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Publishing your research

Books and articles at the James Hardiman Library

 

What I've Learned about Publishing a Book

Mulholland, James, 

Journal of Scholarly Publishing, 2014, Vol.45(3), pp.211-236 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

What I've Learned about Revising a Dissertation

Mulholland, James

Journal of Scholarly Publishing, 2011, Vol.43(1), pp.39-51 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

 

See this selective listing of other books on academic publishing available in the James Hardiman Library.

ISBN service

The Library offers an ISBN service for staff, researchers and students  at University of Galway and maintains a range of ISBN numbers that can be assigned to the publications of the university. Your book must denote University of Galway as its publisher.

To request an ISBN please complete and return the ISBN application form available below to Trish Finnan, Digital Publishing and Data Management Librarian, Email: trish.finnan@universityofgalway.ie, Phone: 00 353 91 495961

For more information see https://libguides.library.universityofgalway.ie/Identifiers/ISBNsandISSNs

Staff publications

 

Books held in the Library Basement. This collection includes one copy of books published by University of  Galway staff and is not loanable. Loanable copies are available in the Main Library Open Access. A selection of Staff Publications are on display in the Library Foyer. Email Neil O’Brien, Acquisitions Librarian,  (neil.obrien@universityofgalway.ie) with details of books to be added to this collection.

 

See a  list of the books sorted in descending date order.

Identifying publishers

Use the following resources to identify publishers in your academic discipline:

 

Other library guides

 

http://libguides.ucd.ie/publishing/books Advice on selecting a publisher, contacting a pulbisher with book proposal, editing books, and self-publishing options.

Grant-in-Aid of Publication Fund

See details of the University of Galway Grant in aid of publciation fund managed by the Research Office. 

"How To Turn Your Dissertation into a Book," Yale University

For many scholars, the world of academic book publishing can seem quite daunting. Questions abound: how to craft a scholarly book? What is the book publication process actually like? The Graduate Writing Lab has organized a special event for aspiring authors. Representatives from top university presses will be visiting Yale to share their advice: editors Philip Leventhal (Columbia University Press), Priya Nelson (University of Chicago Press), Jennifer Banks, (Yale University Press), and Heather Gold (Yale University Press):

Predatory Publishing

Graduate students often receive emails from predatory publishers, such as LAP Lambert Academic Publishing and VDM Verlag. 

See I Sold My Undergraduate Thesis to a Print Content Farm: A trip through the shadowy, surreal world of an academic book mill. 

We have some examples of theses published by Lambert Academic Publishing in the library, for example:

 

 

 

See also this section:

 http://libguides.library.nuigalway.ie/Gettingpublished/Selectingwheretopublish 

The Academic Book of the Future Links and resources

 

Links and resources

This page provides links to external sites and resources of relevance to The Academic Book of the Future project, including:

See the Event Reports page for all resources associated with the events organised and coordinated by this project.