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2020 Library Publishing Directory

University of Illinois at Chicago

Assessment and Scholarly Communication

2020 CONTACT:
Sandy De Groote, Scholarly Communication Librarian
Phone: 312-413-9494
Email: sgroote@uic.edu

Program Overview

The objective/mission of the UIC University Library publishing program is to advance scholarly knowledge in a cost-effective manner.

Publishing Activities Began: 2007
Location: United States
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Stage (1-3): 3 - Established
Open Access Focus (1-5): 4 - Very Important
Program Advisory/Editorial Board: No
Peer Reviewed Journals: 80%

Staffing (in Full Time Equivalents):
  • Professional staff: 2
  • Graduate students: 0.5
Funding Sources for Publishing Activities:
  • Library Operating Budget: 70%
  • Charge Backs: 30%

Publishing Activities

Types of publications: electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs); journals, campus-based faculty-created; journals, campus-based student-created; technical/research reports.

  2019 Open Access Paid Hybrid
Campus-based Faculty-driven Journal55
Campus-based Student-driven Journals22
Databases
ETDs700
Faculty Conference Papers and Proceedings
Journals for External Groups
Monographs
Newsletters1
Student Conference Papers and Proceedings
Technical/Research Reports2
Textbooks
Undergraduate Capstones/Honors Theses

2019: New publications from July 2018 to June 2019. 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 may be offered in some form as OA, but are also available as a paid version.

Highlights

Top Publications:
  • First Monday (journal)
  • Online Journal of Public Health Informatics (journal)
  • Uncommon Culture (journal)
  • Journal of Biomedical Discovery and Collaboration (journal)

Partners

Internal Partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty; graduate students; undergraduate students


Openess to Partners: Consider external partners if there is a tie to my institution (e.g. local editor of a journal for an external scholarly society)

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:
  • audio
  • data
  • images
  • multimedia/interactive content
  • text
  • video
Softwares & Platforms:
  • OJS
  • figshare

Additional Services:
  • cataloging
  • DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
  • metadata
  • notification of A&I sources
  • typesetting
Digital Preservation Strategy:
  • LOCKSS

Additional Information

Plans for Expansion & Future Directions:
We are exploring the possibility of working with external partners in specific disciplinary specialties and hoping to expand our services to support multi-modal publishing and digital scholarship projects.
Highlighted Publication

Online Journal of Public Health Informatics (OJPHI)

The journal is an excellent resource for current and latest developments in the field of Public Health Informatics (PHI).

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