Library Publishing Directory
University of Miami
University of Miami Libraries
Academic Library · United StatesResearch Analytics and Impact Services Department
Jason Cohen, Research Impact Librarian
Phone: 305-284-9169
Email: j.cohen4@miami.edu
Program Overview
Mission/Objectives:The University of Miami Libraries provides infrastructure and support for publishing and disseminating research and scholarship from our faculty and students.
- Publishing activities began: 2004
- Stage of publishing efforts: 3 - Established
- Open access focus: One priority among many
- 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: 2
- Funding sources: Library materials budget; Library operating budget
Publishing Activities
- Conference papers or proceedings
- Datasets
- Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)
- Journals
- Posters
Journal Publishing:
- Journals published: 3
- Campus-based faculty-created: 3
- Peer-reviewed: 2
Highlights
Top Publications:
- Collaborations: A Journal of Community-Based Research and Practice (journal)
- Anthurium: A Caribbean Studies Journal (journal)
- Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs)
- The Audley Webster Memorial Essay Contest (essays)
Disciplinary Specialties:
- University-Community collaborations
- Caribbean studies
- Interdisciplinary/Student essays
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
We currently do not collaborate with the Law/Business Schools on their publications. - 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): Yes
Technologies & Services
Media Formats:
- audio
- data
- images
- modeling
- multimedia
- text
- video
- visualizations
Software & Platforms:
- CONTENTdm
- Ubiquity platforms
Additional Services:
- assistance with journal application for DOAJ)
- Indexing services (e.g.
- author advisory - other
- author advisory - copyright
- analytics
- dataset management
- DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
- hosting of supplemental content
- ISSN registry
- metadata
- training
- typesetting
Digital Preservation Strategy:
- Amazon S3
- AP Trust
- Archive-It
- HathiTrust
- LOCKSS
Policies
Additional Information
Future Plans:We are currently developing outreach to boost campus use of our institutional repository and working to educate our campus community on issues related to open access. Our staffing has increased from a Scholarly Publishing specialist staff position to a team including a Research Impact Librarian, Scholarly Publishing Specialist, and a Scholarly Communications Librarian for the Performing Arts and Humanities.