University of Illinois Chicago

University Library

Academic Library · United States

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Scholarly Communications

https://researchguides.uic.edu/sc

Sandra De Groote, Head, Scholarly Communications
Phone: 312-413-9494
Email: sgroote@uic.edu

Program Overview

• Publishing activities began: 2010
• 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: No
• Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 2
• Individual people: 1
• Students: Graduate student(s), Undergraduate student(s)
• Funding sources: Charge backs/cost sharing; Library operating budget

Publishing Activities

• Datasets
• Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)
• Grey literature
• Journals
• Multimedia
• Newsletters
• Posters

Highlights

Partners

• Internal partners:  Individual faculty
• Other publishing entities administered by your library: Yes
  We have a web hosting service and repository management by the same department.
• Other publishing entities within your library’s parent institution: Yes
  We don't. It is the university press.
• 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): No

Technologies & Services

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Policies