Library Publishing Directory

2019

University of Florida

George A. Smathers Libraries

2019 CONTACT:
Laurie N. Taylor, Digital Scholarship Librarian
Phone: 352-273-2902
Email: laurien@ufl.edu

Program Overview

To support library publishing as a collaborative endeavor, publishing scholarly, educational, and creative works. Publishing initiatives complement the work of the University of Florida Press to contribute collectively to the shared missions of the Libraries, Press, and University of Florida.

Publishing Activities Began: 2006
Location: United States
Organization: services distributed across library units/departments
Stage (1–5): 5 - Established
Open Access Focus (1–5): 4 - Very Important
Program Advisory/Editorial Board: Yes
Peer Reviewed Journals: 80%

Staffing (in Full Time Equivalents):
  • Professional staff: 3.5
  • Paraprofessional staff:
  • Graduate students:
  • Undergraduates:
Funding Sources for Publishing Activities:
  • Library Materials Budget: %
  • Library Operating Budget: 100%
  • Non-library Campus Budget: %
  • Endowment Income: %
  • Charitable Contributions: %
  • Grants: %
  • Sales Revenue: %
  • Licensing Revenue: %
  • Charge Backs: %
  • Other: %

Publishing Activities

All Library Publishing Activities:
  • Campus-based Faculty-driven Journals: 3
  • Journals Produced for External Groups: 4
  • Monographs: 42
  • Student Conference Papers and Proceedings: 171
  • ETDs: 1102
  • Undergraduate Capstones/Honors Theses: 289
  • Newsletters: 1
Open Access Publishing:
  • Campus-based Faculty-driven Journals: 3
  • Journals Produced for External Groups: 4
  • Monographs: 42
Hybrid Publishing:
  • Journals Produced for External Groups: 2

Highlights

Disciplinary Specialties:
  • Caribbean
  • Agriculture
  • Entomology
  • Childrens literature
  • Jewish Studies
Top Publications:
  • ARL Position Description Bank (Database)
  • Florida Entomologist (Journal)
  • Proceedings of the Florida State Horticultural Society (Journal)
  • Journal of Undergraduate Research (Journal)
  • ABC of Madagascar (Monograph)

Partners

Internal Partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty; graduate students; undergraduate students
University Press Partners: University Press of Florida

Best publications to refer to our program: Association for Tropical Lepidoptera; Chemical Engineering Division of the American Society for Engineering Education; Digital Library of the Caribbean; Florida Anthropological Society; Florida Entomological Society; Florida State Horticultural Society; Panama Canal Society; St. Augustine Historical Society

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:
  • data
  • images
  • text
Softwares & Platforms:
  • OJS
  • Scalar
  • WordPress
  • Sobek CM
Digital Preservation Strategy:
  • FCLA DAITSS
  • HathiTrust
  • In-house
Additional Services:
  • analytics
  • audio/video streaming
  • author advisory – copyright
  • author advisory – other
  • business model development
  • cataloging
  • compiling indexes and/or TOCs
  • contract/license preparation
  • data visualization
  • dataset management
  • digitization
  • DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
  • hosting of supplemental content
  • image services
  • ISBN registry
  • ISSN registry
  • marketing
  • metadata
  • notification of A&I sources
  • open URL support
  • outreach
  • print-on-demand
  • training
Service Vendors: CoreSource; CrossRef; ISSN International Center; LightningSource; OCLC; Public Knowledge Project; University of Florida Press

Additional Information

Plans for Expansion & Future Directions:
Library publishing services will continue to develop to emphasize UF's commitment to open access, affordable education and diversity in publications.
Other Information:
We are exploring publication of 3D models developed by UF scholars through our 3D printing services.
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