University of Guelph

McLaughlin Library

Academic Library · Canada

• libresc@uoguelph.ca

Research and Scholarship

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
The Research and Scholarship team supports and contributes to the work of researchers and research teams on campus. They support the U of G researchers with the entire research lifecycle, including through publishing. We prioritize open through supporting open journal publishing, and open educational resource development.

• Publishing activities began: 2004
• Stage of publishing efforts: 3 - Established
• Open access focus: Central to mission
• Portion of Open Access publications: Most
• Publishing Languages: English; French

Program Organization

• Organization of publishing services: Centralized library publishing unit/department
• Advisory/editorial board: No
• Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 2
• Individual people: 3
• Funding sources: Library materials budget; Library operating budget

Publishing Activities

• Journals
• Open educational resources

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: No
  
• 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): Yes

Technologies & Services

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Policies

McLaughlin Library Accessibility Policy: https://www.lib.uoguelph.ca/about/policies/accessibility-policies/