Western University

Western Libraries

Academic Library · Canada

Research and Scholarly Communication

https://www.lib.uwo.ca/scholarship/journal_publishing.html

Kristin Hoffmann, Research and Scholarly Communication Librarian
Phone: 519-661-2111 x84818
Email: khoffma8@uwo.ca

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
The publishing mission of Western Libraries is to work directly with faculty and students to achieve their academic publishing goals by providing tools for and expertise in disseminating original scholarly work, advocating for open access, and educating them about ethical and rigorous publishing processes and standards.

Publishing activities began: 2008
Stage of publishing efforts: 3 - Established
Open access focus: Central to mission
Portion of Open Access publications: Most
Publishing Languages: English; French; Spanish

Program Organization

Organization of publishing services: Centralized library publishing unit/department
Advisory/editorial board: No
Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 3
Individual people: 7
Students: Graduate student(s), Undergraduate student(s)
Funding sources: Grants, Library materials budget, Library operating budget

Publishing Activities

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

Journal Publishing:

Journals published: 30
Campus-based faculty-created: 14
Campus-based student-created: 16
Peer-reviewed: 29
Currently inactive or archived: 11

Open Educational Resources Publishing:

Open Educational Resources: 3

Partners

Internal partners: Campus departments or programs, Individual faculty, Graduate students, Undergraduate students
Other publishing entities administered by your library: No
Other publishing entities within your library’s parent institution: No
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)
Part of a consortium which provides support for publishing? (e.g. platform, funding): Yes

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:

data
images
modeling
multimedia
text
video
visualizations

Software & Platforms:

Dataverse
Digital Commons (bepress)
Omeka
Open Journal Systems (OJS)
Pressbooks

Additional Services:

assistance with journal application for DOAJ)
Indexing services (e.g.
audio/video streaming
cataloging
data visualization
dataset management
digitization
DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
graphic design (print or web)
hosting of supplemental content
ISBN registry
ISSN registry
metadata
outreach
training

Digital Preservation Strategy:

Other (please specify)
Permafrost

Policies

Other Policies:
Scholarship@Western (Institutional Repository) Mandate and Policy

Links to Policies:
https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/about.html

Other Information:
We also provide substantial Geographic Information Systems (GIS) services and support for publishing, using Esri GIS software.

Highlighted Publication

Journal of Open Hardware

The Journal of Open Hardware is a peer reviewed open access publication for open hardware research and development. In May 2024, the journal migrated from Ubiquity Press to Western Libraries’ publishing services, allowing the journal to offer open access publishing at no cost to the author.