Library Publishing Directory

University of Technology Sydney

UTS Library

Academic Library · Australia

UTS ePress

https://utsepress.lib.uts.edu.au/

Helen Chan, Manager, Open Scholarship and Copyright
Email: utsepress@uts.edu.au

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
UTS ePRESS is the digital, open access scholarly publishing arm of the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). We are one of the longest running open access publishers in Australia, established in 2004. We publish high-quality works across a wide range of academic disciplines, with particular strengths in the humanities, arts, and social sciences. UTS ePress aims to publish high-quality peer reviewed, scholarly literature in areas of strategic priority for UTS and beyond, attracting engagement with scholars from around the world. We currently publish scholarly journals and open textbooks.
  • Publishing activities began: 2004
  • Stage of publishing efforts: 3 - Established
  • Open access focus: Central to mission
  • Portion of Open Access publications: All
  • Publishing Languages: English

Program Organization

  • Organization of publishing services: Centralized library publishing unit/department
  • Advisory/editorial board: No
  • Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 2
  • Individual people: 5
  • Funding sources: Library operating budget

Publishing Activities

  • Journals
  • Monographs
  • Open educational resources


Journal Publishing:
  • Journals published: 6
  • Campus-based faculty-created: 4
  • Contracted by external groups: 2
  • Peer-reviewed: 6
  • Currently inactive or archived: 13
Open Educational Resources Publishing:
  • Open Educational Resources: 1
  • Peer-reviewed Open Educational Resources: 1

Highlights

Top Publications:
  • Construction Economics and Building (journal)
  • Cosmopolitan and Civil Societies (journal)
  • Gateways: International Journal of Community Research and Engagement (journal)
  • Public History Review (journal)
  • Anatomy Quizbook (OER)
Disciplinary Specialties:
  • Human anatomy
  • Australian Indigenous studies
  • Cultural studies
  • International studies

Partners

  • Internal partners:  Campus departments or programs, Individual faculty
  • Other publishing entities administered by your library: Yes
    UTS Library has additional publishing entities: digital theses via our institutional repository (OPUS); and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander datasets (ATSIDA).
  • Other publishing entities within your library’s parent institution: Yes
    The University (e.g. faculties, central departments, and research centres) also publishes a range of materials including reports, non-traditional research outputs, and datasets.
  • 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: Authors interested in publishing open textbooks that are relevant to Australian students; journal managers and editors
  • Part of a consortium which provides support for publishing? (e.g. platform, funding): Yes

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:
  • images
  • text
Software & Platforms:
  • Dataverse
  • DSpace
  • Murkurtu
  • Open Journal Systems (OJS)
  • Pressbooks
  • Ubiquity platforms
Additional Services:
  • assistance with journal application for DOAJ)
  • Indexing services (e.g.
  • Compiling indexes and/or tables of contents
  • author advisory - other
  • author advisory - copyright
  • Developmental and/or substantive editing
  • analytics
  • cataloging
  • contract/license preparation
  • copyediting
  • DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
  • graphic design (print or web)
  • hosting of supplemental content
  • ISBN registry
  • ISSN registry
  • marketing
  • metadata
  • peer review management
  • print-on-demand
  • training
  • typesetting
Digital Preservation Strategy:
  • Internet Archive
  • CLOCKSS
  • In-house
  • LOCKSS
  • Portico

Policies

  • Ethics and transparency: https://utsepress.lib.uts.edu.au/site/editorial/
  • Ethics and transparency: https://utsepress.lib.uts.edu.au/site/editorial/
  • Open Access Policy: https://www.uts.edu.au/about/uts-governance/policies/uts-policy/open-access-policy
  • Ethics and transparency: https://utsepress.lib.uts.edu.au/site/editorial/
  • Privacy statement: https://utsepress.lib.uts.edu.au/site/privacy-policy/
  • Ethics and transparency: https://utsepress.lib.uts.edu.au/site/editorial/

    • Adopted Policies:
    University of Technology Sydney, Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)

    Additional Information

    Last Year:
    Our current focus is on open textbooks through our membership in the Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL) OER Collective.
    Future Plans:
    Our future focus will be to further expand in open educational resources and Australian Indigenous studies.