University of Canterbury

University of Canterbury Library

2019 CONTACT:
Stuart Broughton, Manager, Research Support Services
Phone: +64 3 369 3851
Email: stuart.broughton@canterbury.ac.nz

Program Overview

The UC Lightweight Publishing Model serves as a platform of last resort to incubate journals, or provide back end services for scholarly publishing related to the University at low cost.

Publishing Activities Began: 2016
Location: New Zealand
Organization: services distributed across library units/departments
Stage (1–5): 3 - Developmental
Open Access Focus (1–5): 5 - Completely
Program Advisory/Editorial Board: No
Peer Reviewed Journals: 100%

Staffing (in Full Time Equivalents):

Professional staff: 2
Paraprofessional staff:
Graduate students:
Undergraduates:

Funding Sources for Publishing Activities:

Library Materials Budget: %
Library Operating Budget: 100%
Non-library Campus Budget: %
Endowment Income: %
Charitable Contributions: %
Grants: %
Sales Revenue: %
Licensing Revenue: %
Charge Backs: %
Other: %

Publishing Activities

All Library Publishing Activities:

Campus-based Faculty-driven Journals: 4
Campus-based Student-driven Journals: 3
ETDs: 912
Undergraduate Capstones/Honors Theses: 29

Highlights

Disciplinary Specialties:

Pacific studies
natural history
philosophy
feminist studies
teacher education

Top Publications:

Continental Thought And Theory
Pacific Dynamics
Journal of Initial Teacher Inquiry
International Journal for Intersectional Feminist Studies
Journal of Home Language Research

Partners

Internal Partners: campus departments or programs

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:

data
text

Softwares & Platforms:

DSpace

Digital Preservation Strategy:

Digital preservation services under discussion

Additional Services:

author advisory – copyright
cataloging
contract/license preparation
DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
ISSN registry
metadata

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