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2021 Library Publishing Directory

University of Virginia

Aperio

  • http://aperio.press
  • publish@virginia.edu
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Dave S. Ghamandi, Managing Editor, Aperio & Open Publishing Librarian
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 knowledge for a global audience in a variety of formats—journals, monographs, open educational resources, etc.

  • Publishing Activities Began: 2010
  • Location: United States
  • Languages published: English
  • Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
  • Stage (1-3): 2 - Early
  • Stage Comments:
  • Open Access Focus (1-5): 5 - Completely
  • Program Advisory/Editorial Board: Yes
  • Peer Reviewed Journals: 100%
Staffing (in Full Time Equivalents):
  • Professional staff: 1.2
Funding Sources for Publishing Activities:
  • Endowment Income: 80%
  • Charge Backs: 20%

Publishing Activities

Types of publications: conference papers and proceedings, faculty; datasets; educational resources (ex. textbooks, course modules); electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs); journals, campus-based faculty-created; monographs; technical/research reports.

  2020 Open Access Paid Hybrid
Conference papers and proceedings, faculty 2 2
Conference papers and proceedings, student
Databases
Datasets 118 118
Educational resources (ex. textbooks, course modules) 1 1
Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) 1537 1537
Journals, campus-based faculty-created 2 2
Journals, campus-based student-created
Journals, contracted by external groups
Journals, inactive back-issues
Monographs 2 2
Newsletters
Technical/Research Reports 15 15
Undergraduate Capstones/Honors Theses

2020: New publications from July 2019 to June 2020. Journals include titles actively publishing during the date range. Other publication types include items that were published or added to repositories for the first time within the date range.

OA/Paid/Hybrid: Publications currently published and/or available online. OA (open access) publications do not include counts for hybrid publications. Hybrid publications are those that offer a combination of both open access and pay-access content.

Highlights

Top Publications:
  • The Public Domain Song Anthology (open educational resource & songbook)
  • Journal of Modern Philosophy (journal)
  • Summer Academe (journal)
  • A World of Disorderly Notions (monograph)
  • Black Cosmopolitans (monograph)
Disciplinary Specialties:
  • philosophy
  • higher education administration
  • music
  • history

Partners

Internal Partners: campus departments or programs

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)

Best publications to refer to our program: Journals or open educational resources that fit within the teaching and/or research areas of the University; Monographs that fit within the existing scope of the University of Virginia Press.

Part of a consortium that provides support for publishing? no

Work with a university press? yes
  • University Press Partners: University of Virginia Press
Administer a university press? yes

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:
  • audio
  • concept maps or other visualizations
  • data
  • images
  • text
  • video
Softwares & Platforms:
  • Samvera
  • Ubiquity Press

Additional Services:
  • DOI distribution
  • analytics
  • author advisory – copyright
  • author advisory – other
  • budget preparation
  • cataloging
  • compiling indexes and/or TOCs
  • copyediting
  • dataset management
  • digitization
  • DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
  • graphic design (print or web)
  • hosting of supplemental content
  • ISBN registry
  • ISSN registry
  • marketing
  • metadata
  • notification of A&I sources
  • outreach
  • peer review management
  • print-on-demand
  • training
  • typesetting
Digital Preservation Strategy:
  • AP Trust
  • CLOCKSS
  • LOCKSS
Service Vendors: Ubiquity Press

Additional Information

Plans for Expansion & Future Directions:
Aperio, an all open access press, is soliciting proposals for journals, monographs, textbooks, and other educational resources.
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