Library Publishing Directory

University of Miami

University of Miami Libraries

Academic Library · United States

Research 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
  • Required fee to enable Open Access: 0

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

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

Author rights/copyright policy; Authorship/contributorship policy

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.