Library Publishing Directory

2019

University of Manchester

University of Manchester Library

Research Services

2019 CONTACT:
Helen Dobson, Scholarly Communications Manager
Phone: 44-(0)161-275-8729
Email: helen.j.dobson@manchester.ac.uk

Program Overview

The University of Manchester Library’s publishing program supports the creation, dissemination, and preservation of knowledge, including PhD theses, datasets, learning objects and image collections, and works in partnership with Manchester University Press to support the development of new journals.

Publishing Activities Began: 2009
Location: United Kingdom
Organization: services distributed across campus
Stage (1–5): 3 - Developmental
Open Access Focus (1–5): 4 - Very Important
Program Advisory/Editorial Board: No
Peer Reviewed Journals: 100%

Staffing (in Full Time Equivalents):
  • Professional staff: 4
  • Paraprofessional staff: 8
  • Graduate students:
  • Undergraduates:
Funding Sources for Publishing Activities:
  • Library Materials Budget: 5%
  • Library Operating Budget: 80%
  • Non-library Campus Budget: %
  • Endowment Income: %
  • Charitable Contributions: %
  • Grants: 5%
  • Sales Revenue: 5%
  • Licensing Revenue: %
  • Charge Backs: 5%
  • Other: %

Publishing Activities

All Library Publishing Activities:
  • Technical/Research Reports: 17
  • ETDs: 1000

Highlights

Disciplinary Specialties:
  • Arts and Humanities
  • Social Sciences
  • Medical and Human Sciences
  • Life Sciences
  • Engineering and Physical Sciences
Top Publications:

Partners

Internal Partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty
University Press Partners: Manchester University Press

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:
  • data
  • images
  • multimedia/interactive content
  • text
Softwares & Platforms:
  • Fedora
  • Luna; Pure; Mendeley Data
Digital Preservation Strategy:
  • In-house
  • Preservica
Additional Services:
  • analytics
  • author advisory – copyright
  • author advisory – other
  • cataloging
  • dataset management
  • digitization
  • DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
  • hosting of supplemental content
  • image services
  • ISBN registry
  • marketing
  • metadata
  • outreach
  • training

Additional Information

Plans for Expansion & Future Directions:
The Library’s publishing programme is aligned with the University’s strategic goals, focusing on content types that add most value across campus and beyond, and working with the University Press.
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