University of Calgary
Libraries and Cultural Resources
Digitization and Repository Services
2019 CONTACT:Kathryn Ruddock, Manager, Digitization and Repository Services
Phone: 403-220-7215
Email: kmeranji@ucalgary.ca
Program Overview
Libraries and Cultural Resources supports open access and subscription-based journals through our journal hosting service. This service is open to any peer-reviewed journals whose editor(s)-in-chief is affiliated with a Canadian post-secondary institution.
Publishing Activities Began: 2007
Location: Canada
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Stage (1–5): 5 - Established
Open Access Focus (1–5): 4 - Very Important
Program Advisory/Editorial Board: No
Peer Reviewed Journals: 100%
Journals that assess article processing charges: 5%
Staffing (in Full Time Equivalents):
Location: Canada
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Stage (1–5): 5 - Established
Open Access Focus (1–5): 4 - Very Important
Program Advisory/Editorial Board: No
Peer Reviewed Journals: 100%
Journals that assess article processing charges: 5%
Staffing (in Full Time Equivalents):
- Professional staff: 1
- Paraprofessional staff: 1
- Graduate students:
- Undergraduates:
Funding Sources for Publishing Activities:
- Library Materials Budget: %
- Library Operating Budget: 80%
- Non-library Campus Budget: %
- Endowment Income: %
- Charitable Contributions: %
- Grants: %
- Sales Revenue: 20%
- Licensing Revenue: %
- Charge Backs: %
- Other: %
Publishing Activities
All Library Publishing Activities:- Campus-based Faculty-driven Journals: 11
- Campus-based Student-driven Journals: 4
- Journals Produced for External Groups: 13
- Monographs: 8
- Technical/Research Reports: 50
- Faculty Conference Papers and Proceedings: 41
- Student Conference Papers and Proceedings: 2
- ETDs: 537
- Undergraduate Capstones/Honors Theses: 4
Open Access Publishing:
- Campus-based Faculty-driven Journals: 10
- Campus-based Student-driven Journals: 3
- Journals Produced for External Groups: 13
- Monographs: 8
Paid Publishing:
- Campus-based Faculty-driven Journals: 2
- Journals Produced for External Groups: 2
Library-Administered University Press Publications:
- Monographs: 8
Partners
Internal Partners: campus departments or programsUniversity Press Partners: University of Calgary Press
Technologies & Services
Media Formats:
- audio
- data
- images
- text
- video
Softwares & Platforms:
- CONTENTdm
- DSpace
- OJS
Digital Preservation Strategy:
- Archive-It
- In-house
- PKP Preservation Network
- Scholars Portal
Additional Services:
- analytics
- audio/video streaming
- dataset management
- digitization
- DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
- hosting of supplemental content
- training