University of Virginia
Aperio
Dave S. Ghamandi, Managing Editor, Aperio & Open Publishing LibrarianEmail: 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
- Open Access Focus (1-5): 5 - Completely
- Program Advisory/Editorial Board: Yes
- Peer Reviewed Journals: 100%
- 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.
- Name of consortium:
- Type of support:
- University Press Partners: University of Virginia Press
- Relationship between library publishing and university press: Please describe the relationship between your library publishing program and your university press
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:
Service Vendors: Ubiquity Press - AP Trust
- CLOCKSS
- LOCKSS
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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