University of Virginia
University of Virginia Library
Aperio
2019 CONTACT:Dave Ghamandi, Open Publishing Librarian
Phone: 434-924-3845
Email: dave@virginia.edu
Program Overview
Aperio, a joint venture of the University of Virginia Library and the University of Virginia Press, draws upon the strengths of the University to increase open access to knowledge for a global audience in a variety of formats –journals, monographs, conferences, open educational resources, etc.
Publishing Activities Began: 2010
Location: United States
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Stage (1–5): 4 - Growing
Open Access Focus (1–5): 5 - Completely
Program Advisory/Editorial Board: Yes
Peer Reviewed Journals: 100%
Staffing (in Full Time Equivalents):
Location: United States
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Stage (1–5): 4 - Growing
Open Access Focus (1–5): 5 - Completely
Program Advisory/Editorial Board: Yes
Peer Reviewed Journals: 100%
Staffing (in Full Time Equivalents):
- Professional staff: 3
- Paraprofessional staff: 1
- Graduate students:
- Undergraduates:
Funding Sources for Publishing Activities:
- Library Materials Budget: %
- Library Operating Budget: %
- Non-library Campus Budget: %
- Endowment Income: %
- Charitable Contributions: %
- Grants: %
- Sales Revenue: %
- Licensing Revenue: %
- Charge Backs: %
- Other: %
Publishing Activities
All Library Publishing Activities:- Campus-based Faculty-driven Journals: 1
- Monographs: 5
- Technical/Research Reports: 5
- ETDs: 898
Open Access Publishing:
- Campus-based Faculty-driven Journals: 1
Partners
Internal Partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty; graduate studentsUniversity Press Partners: University of Virginia Press
Technologies & Services
Media Formats:
- audio
- concept maps or other visualizations
- data
- images
- modeling
- multimedia/interactive content
- text
- video
Softwares & Platforms:
- Dataverse
- Fedora
- Samvera
- WordPress
- Ubiquity Press
Digital Preservation Strategy:
- AP Trust
- LOCKSS
Additional Services:
- DOI distribution
- analytics
- author advisory – other
- DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
- marketing
- outreach
- training
Additional Information
Plans for Expansion & Future Directions:Aperio, an all-open access press, is soliciting proposals for journals, monographs, textbooks, and for use of our conference management/publishing service.
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