University of Washington
University of Washington Libraries
Digital Initiativesresearchworks.lib.washington.edu
United States
Primary Contact:
Ann Lally
Head, Digital Iniatives
206-685-1473
Program Overview
The University of Washington Libraries ResearchWorks Service provides faculty, researchers, and students tools to archive and/or publish the products of research, including datasets, monographs, images, journal articles, and technical reports.
Year publishing activities began: 1998
Organization: services are distributed across library units/departments
Total FTE in support of publishing activities: professional staff (1.5); graduate students (0.25)
Funding sources (%): library operating budget (100)
Stage of publishing efforts (1–5):
Open access focus (1–5):
Advisory/editorial board:
Publishing Activities
Library-administered university press publications in 2016: N/A
Library publications in 2016: campus-based faculty driven journals (2); journals produced under contract/MOU for external groups (1); newsletters (1); ETDs (1200); undergraduate capstones/honors theses (30)
Number of open access titles: journals (2)
Number of paid titles: 0
Number of hybrid titles: 1
Media formats: text; images; audio; video; data; concept maps, modeling, maps, or other visualizations
Disciplinary specialties: Information Studies; Anthropology; Fisheries; Southeast Asia
Top publications: ETDs; Journal of Indo-Pacific Archaeology; Advances in Classification Research Online; Slovene Studies Journal; Jackson School of International Studies Task Force Reports
Percentage of journals that are peer reviewed: 0%
Percentage of journals assessing article processing charges (APCs):
Internal partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty; graduate students; undergraduate students
External partners: The Society for Slovene Studies; ASIS&T SIG/CR
Publishing platform(s): CONTENTdm; DSpace; OJS
Digital preservation strategy: ArchiveIt; DPN; HathiTrust; LOCKSS; Portico;
Additional services: graphic design (print or web); training; analytics; cataloging; metadata ISSN registry DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers; author copyright advisory; digitization; hosting of supplemental content