Library Publishing Directory

2019

University of Cambridge

Cambridge University Library

Office of Scholarly Communication

2019 CONTACT:
Dr Danny Kingsley, Deputy Director, Scholarly Communication and Research Services
Phone: 01223 7 47437
Email: dak45@cam.ac.uk

Program Overview

The publishing activities of Cambridge University Library have two main objectives: 1. to make the research undertaken within the University of Cambridge accessible to the research community and the public, 2. to digitise, make available and preserve the Library’s unique or rare material.

Publishing Activities Began: 2004
Location: United Kingdom
Organization: services distributed across library units/departments
Stage (1–5): 5 - Established
Open Access Focus (1–5): 4 - Very Important
Program Advisory/Editorial Board: No

Staffing (in Full Time Equivalents):
  • Professional staff: 16
  • Paraprofessional staff: 9
  • Graduate students:
  • Undergraduates:
Funding Sources for Publishing Activities:
  • Library Materials Budget: %
  • Library Operating Budget: 50%
  • Non-library Campus Budget: %
  • Endowment Income: %
  • Charitable Contributions: %
  • Grants: 35%
  • Sales Revenue: 10%
  • Licensing Revenue: 5%
  • Charge Backs: %
  • Other: %

Highlights

Disciplinary Specialties:
Top Publications:
  • Darwin Correspondence Project
  • Newton Papers
  • Cairo Genizah Collection
  • Exhibition Items
  • Cambridge University PhD theses (theses)

Partners

Internal Partners: campus departments or programs
University Press Partners: Cambridge University Press

Best publications to refer to our program: British Library; National Maritime Museum; Darwin Correspondence Project; Darwin Manuscripts Project; Needham Research Institute; Newton Project (Oxford); Genizah Project; Lute Society; many individual researchers and research groups, nationally and internationally

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:
  • audio
  • data
  • images
  • text
  • video
Softwares & Platforms:
  • DSpace
Digital Preservation Strategy:
  • Digital preservation services under discussion
Additional Services:
  • author advisory – copyright
  • author advisory – other
  • cataloging
  • dataset management
  • DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
  • hosting of supplemental content
  • image services
  • metadata
  • outreach
  • training

Additional Information

Plans for Expansion & Future Directions:
We are working closely with Cambridge University Press to develop academic-led publishing options for our community.
Other Information:
We are constantly looking to improve the repository in order to be able to provide a wider array of publication options for our community through the repository.
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