Library Publishing Directory

2019

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries

Scholarly Communications

2019 CONTACT:
Paul Royster, Coordinator of Scholarly Communications
Phone: 402-472-3628
Email: proyster@unl.edu

Program Overview

Zea E-Books is the digital and on-demand imprint of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries. Its mission is to publish academic works (books, journals, multimedia) by scholars affiliated with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln or working in research areas of significant interest at UNL.

Publishing Activities Began: 2005
Location: United States
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Stage (1–5): 5 - Established
Open Access Focus (1–5): 3 - Important
Program Advisory/Editorial Board: Yes
Peer Reviewed Journals: 100%

Staffing (in Full Time Equivalents):
  • Professional staff: 3
  • Paraprofessional staff:
  • Graduate students:
  • Undergraduates: 3
Funding Sources for Publishing Activities:
  • Library Materials Budget: %
  • Library Operating Budget: 99%
  • Non-library Campus Budget: %
  • Endowment Income: %
  • Charitable Contributions: %
  • Grants: %
  • Sales Revenue: 1%
  • Licensing Revenue: %
  • Charge Backs: %
  • Other: %

Publishing Activities

All Library Publishing Activities:
  • Campus-based Faculty-driven Journals: 4
  • Campus-based Student-driven Journals: 2
  • Monographs: 12
  • Technical/Research Reports: 200
  • Faculty Conference Papers and Proceedings: 500
  • Student Conference Papers and Proceedings: 150
  • ETDs: 1000
  • Undergraduate Capstones/Honors Theses: 200
Open Access Publishing:
  • Campus-based Faculty-driven Journals: 4
  • Campus-based Student-driven Journals: 2
  • Monographs: 12

Highlights

Disciplinary Specialties:
  • ornithology
  • women's studies
  • American history
  • natural resources
  • parasitology
Top Publications:
  • The Constitutions of the Free-Masons (Monograph)
  • Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God (Monograph)
  • Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences (Journal)
  • A Naturalist's Guide to the Great Plains (Monograph)
  • Library Philosophy and Practice (Journal)

Partners

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; Centre for Textile Research (Copenhagen)

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:
  • images
  • text
Softwares & Platforms:
  • bepress (Digital Commons)
Digital Preservation Strategy:
  • Rosetta
Additional Services:
  • DOI distribution
  • analytics
  • author advisory – copyright
  • author advisory – other
  • cataloging
  • compiling indexes and/or TOCs
  • contract/license preparation
  • copy-editing
  • digitization
  • DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
  • graphic design (print or web)
  • hosting of supplemental content
  • image services
  • ISBN registry
  • ISSN registry
  • marketing
  • metadata
  • open URL support
  • outreach
  • peer review management
  • print-on-demand
  • typesetting
Service Vendors: bepress DigitalCommons; EZ-ID; Bowker (ISBNs); Lulu.com

Additional Information

Other Information:
Enquiries welcome in all fields, from all sources. Easy terms, short turnarounds. Spanish and French text or translations accommodated. We accept CC licenses, but do not require them.
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