University of Arizona
University of Arizona Libraries
Scholarly Publishing and Data Management Teamrepository@u.library.arizona.edu
journals.uair.arizona.edu; arizona.openrepository.com/arizona
United States
Primary Contact:
Dan Lee
Director, Office of Copyright Management and Scholarly Communication
520-621-6433
Program Overview
The Scholarly Publishing and Data Management Team provides tools, services, and expertise that enable the creation, distribution, and preservation of scholarly works and research data in support of the mission of the University of Arizona.
Year publishing activities began: 1994
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Total FTE in support of publishing activities: library staff (3.25); graduate students (1); undergraduate students (2)
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 2014:
Library publications in 2014: faculty-driven journals (5); student-driven journals (3); journals produced under contract/MOU for external groups (5); monographs (1); technical/research reports (1391); student conference papers and proceedings (104); newsletters (1); ETDs (19660); undergraduate capstone/honors theses (1274); periodicals (8)
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Media formats: text; images; audio; video; data
Disciplinary specialties: agriculture; life sciences; dendrochronology; archaeology; geosciences
Top publications: Radiocarbon (journal); Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections (journal); ETDs; Coyote Papers (working papers); Arizona Anthropologist (journal)
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: International Society of Lymphology; Society for Range Management; Tree Ring Society
Publishing platform(s): CONTENTdm; DSpace; OJS/OCS/OMP; locally developed software
Digital preservation strategy: digital preservation services under discussion
Additional services: training; analytics; cataloging; metadata; notification of A&I sources; ISSN registration; DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers; dataset management; peer review management; contract/license preparation; author copyright advisory; other author advisory; digitization; hosting of supplemental content
Additional Information
Plans for expansion/future directions: Discussing collaborative efforts with the university press.View All Entries