Library Publishing Directory

University of Westminster

University of Westminster Library

Academic Library · United Kingdom

University of Westminster Press

https://www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk

Richard Baggaley
Email: r.baggaley@westminster.ac.uk

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
University of Westminster Press is a fully open access publisher of arts, humanities, and social science research that publishes books, journals, and policy briefs. Most of our work publishes without author-facing open access fees, but we will accept subventions for book publications if these are available. Our publications have been read widely, everywhere from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. Our mission is to advance research priorities of the University of Westminster globally, extend opportunities to publish open access without author-facing fees to researchers across the globe, and to contribute to a more socially just scholarly publishing ecosystem.
  • Publishing activities began: 2015
  • Stage of publishing efforts: 3 - Established
  • Open access focus: Central to mission
  • Portion of Open Access publications: All
  • Publishing Languages: English

Program Organization

  • Organization of publishing services: Services distributed across library units/departments
  • Advisory/editorial board: No
  • Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 1
  • Individual people: 1
  • Students: Graduate student(s)
  • Funding sources: Author fees, Grants, Library operating budget, Non-library campus budget, Sales revenue

Publishing Activities

  • Grey literature
  • Journals
  • Monographs
  • Multimedia


Journal Publishing:
  • Journals published: 4
  • Campus-based faculty-created: 3
  • Contracted by external groups: 1
  • Peer-reviewed: 4
  • Currently inactive or archived: 2
Monograph/Book Publishing:
  • Monographs published: 3
  • Peer-reviewed: 3
  • Required fee to enable Open Access: 0

Highlights

Top Publications:
  • AI for Everyone (edited collection)
Disciplinary Specialties:
  • Media and communications
  • Political science
  • Law
  • Geography
  • Cultural studies

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:
  • audio
  • data
  • images
  • multimedia
  • text
  • video
Software & Platforms:
  • Janeway
  • Ubiquity platforms
  • WordPress
Additional Services:
  • assistance with journal application for DOAJ)
  • Indexing services (e.g.
  • Compiling indexes and/or tables of contents
  • author advisory - other
  • DOI distribution
  • business model development
  • cataloging
  • contract/license preparation
  • copyediting
  • DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
  • hosting of supplemental content
  • ISBN registry
  • ISSN registry
  • marketing
  • metadata
  • peer review management
  • print-on-demand
  • training
  • typesetting
Digital Preservation Strategy:
  • COPIM
  • CLOCKSS
  • Digital preservation services under discussion
  • LOCKSS
  • Portico

Policies

Accessibility policy, Antiracism policy, Author rights/copyright policy, Diversity, equity, and inclusion statement, Editorial board policy, Ethics statement, Name change policy, Open access policy, Peer review policy, Retraction/correction policy