Library Publishing Directory

University of Waterloo

University of Waterloo Library 

Academic Library · Canada

Digital Initiatives

https://uwaterloo.ca/library/services/open-journals-uwaterloo

Priscilla Carmini, Digital Repositories Librarian
Phone: 519-888-4567 x45089
Email: pcarmini@uwaterloo.ca

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
The University of Waterloo Library provides open access publishing services for faculty and students based on Open Journal Systems, DSpace, Islandora, Dataverse, and Drupal platforms. We are a member of Crossref, and we can issue DOIs for hosted publications and offer DOIs to research data via DataCite Canada. We work individually with prospective editors and authors and can also assist with ISSN registration and journal indexing referrals.
  • Publishing activities began: 1998
  • Stage of publishing efforts: 3 - Established
  • Open access focus: Central to mission
  • Portion of Open Access publications: Most
  • Publishing Languages: English; French; German

Program Organization

  • Organization of publishing services: Centralized library publishing unit/department
  • Advisory/editorial board: No
  • Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 2
  • Individual people: 4
  • Funding sources: Library operating budget

Publishing Activities

  • Conference papers or proceedings
  • Datasets
  • Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)
  • Grey literature
  • Journals
  • Monographs
  • Multimedia
  • Open educational resources
  • Posters


Journal Publishing:
  • Journals published: 8
  • Campus-based faculty-created: 5
  • Campus-based student-created: 1
  • Contracted by external groups: 2
  • Peer-reviewed: 8
  • Required fee to enable Open Access: 1
  • Currently inactive or archived: 4
Open Educational Resources Publishing:
  • Open Educational Resources: 77
  • Peer-reviewed Open Educational Resources: 12

Highlights

Top Publications:
  • Canadian Journal of Optometry (journal)
  • Canadian Food Studies/ La Revue canadienne des études sur l’alimentation (journal)
  • Canadian Journal of Disability Studies (journal)
  • Canadian Graduate Journal of Sociology and Criminology (journal)
  • Review of Economic Analysis (journal)
Disciplinary Specialties:
  • Optometry
  • Disability studies
  • Economics
  • Sociology and criminology
  • Food studies

Partners

  • Internal partners:  Individual faculty, Graduate students, Undergraduate students
  • Other publishing entities administered by your library: No
  • Other publishing entities within your library’s parent institution: Yes
  • Program’s 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)
  • Types of publications should other publishers refer to your program: Authors wishing to publish using Open Journal Systems.
  • Part of a consortium which provides support for publishing? (e.g. platform, funding): Yes

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:
  • data
  • images
  • multimedia
  • text
Software & Platforms:
  • Dataverse
  • DSpace
  • Islandora
  • Open Journal Systems (OJS)
Additional Services:
  • author advisory - copyright
  • analytics
  • cataloging
  • DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
  • ISSN registry
  • outreach
  • training
Digital Preservation Strategy:
  • Permafrost
  • Digital preservation services under discussion