University of Pittsburgh

University Library System

Academic Library · United States

• https://www.library.pitt.edu/e-journals

https://www.library.pitt.edu/e-journals

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
Our mission is to support researchers in knowledge production, rapid sharing of new research, and Open Access to scholarly information; build collaborative partnerships around the world; improve the production and sharing of scholarly research; and support innovative publishing services.

• Publishing activities began: 1999
• Stage of publishing efforts: 3 - Established
• Open access focus: Central to mission
• Portion of Open Access publications: All
• Publishing Languages: English; Spanish; Portuguese; French; Japanese; Turkish

Program Organization

• Organization of publishing services: Centralized library publishing unit/department
• Advisory/editorial board: Yes
• Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 2
• Individual people: 5
• Funding sources: Charge backs/cost sharing; Library operating budget

Publishing Activities

• Conference papers or proceedings
• Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)
• Expansive digital publications
• Journals

Partners

• Internal partners:  Campus departments or programs; Individual faculty; Graduate students; Undergraduate students
• 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: Consider external partners if there is a tie to my institution (e.g., local editor of a journal for an external scholarly society)
• Part of a consortium which provides support for publishing? (e.g. platform, funding): Yes

Technologies & Services

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Policies