University of Sydney

University of Sydney Library

Academic Library · Australia

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Publishing and Data Services

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Susan Murray, Manager, Scholarly Publishing and Sydney University Press
Email: susan.j.murray@sydney.edu.au

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
Publishing and Data Services at the University of Sydney Library support the many ways that academics want to communicate the results of their research. We offer publishing platforms that support open journals and provide open access to digital materials, both text and multimedia. Sydney Open Journals is a fully featured journal publishing platform, offering editorial workflows from submission and selection, through peer review and feedback, to publication and promotion. The Sydney eScholarship Repository can store your technical reports, datasets, conference papers, as well as audio, video, and other multimedia material. All repository materials are searchable via Google Scholar, maximizing access to your content. Other solutions, including digitization, advice on data visualization, and research data management are also available. We also provide access to unique library and research visual materials via our Digital Library, including digitization of rare first editions, glass negatives, Japanese woodblock prints and liturgical manuscripts.

• Publishing activities began: 2001
• Stage of publishing efforts: 3 - Established
• Open access focus: Central to mission
• Portion of Open Access publications: Most
• Publishing Languages: English

Program Organization

• Organization of publishing services: Services distributed across library units/departments
• Advisory/editorial board: No
• Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 4
• Individual people: 8
• Students: Graduate student(s)
• Funding sources: Endowment income; Library materials budget; Library operating budget

Publishing Activities

• Conference papers or proceedings
• Datasets
• Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)
• Expansive digital publications
• Grey literature
• Journals
• Open educational resources

Highlights

Partners

• Internal partners:  Campus departments or programs; Individual faculty; Graduate student;, Undergraduate students
• Other publishing entities administered by your library: Yes
  Sydney University Press (book publisher) is administratively part of the library. There is some overlap of staff.
• Other publishing entities within your library’s parent institution: Yes
  Sydney University Press rather than library publishing collaborates with other publishers on campus. SUP used to do distribution for them, but this service ceased in 2023 to due resourcing issues. SUP assists with printing for some on campus journals.
• 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)
• Types of publications should other publishers refer to your program: Australian-focused scholarly open access journals
• Part of a consortium which provides support for publishing? (e.g. platform, funding): No

Technologies & Services

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