Library Publishing Directory
University of Washington
University of Washington Libraries
Academic Library · United StatesScholarly Communication and Publishing
https://www.lib.washington.edu/scholpubElizabeth Bedford, Scholarly Publishing Outreach Librarian
Email: ebedford@uw.edu
Program Overview
Mission/Objectives:We support UW creators of intellectual content in sharing their work with the world.
- Publishing activities began: 1998
- Stage of publishing efforts: 2 - Early
- Open access focus: Central to mission
- Portion of Open Access publications: Most
- Publishing Languages: English
Program Organization
- Organization of publishing services: Services distributed across several campuses
- Advisory/editorial board: No
- Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 4
- Individual people: 6
- Students: Graduate student(s)
- Funding sources: Endowment income, Grants, Library materials budget, Library operating budget
Publishing Activities
- Conference papers or proceedings
- Datasets
- Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)
- Expansive digital publications
- Grey literature
- Journals
- Monographs
- Open educational resources
Journal Publishing:
- Journals published: 2
- Campus-based faculty-created: 2
- Peer-reviewed: 1
- Currently inactive or archived: 3
Open Educational Resources Publishing:
- Open Educational Resources: 14
Highlights
Top Publications:
- Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection (ResearchWorks Repository)
- Journal of Indo-Pacific Archeology (journal)
- Badass Womxn in the Pacific Northwest (Pressbooks OER)
- Financial Strategy for Public Managers (Pressbooks OER)
- Black Lives Matter Collective Storytelling Project (Pressbooks OER)
Disciplinary Specialties:
- Southeast Asia
- Anthropology
- Information Studies
Partners
- Internal partners: Campus departments or programs, Individual faculty, Graduate students, Undergraduate students
- Other publishing entities administered by your library: Yes
University of Washington Press reports to the Dean of UW Libraries. While they maintain their own publishing workflows the Press and Libraries share a Manifold platform and some administrative support services. - Other publishing entities within your library’s parent institution: Yes
UW Gallagher Law Library supports its own Digital Commons repository and host all School of Law-produced content there. The Law Library reports to the School of Law and is not administratively part of the UW Libraries. - Program’s openness to working with external partners: Only work with internal partners
- Part of a consortium which provides support for publishing? (e.g. platform, funding): No
Technologies & Services
Media Formats:
- audio
- data
- images
- text
- video
Software & Platforms:
- CONTENTdm
- Digital Commons (bepress)
- DSpace
- Manifold
- Omeka
- Open Journal Systems (OJS)
- Pressbooks
- WordPress
Additional Services:
- author advisory - other
- author advisory - copyright
- cataloging
- DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
- hosting of supplemental content
Digital Preservation Strategy:
- Other (please specify)
- PKP Open Preservation Network