University of Maryland
University of Maryland Libraries
Digital Programs and Initiativeshttp://publish.lib.umd.edu/; http://drum.lib.umd.edu/
United States
Primary Contact:
Terry M. Owen
Digital Scholarship Librarian
301-314-1328
Program Overview
Capture, preserve, and provide access to the output of the University of Maryland faculty, researchers, centers, and labs and provide new modes of scholarly publishing.
Year publishing activities began: 2004
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Total FTE in support of publishing activities: professional staff (1); graduate students (0.5)
Funding sources (%): library operating budget (100)
Stage of publishing efforts (1–5): 4
Open access focus (1–5): 5
Advisory/editorial board: N
Publishing Activities
Library-administered university press publications in 2018:
Library publications in 2018: campus-based faculty-driven journals (2); campus-based student-driven journals (1); technical/research reports (10); newsletters (2); ETDs (866); undergraduate capstones/honors theses (12); specialized digital projects (3)
Number of open access titles: journals (2); monographs ()
Number of paid titles: journals (); monographs ()
Number of hybrid titles: journals (); monographs ()
Media formats: text; images; audio; video; data
Disciplinary specialties:
Top publications: MOSF Journal of Science Fiction (journal); The International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion (journal)
Percentage of journals that are peer reviewed: 50
Percentage of journals assessing article processing charges (APCs): 0
Internal partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty; graduate students; undergraduate students
External partners: Museum of Science Fiction
Publishing platform(s): DSpace; Fedora; OJS; Wordpress, Omeka
Digital preservation strategy: in-house; digital preservation services under discussion
Additional services: marketing; outreach; training; analytics; cataloging; metadata; notification of A&I sources; ISSN registry DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers; open URL support; dataset management; peer review management; author copyright advisory hosting of supplemental content; audio/video streaming