia
- Open educational resources
Journal Publishing:
- Journals published: 56
- Campus-based faculty-created: 30
- Campus-based student-created: 14
- Contracted by external groups: 31
- Peer-reviewed: 53
- Currently inactive or archived: 28
Open Educational Resources Publishing:
- Open Educational Resources: 6
Highlights
Top Publications:
- Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology (journal)
- Evidence Based Library and Information Practice (journal)
- Canadian Journal of Family and Youth (journal)
- Art/Research International (journal)
- The High Protein Cookbook for Muscle Health During Cancer Treatment (open educational resource)
Disciplinary Specialties:
- Library and information studies
- Education
- Cultural studies
- Health sciences
- Social sciences
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: Open to working with any external partner
- Types of publications should other publishers refer to your program: Open access journals affiliated with a Canadian scholarly, learned, or professional association or Canadian post-secondary institution; openly licensed textbook projects, where the primary creator or adaptor must be a faculty or staff member at the University of Alberta or partner institution.
- Part of a consortium which provides support for publishing? (e.g. platform, funding): Yes
Technologies & Services
Media Formats:
- audio
- data
- images
- multimedia
- text
- video
Software & Platforms:
- Dataverse
- locally developed software
- Omeka
- Open Journal Systems (OJS)
- Pressbooks
- WordPress
Additional Services:
- assistance with journal application for DOAJ)
- Indexing services (e.g.
- author advisory - other
- author advisory - copyright
- DOI distribution
- analytics
- applying for Cataloging in Publication Data
- audio/video streaming
- cataloging
- dataset management
- digitization
- DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
- hosting of supplemental content
- ISBN registry
- ISSN registry
- metadata
- outreach
- training
Digital Preservation Strategy:
- Other (please specify)
- PKP Open Preservation Network
- Internet Archive
- Amazon Glacier
- Archive-It
- CLOCKSS
- COPPUL
- HathiTrust
- In-house
- LOCKSS
Policies
Adopted Policies:
Checklist for Accessibility for Textbooks (from BC Campus)
Highlighted Publication