Library Publishing Directory

University of Virginia

University of Virginia Library

Academic Library · United States

Aperio

http://aperio.press

Dave Ghamandi, Managing Editor, Aperio
Email: publish@virginia.edu

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
Aperio, a service of the University of Virginia Library, draws upon the strengths of the University to increase open access knowledge for a global audience in a variety of formats—journals, monographs, open educational resources, etc.
  • Publishing activities began: 2010
  • Stage of publishing efforts: 3 - Established
  • Open access focus: Central to mission
  • Portion of Open Access publications: All
  • Publishing Languages: English; Spanish; other languages

Program Organization

  • Organization of publishing services: Centralized library publishing unit/department
  • Advisory/editorial board: Yes
  • Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 1
  • Individual people: 1
  • Funding sources: Endowment income, Library operating budget

Publishing Activities

  • Datasets
  • Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)
  • Journals
  • Monographs
  • Open educational resources


Journal Publishing:
  • Journals published: 5
  • Campus-based faculty-created: 4
  • Campus-based student-created: 1
  • Required fee to enable Open Access: 5

Highlights

Top Publications:
  • Journal of Modern Philosophy (journal)
  • Language Documentation and Description (journal)
  • International Journal of First Aid Education (journal)
  • Essays in History (journal)
Disciplinary Specialties:
  • modern philosophy
  • history
  • linguistics
  • first aid education
  • higher education administration

Partners

  • Internal partners:  Campus departments or programs, Individual faculty, Graduate 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

Media Formats:
  • audio
  • data
  • images
  • modeling
  • multimedia
  • text
  • video
Software & Platforms:
  • Dataverse
  • Janeway
  • Pressbooks
Additional Services:
  • assistance with journal application for DOAJ)
  • Indexing services (e.g.
  • author advisory - other
  • author advisory - copyright
  • DOI distribution
  • analytics
  • audio/video streaming
  • contract/license preparation
  • dataset management
  • digitization
  • DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
  • hosting of supplemental content
  • ISBN registry
  • ISSN registry
  • metadata
  • print-on-demand
  • training
  • typesetting
Digital Preservation Strategy:
  • AP Trust
  • CLOCKSS
  • LOCKSS

Policies

  • Diversity Statement: https://aperio.press/about
  • Open Access and Copyright: https://aperio.press/about
  • Archiving: https://aperio.press/about

    • Other Policies:
    Data Sharing

    Links to Policies:
    https://aperio.press/about
    Highlighted Publication

    International Journal of First Aid Education

    The International Journal of First Aid Education is a fully open-access journal that publishes peer-reviewed articles to advance the knowledge and practices of those involved in first aid and first aid education. Through our publications and community we aim to improve and increase the action taken to help people in health emergencies through high quality education, evidence-based medical application, and strong social and public policy to build resilience.

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