University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing is here to support our affiliates' creation of scholarly publications. We provide: Consultations about your publishing options and access to publishing platforms to start a new publication with the University Libraries.

Publishing Consultation Topics:

• Scholarly & digital publishing options
• Options for multimedia, experimental, and creative works
• Types of publishers and what to expect: commercial publishers, society publishers, library publishers
• Types of publishing models: open access, subscriptions, author pays, hybrid models, etc.
• Criteria for proposals accepted by University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing 
• Assessing the quality of a journal and a publisher
• Content licensing options

Publishing Your Work with the University Libraries:

University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing publishes the following types of original scholarly content: open access journals, open access book-length works, open education materials (e.g., e-textbooks), conference proceedings, and interactive scholarly sites. Read more about Eligible Publications and the Proposal Process.

Libraries Support for Scholars:

In addition to publishing, the Libraries provides a variety of services to support scholars in using materials in teaching and learning, managing authors' rights, preserving and digitizing research and data, and creating scholarly projects, including:

• Copyright Information & Permissions
• Data Management & Curation (DRUM)
• Digital Arts, Science, & Humanities
• Digitization Services
• Institutional Repository (University Digital Conservancy)
• Media Services
• Open Access Policy & Fund

Read more about Related Services.