University of British Columbia
University of British Columbia Library
Digital Initiatives
2020 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: services distributed across several campuses
Stage (1-3): 3 - Established
Open Access Focus (1-5): 4 - Very Important
Program Advisory/Editorial Board: No
Peer Reviewed Journals: 80%
Staffing (in Full Time Equivalents):
Location: Canada
Organization: services distributed across several campuses
Stage (1-3): 3 - Established
Open Access Focus (1-5): 4 - Very Important
Program Advisory/Editorial Board: No
Peer Reviewed Journals: 80%
Staffing (in Full Time Equivalents):
- Professional staff: 2
- Paraprofessional staff: 1
- Graduate students: 0.5
Funding Sources for Publishing Activities:
- Library Operating Budget: 100%
Publishing Activities
Types of publications: conference papers and proceedings, faculty; conference papers and proceedings, student; electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs); journals, campus-based faculty-created; journals, campus-based student-created; technical/research reports; undergraduate capstones/honors theses.| 2019 | Open Access | Paid | Hybrid | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campus-based Faculty-driven Journal | 18 | 13 | 3 | |
| Campus-based Student-driven Journals | 8 | 8 | ||
| Databases | ||||
| ETDs | 1292 | 1292 | ||
| Faculty Conference Papers and Proceedings | ||||
| Journals for External Groups | ||||
| Monographs | ||||
| Newsletters | ||||
| Student Conference Papers and Proceedings | ||||
| Technical/Research Reports | ||||
| 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:
- Vancouver Institute Lectures Series (audio/video recordings)
- President’s Speeches and Writings (documents)
- BIRS Workshop Lecture Videos (video series)
Disciplinary Specialties:
- engineering
- mathematics
- physics
- forestry
- sustainability
Partners
Internal Partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty; graduate students; undergraduate studentsUniversity Press Partners: UBC 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:
- audio
- data
- images
- text
- video
Softwares & Platforms:
- CONTENTdm
- DSpace
- Dataverse
- Pressbooks
- WordPress
- locally developed software
Additional Services:
- DOI distribution
- analytics
- audio/video streaming
- author advisory – copyright
- author advisory – other
- digitization
- hosting of supplemental content
- metadata
- outreach
- training
Digital Preservation Strategy:
- Archivematica
- COPPUL
- PKP Preservation Network