University of Michigan

University Library

Academic Library · United States

• https://publishing.umich.edu
• mpublishing@umich.edu

Michigan Publishing

https://publishing.umich.edu

Jason Colman, Director of Publishing Services
Email: taftman@umich.edu

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
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
• Stage of publishing efforts: 3 - Established
• Open access focus: Central to mission
• Portion of Open Access publications: Most
• Publishing Languages: English; Spanish; Japanese; French; Manchu

Program Organization

• Organization of publishing services: Centralized library publishing unit/department
• Advisory/editorial board: Yes
• Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 47
• Individual people: 48
• Students: Graduate student(s); Undergraduate student(s)
• Funding sources: Author fees; Charge backs/cost sharing; Charitable contributions; Grants; Library materials budget; Library operating budget; Non-library campus budget; Sales revenue

Publishing Activities

• Conference papers or proceedings
• Databases
• Datasets
• Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)
• Expansive digital publications
• Grey literature
• Journals
• Monographs
• Multimedia
• Open educational resources

Highlights

Partners

• Internal partners:  Campus departments or programs; Individual faculty; Graduate students; Undergraduate students
• Other publishing entities administered by your library: Yes
  The University of Michigan Press is part of our organization; we also operate Lever Press on behalf of the group of libraries who fund and govern it.
• Other publishing entities within your library’s parent institution: Yes
  
• Program’s openness to working with external partners: Open to working with any external partner
• Types of publications should other publishers refer to your program: Multimedia-rich publications that could benefit from the Fulcrum platform
• Part of a consortium which provides support for publishing? (e.g. platform, funding): No

Technologies & Services

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Policies

Additional Information

Last Year:
We have recently built an integration between the Fulcrum and Janeway platforms to make media-rich journal articles accessible and preservable on library infrastructure.

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