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2022 Library Publishing Directory

University of Virginia

University Library

Aperio

  • https://aperio.press
  • publish@virginia.edu
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Dave S. Ghamandi, Open Publishing Librarian and Managing Editor, Aperio
Email: dave@virginia.edu

Program Overview

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
  • Location: United States
  • Languages published: English
  • Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
  • Stage of publishing efforts (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%
  • Chargebacks: 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; journals, campus-based student-created; journals, contracted by external groups; monographs; technical/research reports; undergraduate capstones/honors theses.

  2021 Open access Paid Hybrid
Conference papers and proceedings, faculty 13
Conference papers and proceedings, student
Databases
Datasets 32
Educational resources (e.g., textbooks, course modules) 1
Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) 512
Journals, campus-based faculty-created 2
Journals, campus-based student-created 1
Journals, contracted by external groups
Journals, inactive back issues
Monographs 3
Newsletters
Technical/research reports 44
Undergraduate capstones/honors theses 720

2021: New publications from July 2020 to June 2021. 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)
  • Essays in History (journal)
Disciplinary specialties:
  • philosophy
  • history
  • music
  • higher education administration

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)

Part of a consortium that provides support for publishing?

Work with a university press?

Administer a 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
  • business model development
  • cataloging
  • contract/license preparation
  • copyediting
  • digitization
  • DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
  • graphic design (print or web)
  • hosting of supplemental content
  • 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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