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Library Publishing Directory

2019

University of Michigan

University Library

Michigan Publishing

  • http://www.publishing.umich.edu/
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2019 CONTACT:
Jason Colman, Director of Publishing Services
Phone: 734-647-6017
Email: taftman@umich.edu

Program Overview

Michigan Publishing is the hub of scholarly publishing at the University of Michigan and is a part of its dynamic and innovative University Library. We publish scholarly and educational materials, provide publishing services, and advocate for the broadest possible access to scholarship everywhere.

Publishing Activities Began: 2001
Location: United States
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Stage (1–5): 5 - Established
Open Access Focus (1–5): 4 - Very Important
Program Advisory/Editorial Board: Yes
Peer Reviewed Journals: 90%

Staffing (in Full Time Equivalents):
  • Professional staff: 40
  • Paraprofessional staff:
  • Graduate students: 1
  • Undergraduates: 5
Funding Sources for Publishing Activities:
  • Library Materials Budget: 25%
  • Library Operating Budget: 10%
  • Non-library Campus Budget: %
  • Endowment Income: %
  • Charitable Contributions: %
  • Grants: 20%
  • Sales Revenue: 25%
  • Licensing Revenue: %
  • Charge Backs: 20%
  • Other: %

Publishing Activities

All Library Publishing Activities:
  • Campus-based Faculty-driven Journals: 11
  • Campus-based Student-driven Journals: 2
  • Journals Produced for External Groups: 17
  • Monographs: 13
  • Textbooks: 3
  • Technical/Research Reports: 5
  • Faculty Conference Papers and Proceedings: 3
  • Databases: 1
  • ETDs: 500

Open Access Publishing:
  • Campus-based Faculty-driven Journals: 11
  • Campus-based Student-driven Journals: 2
  • Journals Produced for External Groups: 17
  • Monographs: 1

Paid Publishing:
  • Monographs: 1

Hybrid Publishing:
  • Campus-based Faculty-driven Journals: 1
  • Journals Produced for External Groups: 5
  • Monographs: 11

Library-Administered University Press Publications:
  • Monographs: 88
  • Textbooks: 12
  • Databases: 1

Highlights

Disciplinary Specialties:
  • Media Studies
  • Philosophy
  • Asian Studies
  • Information Studies
Top Publications:
  • Philosophers’ Imprint (journal)
  • Journal of Electronic Publishing (journal)
  • Trans-Asia Photography Review (journal)
  • Media Industries (journal)
  • Maize Books (book imprint)

Partners

Internal Partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty; graduate students; undergraduate students
University Press Partners: University of Michigan Press

Best publications to refer to our program: Lever Press; American Council of Learned Societies; Against the Grain Media; Amherst College Press

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:
  • audio
  • concept maps or other visualizations
  • data
  • images
  • modeling
  • multimedia/interactive content
  • text
  • video
Softwares & Platforms:
  • DSpace
  • Fedora
  • Pressbooks
  • Samvera
  • WordPress
  • locally developed software

Digital Preservation Strategy:
  • HathiTrust
  • Hydra
  • In-house
Additional Services:
  • DOI distribution
  • analytics
  • applying for Cataloging in Publication Data
  • audio/video streaming
  • author advisory – copyright
  • author advisory – other
  • budget preparation
  • business model development
  • cataloging
  • compiling indexes and/or TOCs
  • contract/license preparation
  • copyediting
  • dataset management
  • digitization
  • DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
  • graphic design (print or web)
  • hosting of supplemental content
  • image services
  • ISBN registry
  • ISSN registry
  • marketing
  • metadata
  • outreach
  • print-on-demand
  • typesetting
Service Vendors: Scribe; Apex; Newgen; SpiralUP; Delmas Typesetting; Google Analytics; Digital Science; Crossref

Additional Information

Plans for Expansion & Future Directions:
In 2019 we will be continuing development of our Mellon-funded platform, Fulcrum, seeking partnerships with other publishers to make the platform sustainable, accessible, durable, and discoverable
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