Library Publishing Directory
University of New Brunswick
University of New Brunswick Libraries
Academic Library · CanadaCentre for Digital Scholarship
https://lib.unb.ca/cds/publishing-servicesJames MacKenzie, Associate Dean of Libraries, Advanced Digital Research and Scholarship
Phone: 506-259-2774
Email: jmackenz@unb.ca
Program Overview
Mission/Objectives:Centre for Digital Scholarship (CDS) has been providing digital publication services for regional, national, and international academic partners for over 20 years. Our clients range from journals with decades of print publication to new “born-digital” publications. The CDS offers a wide range of services for current and prospective scholarly publications and can help editorial staff to develop a digital publication that meets their needs. Our services include creation of new digital publications, hosting digital versions of established print publications, large-scale back-run digitization projects, and a state-of-the-art online peer review and management system.
- Publishing activities began: 1998
- Stage of publishing efforts: 3 - Established
- Open access focus: Central to mission
- Portion of Open Access publications: Most
- Publishing Languages: English; French
Program Organization
- Organization of publishing services: Centralized library publishing unit/department
- Advisory/editorial board: No
- Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 2.5
- Individual people: 3
- Students: Graduate student(s), Undergraduate student(s)
- Funding sources: Charge backs/cost sharing; Library operating budget
Publishing Activities
- Conference papers or proceedings
- Databases
- Datasets
- Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)
- Expansive digital publications
- Grey literature
- Journals
- Monographs
- Open educational resources
Journal Publishing:
- Journals published: 15
- Campus-based faculty-created: 4
- Contracted by external groups: 11
- Peer-reviewed: 12
- Currently inactive or archived: 4
Highlights
Top Publications:
- Acadiensis (journal)
- Studies in Canadian Literature (journal)
- Journal of New Brunswick Studies (journal)
- International Hydrographic Review (journal)
Disciplinary Specialties:
- Atlantic Canadian history
- Canadian literature
- Media and culture study
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: Open to working with any external partner
- Part of a consortium which provides support for publishing? (e.g. platform, funding): Yes
Technologies & Services
Media Formats:
- data
- images
- multimedia
- text
- video
Software & Platforms:
- Dataverse
- DSpace
- Omeka
- Open Journal Systems (OJS)
- Open Monograph Press (OMP)
Additional Services:
- author advisory - copyright
- DOI distribution
- analytics
- dataset management
- digitization
- DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
- image services
- ISBN registry
- peer review management
- training
- typesetting
Digital Preservation Strategy:
- Amazon Glacier
- Archive-It
- Digital preservation services under discussion
- In-house