University of Virginia

Aperio

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
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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