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Publishing a major archive on open access: the Maynooth University Ken Saro-Wiwa Collection
(IFLA Special Interest Group (SIG) on Library Publishing, 2021)This chapter, written by a librarian and a publisher, sets the context for open access publishing and follows with an exploration of the publication of the death-row correspondence of Ken Saro-Wiwa on open access. -
Libraries as publishing partners: promoting best practices in open access journals
(IFLA Special Interest Group (SIG) on Library Publishing, 2021)Publishing by academic libraries is burgeoning as an alternative means to create open access to scholarly research. The emerging field of library publishing offers new opportunities for academic libraries to achieve their ... -
Quality communication: is there a best practice for all library publishing programs?
(IFLA Special Interest Group (SIG) on Library Publishing, 2021)Communication with editors and journal managers in a library publishing program looks different across all institutions. Each library publishing program differs in the amount of staff and support they have, so the amount ... -
Small is big and slow is fast – Stockholm University press as a case study on library publishing
(IFLA Special Interest Group (SIG) on Library Publishing, 2021)Stockholm University Press is a fully open access publisher hosted at Stockholm University Library, which was the first fully academic open access publisher in Sweden. The press was founded after a decision made by the ... -
Publishing the ITT Short Story Competition without a budget
(IFLA Special Interest Group (SIG) on Library Publishing, 2021)Since 2016, the Library at IT Tallaght (ITT) (now TU Dublin – Tallaght Campus) has been running a short story competition in conjunction with South Dublin Libraries’ Red Line Book Festival, open to anyone in the world over ... -
Librarian as editor: amplifying the voices of the marginalised
(IFLA Special Interest Group (SIG) on Library Publishing, 2021)This article outlines the establishment of a cross-institutional, peer-reviewed, academic journal, Studies in Arts and Humanities, and describes the librarian-edited Special Issue on Minorities and Indigenous People which ... -
Implementing Shibboleth open source access management software: the DBS library experience
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Publishing in the hands of librarians
(Kennesaw State University, 2019)"It is one of the noblest duties of a university to advance knowledge, and to diffuse it not merely among those who can attend the daily lectures but far and wide." — Daniel Coit Gilman, founder of Johns Hopkins ... -
Quality communication: Is there a best practice for all library publishing programs?
(Penn State University, 2019)Each library publishing program differs in the amount of staff and support they have, so the amount of time available to spend overseeing each journal publication and communicating with their editors also varies. Library ... -
Small is big and slow is fast: Stockholm University Press as a case study
(Stockholm University Press, 2019)Stockholm University Press is a small fully open access university press at Stockholm University Library. The press was founded after a decision made by the Vice Chancellor of Stockholm University in December 2012. Late ... -
The desire for global engagement in independent library-published journals
(University at Buffalo, 2019)Digital library publishing provides the opportunity for innovative scholars to expand their academic fields with greater international engagement while at the same time undertaking the work of reacquiring control of their ... -
Publishing the ITT Short Story Collection without a budget!
(Technological University Dublin, 2019)In 2016, the library of the then Institute of Technology, Tallaght launched the ITT Short Story Competition, in collaboration with South Dublin Libraries and the Red Line Book Festival. Submissions of between 1,500 and ... -
Open Access publishing of a unique and distinctive collection: The Maynooth University Death-Row Correspondence of Ken Saro-Wiwa
(Maynooth University, 2019)Daraja Press published Silence Would be Treason: Last Writings of Ken Saro-Wiwa in 2013 and 2018 (2 nd edition). The book, edited by Helen Fallon, Ide Corley and Laurence Cox from Maynooth University, contains the death-row ... -
The Bookshelf Publishing Unit – MOOCs and digital textbooks – at OsloMet University
(OsloMet University, 2019)We conceptualize strategic university development with reference to the three dimensions (1) knowledge domains, (2) organized study and research programs and (3) virtualization. The university libraries position themselves ... -
AEUP – Connecting university presses in Europe
(Hamburg University Press, 2019)New university presses are on the rise proving that this organisational form is still alive and kicking. Together with established university presses they play an important role in scholarly communication. Europe-focused ... -
Take the Power Back: sustainable business models for new university presses
(IFLA SIG on Library Publishing, 2019)Activity in OA in Ireland is cutting a path (NORF, DCU Uni Press, DBS Library Press, Open Journal of Astrophysics), as the country reviews its subscription-focussed funding of e-resources (IReL review) in the context of ... -
Amplifying the voices of the marginalised
(Dublin Business School, 2019)This presentation describes the Studies in Arts and Humanities Journal (SAHJ) Special Issue on Minorities and Indigenous People which was published by the DBS Library Press to commemorate the official recognition of the ... -
Open Education, Open Access, and Open Source: Information literacy Instruction through course-based publishing
(Simon Fraser University Library, 2019)Helping students understand the value of peer-reviewed research is one of the primary responsibilities of an academic library. One way library publishers can contribute to the teaching objectives of their institutions ...
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