Library Publishing Directory
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh University Library
Academic Library · United KingdomLibrary & University Collections
https://www.ed.ac.uk/information-services/research-support/edinburgh-diamondRebecca Wojturska, Open Access Publishing Officer
Email: rebecca.wojturska@ed.ac.uk
Program Overview
Mission/Objectives:Edinburgh Diamond, a service provided by Edinburgh University Library, uses Open Monograph Press (OMP) and Open Journal Systems (OJS) to provide a hosting service for diamond open access books and journals published by University of Edinburgh academic staff and student groups. We also provide book and journal hosting as a shared service governed by the Scottish Confederation of University and Research Libraries (SCURL).
- Publishing activities began: 2009
- Stage of publishing efforts: 3 - Established
- Open access focus: Central to mission
- Portion of Open Access publications: All
- Publishing Languages: English
Program Organization
- Organization of publishing services: Centralized library publishing unit/department
- Advisory/editorial board: Yes
- Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 1.5
- Individual people: 2
- Funding sources: Library operating budget
Publishing Activities
- Conference papers and proceedings
- Databases
- Datasets
- Educational resources
- Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)
- Journals
- Monographs
- Multimedia
- Newsletters
Journal Publishing:
- Journals published: 14
- Campus-based faculty-created: 10
- Campus-based student-created: 4
- Peer-reviewed: 13
- Currently inactive or archived: 5
Monograph/Book Publishing:
- Monographs published: 6
Highlights
Top Publications:
- Journal of Lithic Studies (journal)
- Finance and Society (journal)
- Language and Psychoanalysis (journal)
- Medicine Anthropology Theory (journal)
- Forum (journal)
Disciplinary Specialties:
- Community education
- Linguistics
- Archaeology
- Anthropology
- Political economy
Partners
- Internal partners: Campus departments or programs; Individual faculty; Graduate students; Undergraduate students
- Other publishing entities administered by your library: No
- Other publishing entities within your library’s parent institution: Yes
Edinburgh University Press is a world-leading academic publisher that offers gold and green open access. Edinburgh Diamond only offers diamond open access. - Program’s openness to working with external partners: Consider external partners but only if in our disciplinary specialty
- Types of publications should other publishers refer to your program: External partners: journals on the subject of library and information studies, open access, or Scotland. SCURL partners: any topic.
- Part of a consortium which provides support for publishing? (e.g. platform, funding): No
Technologies & Services
Media Formats:
- data
- images
- text
- video
Software & Platforms:
- DSpace
- OJS
- OMP
Additional Services:
- author advisory - other
- author advisory - copyright
- Indexing services (e.g. assistance with journal application for DOAJ)
- DOI distribution
- analytics
- budget preparation
- business model development
- cataloging
- digitization
- DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
- hosting of supplemental content
- ISBN registry
- ISSN registry
- metadata
- outreach
- training
Digital Preservation Strategy:
- PKP
- CLOCKSS
- Digital preservation services under discussion
- In-house
- LOCKSS
Policies
Other Policies:
Digital preservation policy
Adopted Policies:
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) NASIG Model Digital Preservation Policy
Additional Information
Last Year:We grew our book hosting service and as of January 2023 host seven books.
Future Plans:
We plan to further grow our book hosting service, and internally promote Edinburgh Diamond to raise awareness of the service among staff, academics, and students.