University of Toronto
University of Toronto Libraries
Information Technology Servicesjps.library.utoronto.ca; tspace.library.utoronto.ca
Canada
Primary Contact:
Sian Meikle
Interim Director, ITS
416-946-3689
Program Overview
The University of Toronto Libraries maintains both the Open Journal System (OJS) and T-Space, the university’s research repository with the aim to preserve and make available the university’s scholarly contributions. We provide leadership and actively support scholarly communication needs by developing alternative forms of publication and viability models for the future that ensure the production and capture of research output.
Year publishing activities began: 2003
Organization: services are distributed across several campuses
Total FTE in support of publishing activities: library staff (3.75); graduate students (2)
Funding sources (%): library operating budget (100)
Stage of publishing efforts (1–5):
Open access focus (1–5):
Advisory/editorial board:
Publishing Activities
Library-administered university press publications in 2014:
Library publications in 2014: faculty-driven journals (25); student-driven journals (15); faculty conference papers and proceedings (170); student conference papers and proceedings (30); ETDs (6000); undergraduate capstone/honors theses (30)
Number of open access titles:
Number of paid titles:
Number of hybrid titles:
Media formats: text; images; audio; video; data; concept maps/modeling maps/visualizations; multimedia/interactive content
Disciplinary specialties:
Top publications:
Percentage of journals that are peer reviewed: 75
Percentage of journals assessing article processing charges (APCs):
Internal partners: University of Toronto Press; campus departments or programs; individual faculty; graduate students; undergraduate students
External partners: Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL); Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL)
Publishing platform(s): CONTENTdm; DSpace; Fedora; Islandora; OJS/OCS/ OMP; WordPress; bibapp
Digital preservation strategy: Archive-It; DuraCloud/DSpace; LOCKSS; Scholars Portal; Synergies; Internet Archive
Additional services: graphic design (print or web); outreach; training; cataloging; metadata; business model development; contract/license preparation; author copyright advisory; digitization; audio/video streaming
Additional Information
Plans for expansion/future directions: Aligning focus.library.utoronto.ca (a more outwardly facing system for faculty profiling) with T-Space, the repository; working on copyright issues with our recently hired Scholarly Communication/ Copyright Librarian.View All Entries