University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh University Library
Library & University Collections
Rebecca Wojturska, Open Access Publishing OfficerEmail: Rebecca.Wojturska@ed.ac.uk
Program Overview
Edinburgh University Library uses Open Journal Systems to provide a hosting service for Open Access journals published by University of Edinburgh academic staff and student groups. We also provide journal and monograph hosting as a shared service governed by the Scottish Confederation of University and Research Libraries (SCURL).
- Publishing Activities Began: 2009
- Location: United Kingdom
- Languages published: English
- Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
- Stage (1-3): 2 - Early
- Stage Comments:
- Open Access Focus (1-5): 5 - Completely
- Program Advisory/Editorial Board: Yes
- Peer Reviewed Journals: 100%
- Professional staff: 1.5
- Library Operating Budget: 100%
Publishing Activities
Types of publications: conference papers and proceedings, faculty; conference papers and proceedings, student; databases; datasets; educational resources (ex. textbooks, course modules); electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs); journals, campus-based faculty-created; journals, campus-based student-created; journals, contracted by external groups; journals, inactive back-issues; monographs; newsletters; technical/research reports; undergraduate capstones/honors theses.| 2020 | Open Access | Paid | Hybrid | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conference papers and proceedings, faculty | ||||
| Conference papers and proceedings, student | ||||
| Databases | 0 | 0 | ||
| Datasets | 265 | 265 | ||
| Educational resources (ex. textbooks, course modules) | ||||
| Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) | 1000 | 1000 | ||
| Journals, campus-based faculty-created | 12 | 12 | ||
| Journals, campus-based student-created | 6 | 6 | ||
| Journals, contracted by external groups | 5 | 3 | 2 | |
| Journals, inactive back-issues | 2 | 2 | ||
| Monographs | ||||
| Newsletters | ||||
| Technical/Research Reports | ||||
| Undergraduate Capstones/Honors Theses |
2020: New publications from July 2019 to June 2020. 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 offer a combination of both open access and pay-access content.
Highlights
- Finance and Society (journal)
- Journal of Lithic Studies (journal)
- Language and Psychoanalysis (journal)
- Concept (journal)
- Forum (journal)
- community education
- linguistics
- archaeology
- anthropology
- political economy
Partners
Internal Partners: individual facultyOpenness to working with external partners: Open to working with any external partner
Best publications to refer to our program: Campus-based Faculty-driven Journal; Campus-based Student-driven Journals; Journals for External Groups
Part of a consortium that provides support for publishing? no
Work with a university press? no
Administer a university press? no
Technologies & Services
- audio
- data
- images
- video
- OJS
- OMP
- DOI distribution
- analytics
- author advisory – copyright
- author advisory – other
- business model development
- digitization
- DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
- hosting of supplemental content
- ISBN registry
- ISSN registry
- metadata
- notification of A&I sources
- outreach
- training
- Digital preservation services under discussion
- LOCKSS
Additional Information
Plans for Expansion & Future Directions:We aim to launch a books platform (using OMP) to host monographs, textbooks, and edited collections.
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