University of Miami
University of Miami Libraries
Digital StrategiesUnited States
Primary Contact:
Jason Cohen
Repository and Collection Assessment Coordinator
305-284-9169
Program Overview
The University of Miami Libraries provides infrastructure and support for publishing and disseminating research and scholarship from our faculty and students.
Year publishing activities began: 2009
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Total FTE in support of publishing activities: professional staff (1.5)
Funding sources (%): library materials budget (50); library operating budget (50)
Stage of publishing efforts (1–5):
Open access focus (1–5):
Advisory/editorial board:
Publishing Activities
Library-administered university press publications in 2016:
Library publications in 2016: campus-based faculty driven journals (1); ETDs (300)
Number of open access titles:
Number of paid titles:
Number of hybrid titles:
Media formats: text; images; audio; video; data
Disciplinary specialties: Caribbean studies; music
Top publications: Anthurium; Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Percentage of journals that are peer reviewed: 100
Percentage of journals assessing article processing charges (APCs):
Internal partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty
External partners:
Publishing platform(s): bepress (Digital Commons)
Digital preservation strategy: AP Trust; DPN; In-house; digital preservation services under discussion
Additional services: training; DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers; author copyright advisory; other author advisory; digitization; hosting of supplemental content
Additional Information
Plans for expansion/future directions: We hope to add more journals and provide greater support for monographs.View All Entries