University of Limerick
Glucksman Library
Digital Services
Sinead Keogh, Digital Services LibrarianPhone: 00353 (061) 233296
Email: sinead.keogh@ul.ie
Program Overview
To make available the research output of the University through the ULIR open access institutional repository.
- Publishing activities began: 2008
- Location: Ireland
- Languages published: English
- Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
- Stage of publishing efforts (1-3): 3 - Established
- Stage comments:
- Open access focus (1-5): 4 - Very Important
- Program advisory/editorial board: No
- Professional staff: 0.5
- Paraprofessional staff: 1
Funding sources for publishing activities:
- Library operating budget: 100%
Publishing Activities
Types of publications: conference papers and proceedings, faculty; datasets; electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs); journals, campus-based faculty-created; journals, campus-based student-created; journals, inactive back-issues; technical/research reports.| 2021 | Open access | Paid | Hybrid | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conference papers and proceedings, faculty | 1 | 1 | ||
| Conference papers and proceedings, student | ||||
| Databases | ||||
| Datasets | 3 | 3 | ||
| Educational resources (e.g., textbooks, course modules) | ||||
| Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) | 142 | 142 | ||
| Journals, campus-based faculty-created | 2 | 2 | ||
| Journals, campus-based student-created | 0 | 0 | ||
| Journals, contracted by external groups | ||||
| Journals, inactive back issues | 1 | 1 | ||
| Monographs | ||||
| Newsletters | ||||
| Technical/research reports | 0 | 0 | ||
| Undergraduate capstones/honors theses |
2021: New publications from July 2020 to June 2021. 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 offer a combination of both open access and pay-access content.
Highlights
Top publications:
- Iterations (journal)
- History Studies (journal)
- Socheolas (journal)
Disciplinary specialties:
- architecture
- history
- sociology
- environmental science
Partners
Internal partners: campus departments or programsOpenness to working with external partners: Open to working with any external partner
Best publications to refer to our program: local history publications; community project publications
Technologies & Services
Media formats:
- data
- images
- text
Softwares & platforms:
- DSpace
- Islandora
- Omeka
- WordPress
Additional services:
- DOI distribution
- analytics
- author advisory – copyright
- author advisory – other
- cataloging
- data visualization
- dataset management
- digitization
- DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
- graphic design (print or web)
- hosting of supplemental content
- image services
- ISBN registry
- metadata
- training
Digital preservation strategy:
- Digital preservation services under discussion
Additional Information
Plans for expansion & future directions:We plan to formalize policies around publishing.
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