University of Ottawa

University of Ottawa Library / Bibliothèque de l'Université d'Ottawa

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University of Ottawa Library

https://www.uottawa.ca/library/scholarly-communication/uottawa-initiatives/open-journal-hosting

Leigh-Ann Butler, Scholarly Communication Librarian
Email: cssc@uottawa.ca

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
uOttawa Library recognizes the importance of supporting scholarly communication initiatives and increasing the visibility of academic research. We offer journal services using Open Journal Systems to increase access to journals produced by the uOttawa community and to encourage the creation of new ones

Publishing activities began: 2010
Stage of publishing efforts: 3 - Established
Open access focus: One priority among many
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): 1
Individual people: 1
Funding sources: Library materials budget

Publishing Activities

Conference papers or proceedings
Datasets
Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)
Journals
Multimedia
Newsletters
Open educational resources (textbooks/course modules)

Journal Publishing:

Journals published: 9
Campus-based faculty-created: 7
Campus-based student-created: 2
Contracted by external groups: 1
Peer-reviewed: 9
Currently inactive or archived: 3

Highlights

Disciplinary Specialties:

Medicine
Health sciences and nursing
Criminology
Language
Governance

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:

data
text

Software & Platforms:

Dataverse
DSpace
Open Journal Systems (OJS)

Additional Services:

author advisory - copyright
DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
ISSN registry
metadata
outreach

Digital Preservation Strategy:

PKP Open Preservation Network
CLOCKSS
LOCKSS

Policies

Author rights/copyright policy, Open access policy