University of Nebraska-Lincoln
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
Office of Scholarly Communicationsproyster@unl.edu
http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/
United States
Primary Contact:
Paul Royster
Coordinator of Scholarly Communications
402-472-3628
Program Overview
Zea Books is the digital and on-demand publishing operation of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries. Its mission is to publish academic works (books, journals, multimedia) by scholars who are either affiliated with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln or are working in research areas of significant interest at UNL. Zea Books provides an innovative way for faculty to promote and disseminate their scholarly research. The imprint also helps foster the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s commitment to the future of scholarly communications.
Year publishing activities began: 2005
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Total FTE in support of publishing activities: professional staff (0.4); undergraduates (0.1)
Funding sources (%): library oeprating budget (98); sales revenue (2)
Stage of publishing efforts (1–5):
Open access focus (1–5):
Advisory/editorial board:
Publishing Activities
Library-administered university press publications in 2016:
Library publications in 2016: campus-based faculty driven journals (6); campus-based student driven journals (3); journals produced under contract/MOU for external groups (3); monographs (8); technical/research reports (25); faculty conference papers and proceedings (1); student conference papers and proceedings (2); newsletters (6); ETDs (400); undergraduate capstones/honors theses (40)
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Media formats: text; images; audio; video; data; concept maps, modeling, maps, or other visualizations
Disciplinary specialties: ornithology; parasitology; Holocaust studies; entomology; horticulture
Top publications: Loris Malaguzzi and the Teachers: Dialogues on Collaboration and Conflict among Children, Reggio Emilia 1990; At Home and at Large in the Great Plains: Essays and Memories; Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants (2 vols.); Syntagma Musicum II: De Organographia, Parts III – V with Index; Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Percentage of journals that are peer reviewed: 100
Percentage of journals assessing article processing charges (APCs):
Internal partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty; graduate students; undergraduate students
External partners: Nebraska Academy of Sciences; Center for Systemic Entomology; National Collegiate Honors Council, Nebraska Ornithologists Union
Publishing platform(s): bepress (Digital Commons)
Digital preservation strategy:
Additional services: graphic design (print or web); print-on-demand; typesetting; copy-editing; outreach; training; analytics; cataloging; metadata; compiling indexes and/or TOCs; ISSN registry; ISBN registry; peer review management; author copyright advisory; other author advisory; digitization; image services; data visualization; hosting of supplemental content
Additional Information
Plans for expansion/future directions: Hope to expand staff and titles by 25% to 50% in next 1-2 years.Enquiries welcome in all fields, from all sources. Easy terms, short turnarounds. Spanish and French text or translations accommodated.. We do not require Budapest-style open access; authors may apply CC licenses if they wish. Our publications are free public access but copyright remains with author. View All Entries