University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota Libraries

Academic Library · United States

Publishing Services Team

https://publishing.lib.umn.edu/

Kate Sheridan, Publishing Librarian
Email: sheri259@umn.edu

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
Our Publishing Services align with the University’s land-grant mission of "promoting access to higher education and collaborating to advance knowledge benefiting communities, the state, and world." Publishing Services supports our affiliates' creation of scholarly publications. We provide consultations about general publishing questions; and publish journals, books, dynamic scholarly serials, and textbooks through our University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing imprint.

Publishing activities began: 2014
Stage of publishing efforts: 3 - Established
Open access focus: Central to mission
Portion of Open Access publications: All
Publishing Languages: English; Spanish; Russian; Portuguese; German

Program Organization

Organization of publishing services: Services distributed across library units/departments
Advisory/editorial board: No
Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 3.5
Individual people: 5
Funding sources: Charge backs/cost sharing; Library materials budget; Library operating budget; Sales revenue

Publishing Activities

Conference papers or proceedings
Databases
Expansive digital publications
Journals
Monographs
Open educational resources

Journal Publishing:

Journals published: 21
Campus-based faculty-created: 11
Campus-based student-created: 8
Contracted by external groups: 4
Peer-reviewed: 21
Required fee to enable Open Access: 1
Currently inactive or archived: 9

Monograph/Book Publishing:

Monographs published: 2

Open Educational Resources Publishing:

Open Educational Resources: 4

Highlights

Top Publications:

Open Rivers (journal)
Statistics for Ecologists (textbook)
Science of Plants (textbook)
Contours (journal)
Climate Literacy in Education (journal)

Disciplinary Specialties:

Humanities
Public Health
Agriculture
Social Sciences
Law

Partners

Internal partners: Campus departments or programs, Individual faculty
Other publishing entities administered by your library: No
Other publishing entities within your library’s parent institution: Yes
Program’s openness to working with external partners: Consider external partners if there is a tie to my institution (e.g., local editor of a journal for an external scholarly society)
Types of publications should other publishers refer to your program: Society journals that do not have a formal publisher
Part of a consortium which provides support for publishing? (e.g. platform, funding): No

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:

audio
data
images
multimedia
text
video

Software & Platforms:

Digital Commons (bepress)
DSpace
Manifold
Open Journal Systems (OJS)
Pressbooks
WordPress

Additional Services:

assistance with journal application for DOAJ)
Indexing services (e.g.
author advisory - copyright
DOI distribution
analytics
budget preparation
business model development
cataloging
contract/license preparation
copyediting
DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
graphic design (print or web)
hosting of supplemental content
ISBN registry
ISSN registry
marketing
metadata
print-on-demand
training
typesetting

Digital Preservation Strategy:

PKP Open Preservation Network
Portico

Additional Information

Last Year:
Designed and implemented a custom OJS theme; transitioned analytics from Google Analytics to Matomo

Future Plans:
Expand and improve use of existing publishing platforms; explore new avenues for publication marketing and outreach

Highlighted Publication

The Science of Plants: Understanding Plants and How They Grow

An open textbook on the fundamentals of plant science. Created for horticulture students, gardeners, science teachers, and anyone interested in understanding plants and how they grow.