Library Publishing Directory

University of Chicago

University of Chicago Library

Academic Library · United States

Center for Digital Scholarship

https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/research/scholar/

Adrian Ho, Head of Scholarly Communications
Phone: 7737021242
Email: adrianho@uchicago.edu

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
The Center for Digital Scholarship is a resource hub for digital methods in research and learning. We provide consultations and services on digital projects, data, and research dissemination. We also connect scholars and students to resources within the Library and on campus to enable their scholarship.
  • Publishing activities began: 2019
  • Stage of publishing efforts: 3 - Established
  • Open access focus: Central to mission
  • Portion of Open Access publications: Most
  • Publishing Languages: English

Program Organization

  • Organization of publishing services: Services distributed across library units/departments
  • Advisory/editorial board: No
  • Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 5
  • Individual people: 5
  • Students: Graduate student(s)
  • Funding sources: Library operating budget

Publishing Activities

  • Datasets
  • Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)
  • Expansive digital publications
  • Grey literature
  • Journals
  • Posters


Journal Publishing:
  • Journals published: 1
  • Campus-based faculty-created: 1
  • Peer-reviewed: 1

Partners

  • Internal partners:  Campus departments or programs
  • Other publishing entities administered by your library: No
  • Other publishing entities within your library’s parent institution: Yes
  • Program’s openness to working with external partners: Consider external partners if there is a tie to my institution (e.g., local editor of a journal for an external scholarly society)
  • Part of a consortium which provides support for publishing? (e.g. platform, funding): No

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:
  • audio
  • data
  • text
  • video
Software & Platforms:
  • Omeka
  • Scalar
  • WordPress
Additional Services:
  • assistance with journal application for DOAJ)
  • Indexing services (e.g.
  • author advisory - copyright
  • DOI distribution
  • analytics
  • dataset management
  • digitization
  • DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
  • ISSN registry
  • metadata

Additional Information

Future Plans:
Develop collaborative partnerships with the University's academic programs in order to archive, preserve, and broaden access to their scholarly works.