Library Publishing Directory

University of Washington

University of Washington Libraries

Academic Library · United States

Scholarly Communication and Publishing

https://www.lib.washington.edu/scholpub

Elizabeth 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 (textbooks/course modules)


Journal Publishing:
  • Journals published: 2
  • Campus-based faculty-created: 2
  • Peer-reviewed: 1
  • Required fee to enable Open Access: 0
  • 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

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

Policies

Diversity, equity, and inclusion statement, Open access policy