University of Hong Kong
University Libraries
Technical Serviceshub.hku.hk
Hong Kong
Primary Contact:
David T. Palmer
Associate University Librarian
+852-3921-2921
Program Overview
We make highly visible the research and researchers of our university through our efforts, in the expectation that new offers of collaboration, contract research, employment, and so forth will be received from the government, industry, and society.
Year publishing activities began: 2005
Organization: services are distributed across campus
Total FTE in support of publishing activities: library staff (5)
Funding sources (%): library operating budget (80); grants (20)
Stage of publishing efforts (1–5):
Open access focus (1–5):
Advisory/editorial board:
Publishing Activities
Library-administered university press publications in 2014:
Library publications in 2014: faculty-driven journals (5); ETDs (1500); undergraduate capstone/honors theses (500)
Number of open access titles:
Number of paid titles:
Number of hybrid titles:
Media formats: text; images; audio; video
Disciplinary specialties: social sciences
Top publications:
Percentage of journals that are peer reviewed: 100
Percentage of journals assessing article processing charges (APCs):
Internal partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty; graduate students; undergraduate students
External partners:
Publishing platform(s): Dspace
Digital preservation strategy: in-house; digital preservation services under discussion
Additional services: cataloging; metadata; DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers