University of Leicester

University of Leicester Library

Academic Library · United Kingdom

• https://journals.le.ac.uk/
• openaccess@leicester.ac.uk

University of Leicester Open Journals

https://journals.le.ac.uk/

William Farrell, Research Services Consultant
Email: openaccess@leicester.ac.uk

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
University of Leicester Open Journals publishes open access journals and working papers. Run by the Library, we publish peer-reviewed academic research in museum studies; science education; media and communications; and interdisciplinary topics. We will also support several journals used in the teaching of science. Our primary purpose is to support publications associated with the university, but we work with external organizations too. We are committed to open access publishing.

• Publishing activities began: 2015
• 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): 1
• Individual people: 1
• Funding sources: Library operating budget

Publishing Activities

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

Highlights

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: Yes
  
• 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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