University of Michigan
University Library
Michigan Publishing
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):
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 studentsUniversity 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:
Service Vendors: Scribe; Apex; Newgen; SpiralUP; Delmas Typesetting; Google Analytics; Digital Science; Crossref - 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
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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