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):
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 studentsUniversity Press Partners: UBC Press
Best publications to refer to our program: Banff International Research Station for Mathematical Innovation and Discovery (BIRS); TRIUMF; Digital Library Federation (DLF)
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:
Service Vendors: Atmire - analytics
- audio/video streaming
- author advisory – other
- cataloging
- digitization
- DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
- hosting of supplemental content
- metadata
- outreach
- training
Additional Information
Plans for Expansion & Future Directions:Expand OJS service to include editor support; Open Monograph support
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