University of Nebraska-Lincoln
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
Scholarly Communications
Paul Royster, Coordinator of Scholarly CommunicationsEmail: proyster@unl.edu
Program Overview
Zea Books is the digital and on-demand publishing operation of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries.
- Publishing Activities Began: 2005
- Location: United States
- Languages published: English; Spanish; Italian; German; Chinese
- Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
- Stage (1-3): 3 - Established
- Stage Comments: See https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/zeaabout/1/
- Open Access Focus (1-5): 3 - Important
- Program Advisory/Editorial Board: No
- Peer Reviewed Journals: 100%
- Professional staff: 1.5
Publishing Activities
Types of publications: conference papers and proceedings, faculty; conference papers and proceedings, student; datasets; educational resources (ex. textbooks, course modules); electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs); journals, campus-based faculty-created; journals, campus-based student-created; journals, contracted by external groups; journals, inactive back-issues; monographs; newsletters; technical/research reports; undergraduate capstones/honors theses.| 2020 | Open Access | Paid | Hybrid | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conference papers and proceedings, faculty | 500 | |||
| Conference papers and proceedings, student | 500 | |||
| Databases | ||||
| Datasets | ||||
| Educational resources (ex. textbooks, course modules) | 15 | |||
| Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) | 300 | |||
| Journals, campus-based faculty-created | 5 | |||
| Journals, campus-based student-created | ||||
| Journals, contracted by external groups | 3 | |||
| Journals, inactive back-issues | 6 | |||
| Monographs | 12 | |||
| Newsletters | 2 | |||
| Technical/Research Reports | 100 | |||
| Undergraduate Capstones/Honors Theses | 40 |
2020: New publications from July 2019 to June 2020. Journals include titles actively publishing during the date range. Other publication types include items that were published or added to repositories for the first time within the date range.
OA/Paid/Hybrid: Publications currently published and/or available online. OA (open access) publications do not include counts for hybrid publications. Hybrid publications are those that offer a combination of both open access and pay-access content.
Highlights
Top Publications:
- Library Philosophy & Practice (journal)
- Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God (oer)
- Physics, Chapter 11: Rotational Motion (The Dynamics of a Rigid Body) (oer)
- The Constitutions of the Free-Masons (oer)
- The Confessions of Nat Turner (oer)
Disciplinary Specialties:
- ornithology
- textiles
- educational administration
- biological science
- entomology
Partners
Internal Partners: campus departments or programsOpenness to working with external partners: Open to working with any external partner
Best publications to refer to our program: Things too hard for you.
Part of a consortium that provides support for publishing? no
Work with a university press? no
Administer a university press? no
Technologies & Services
Media Formats:
- images
- multimedia/interactive content
- text
- video
Softwares & Platforms:
- Digital Commons (bepress)
- Adobe Suite
Additional Services:
- DOI distribution
- analytics
- audio/video streaming
- author advisory – copyright
- author advisory – other
- cataloging
- compiling indexes and/or TOCs
- contract/license preparation
- copyediting
- digitization
- DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
- graphic design (print or web)
- hosting of supplemental content
- image services
- ISBN registry
- ISSN registry
- marketing
- metadata
- peer review management
- print-on-demand
- training
- typesetting
Digital Preservation Strategy:
Service Vendors: Bowker; Crossref; bepress; LOC; Lulu.com - Digital preservation services under discussion