Library Publishing Directory

2019

University of British Columbia

University of British Columbia Library

Digital Initiatives

2019 CONTACT:
Bronwen Sprout, Head, Digital Programs and Services
Phone: 604-827-3953
Email: bronwen.sprout@ubc.ca

Program Overview

Our goal is to create sustainable, world-class programs and processes that promote digital scholarship, make UBC research and digital collections openly available to the world, and ensure the long-term preservation of UBC’s digital collections.

Publishing Activities Began: 2007
Location: Canada
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Stage (1–5): 4 - Growing
Open Access Focus (1–5): 5 - Completely
Program Advisory/Editorial Board: No
Peer Reviewed Journals: 75%

Staffing (in Full Time Equivalents):
  • Professional staff: 2
  • Paraprofessional staff: 1
  • Graduate students: 0.35
  • Undergraduates:
Funding Sources for Publishing Activities:
  • Library Materials Budget: %
  • Library Operating Budget: 100%
  • Non-library Campus Budget: %
  • Endowment Income: %
  • Charitable Contributions: %
  • Grants: %
  • Sales Revenue: %
  • Licensing Revenue: %
  • Charge Backs: %
  • Other: %

Publishing Activities

All Library Publishing Activities:
  • Campus-based Faculty-driven Journals: 8
  • Campus-based Student-driven Journals: 6
  • Technical/Research Reports: 19
  • Faculty Conference Papers and Proceedings: 8
  • ETDs: 1299
  • Undergraduate Capstones/Honors Theses: 10
Open Access Publishing:
  • Campus-based Faculty-driven Journals: 13
  • Campus-based Student-driven Journals: 16
  • Monographs: 35
Hybrid Publishing:
  • Campus-based Faculty-driven Journals: 1

Highlights

Disciplinary Specialties:
  • Engineering
  • Mathematics
  • Physics
  • Forestry
  • Sustainability
Top Publications:
  • Vancouver Institute Lectures Series
  • President’s Speeches and Writings
  • BIRS Workshop Lecture Videos (video series)
  • Institutional repository software comparison: DSpace, EPrints, Digital Commons, Islandora and Hydra

Partners

Internal Partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty; graduate students; undergraduate students
External Partners: Banff International Research Station for Mathematical Innovation and Discovery (BIRS); TRIUMF; Digital Library Federation (DLF)
University Press Partners: UBC Press

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:
  • audio
  • data
  • images
  • text
  • video
Softwares & Platforms:
  • CONTENTdm
  • DSpace
  • OJS
Digital Preservation Strategy:
  • Archive-It
  • Archivematica
  • COPPUL
  • PKP Preservation Network
Additional Services:
  • analytics
  • audio/video streaming
  • author advisory – other
  • cataloging
  • digitization
  • DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
  • hosting of supplemental content
  • metadata
  • outreach
  • training
Service Vendors: Atmire

Additional Information

Plans for Expansion & Future Directions:
Expand OJS service to include editor support; Open Monograph support
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