University of Edinburgh

Edinburgh University Library

Academic Library · United Kingdom

Edinburgh Diamond

https://www.ed.ac.uk/information-services/research-support/edinburgh-diamond

Rebecca Wojturska, Open Access Publishing Officer
Email: rebecca.wojturska@ed.ac.uk

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
Edinburgh Diamond, situated within Edinburgh University Library, offers free publishing services to support diamond open access books and journals created by University of Edinburgh academics , staff, and students. 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): 2
Individual people: 2
Funding sources: Library operating budget

Publishing Activities

Conference papers or proceedings
Databases
Datasets
Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)
Journals
Monographs
Multimedia
Newsletters
Open educational resources (textbooks/course modules)

Journal Publishing:

Journals published: 15
Campus-based faculty-created: 8
Campus-based student-created: 7
Peer-reviewed: 14
Required fee to enable Open Access: 0
Currently inactive or archived: 5

Monograph/Book Publishing:

Monographs published: 3
Required fee to enable Open Access: 0

Highlights

Top Publications:

Fundamentals of Music Theory (textbook)
Medicine Anthropology Theory (journal)
Journal of Lithic Studies (journal)
Language and Psychoanalysis (journal)
Forum (journal)

Disciplinary Specialties:

Community education
Linguistics
Archaeology
Anthropology
Politics

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:

data
images
text
video

Software & Platforms:

DSpace
Open Journal Systems (OJS)
Open Monograph Press (OMP)

Additional Services:

assistance with journal application for DOAJ)
Indexing services (e.g.
Compiling indexes and/or tables of contents
author advisory - other
author advisory - copyright
DOI distribution
budget preparation
business model development
cataloging
contract/license preparation
dataset management
digitization
DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
graphic design (print or web)
hosting of supplemental content
ISBN registry
ISSN registry
marketing
metadata
open URL support
outreach
print-on-demand
training

Digital Preservation Strategy:

PKP Open Preservation Network
CLOCKSS
In-house
LOCKSS

Policies

Accessibility policy; Author rights/copyright policy; Authorship/contributorship policy; Conflict of interest policy; Ethics statement; Open access policy; Peer review policy; Preservation policy; Privacy/confidentiality policy; Retraction/correction policy

Accessibility Statement for Edinburgh Diamond Website: https://www.ed.ac.uk/information-services/research-support/edinburgh-diamond/accessibility-statement-for-journal-hosting-site
Copyright Notice: http://journals.ed.ac.uk/lithicstudies/about/policies#CopyrightNotice
Authorship: http://journals.ed.ac.uk/publication-ethics
Conflict of Interest: http://journals.ed.ac.uk/publication-ethics
Publication Ethics: http://journals.ed.ac.uk/publication-ethics
Open Access Policy: http://journals.ed.ac.uk/lithicstudies/about/policies#openAccessPolicy
Instructions to Reviewers: http://journals.ed.ac.uk/publication-ethics
Digital Preservation Policy: http://journals.ed.ac.uk/digital-preservation-policy
Privacy and Consent Policy: http://journals.ed.ac.uk/publication-ethics
Corrections and Retractions: http://journals.ed.ac.uk/publication-ethics

Adopted Policies:

Additional Information

Last Year:
Edinburgh Diamond now refers to itself as a publishing service instead of a hosting service, as this more accurately reflects our input on the content we publish and host.

Future Plans:
We are looking into offering print-on-demand for our titles, as well as the feasibility of offering copyediting and typesetting services.

Other Information:
We are committed to promoting diamond open access publishing as a viable alternate publishing route.