White Rose University Press

White Rose Libraries (the University libraries of Leeds, Sheffield and York)

Consortium · United Kingdom

White Rose University Press

https://universitypress.whiterose.ac.uk/

Kate Petherbridge, WRUP Press Manager
Email: universitypress@whiterose.ac.uk

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
WRUP believes the future of academic publishing is open. We support the transition to an open scholarship environment with freely accessible publications, ensuring maximum global reach and impact. We will support authors and researchers, providing accessible publication routes for high-quality research outputs and teaching materials in the service of open scholarship. WRUP has three key objectives: 1. Supporting Open Access. 2. Ensuring quality 3. Delivering service-led publishing

Publishing activities began: 2016
Stage of publishing efforts: 2 - Early
Open access focus: Central to mission
Portion of Open Access publications: All
Publishing Languages: English

Program Organization

Organization of publishing services: Centralized library publishing unit/department
Advisory/editorial board: Yes
Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 1.5
Individual people: 2
Funding sources: Charge backs/cost sharing, Grants, Library materials budget, Library operating budget, Author fees

Publishing Activities

Conference papers and proceedings
Educational resources
Journals
Monographs

Journal Publishing:

Journals published: 4
Contracted by external groups: 4
Peer-reviewed: 4
Currently inactive or archived: 1

Monograph/Book Publishing:

Monographs published: 2
Peer-reviewed: 2
Required fee to enable Open Access: 2

Highlights

Top Publications:

Star Carr (2 vol monograph)
Sheffield Castle (monograph)
320 rue St Jacques (monograph)
Hidden depths (monograph)
BIOJ (Journal)

Partners

Internal partners: Individual faculty, Graduate 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: Open to working with any external partner
Types of publications should other publishers refer to your program: Monographs, teaching resources/textbooks, journals, conference proceedings, short-form monographs, and journals, across the full range of disciplines and across the academic community.
Part of a consortium which provides support for publishing? (e.g. platform, funding): No

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:

audio
images
modeling
multimedia
text
video
visualizations

Software & Platforms:

Ubiquity platforms

Additional Services:

author advisory - other
author advisory - copyright
Indexing services (e.g. assistance with journal application for DOAJ)
DOI distribution
analytics
audio/video streaming
cataloging
compiling indexes and/or TOCs
contract/license preparation
copyediting
DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
hosting of supplemental content
image services
ISBN registry
ISSN registry
marketing
metadata
outreach
peer review management
print-on-demand
training
typesetting

Digital Preservation Strategy:

CLOCKSS
LOCKSS

Policies

Other Policies:
Academic Misconduct

Additional Information

Future Plans:
WRUP is at a key point in its development. We have been successful in setting up robust policies and processes during our set up phase. We are now implementing a new strategy with ambitious targets to grow throughput, and undertaking focussed advocacy to increase the profile of WRUP. Adding a full time, dedicated staff member to support this advocacy and increased project work shows the commitment of our parent institutions to supporting WRUP through its next phase of development.

Other Information:
WRUP is also committed to supporting the wider OA publishing community and changing scholarly comms landscape, participating in initiatives with external partners such as Jisc, as well as with other likeminded presses, to further developments in this area.