Rebecca Wojturska

Open Access Publishing Officer

Biography

Background

Rebecca joined the Scholarly Communications team as the Open Access Publishing Officer in 2020, after working in academic publishing at Edinburgh University Press and the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Rebecca Wojturska manages Edinburgh Diamond, a library-based service which supports the publication of Diamond Open Access books, journals and conference proceedings by University of Edinburgh staff and students.

She has three degrees and over ten years' experience in academic and trade publishing.

Her main interests are Diamond Open Access, library-supported publishing, equitable publishing models, Gothic and horror literature, and board games.

Rebecca's current research interest focuses on Open Access publishing models and infrastructure. She is particularly interested in the role libraries play in academic publishing.

Qualifications

MA Publishing (Hons) | Merit | Anglia Ruskin University | 2013-2014

MA English Literary Studies MA (Hons) | Merit | Durham University | 2011 – 2012

BA English Studies (Hons) | Second Class: First Division | Nottingham Trent University | 2007 – 2010

Responsibilities & affiliations

Papers delivered

2023

  • Edinburgh Open Research Conference
  • International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
  • LIBER
  • Library Publishing Forum
  • Munin Conference on Scholarly Publishing
  • RLUK

2022

  • Charleston Conference
  • Edinburgh Open Research Conference
  • Library Publishing Forum
  • NISO
  • RLUK
  • SCURL
  • UKSG
  • UoE Learning & Teaching Conference

2021

  • The Geneva Workshop on Innovations in Scholarly Communication
  • LIBER
  • Open Publishing Fest
  • UoE Digital Skills Festival

Charleston Conference Proceedings, 2022

Michigan Publishing Services

2023 | Edited book

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.14369519

ISBN: 9781941269602

 

An Open Book: launching a library-based Open Access books hosting service

LIBER Quarterly

2023-10-23 | Journal article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.53377/lq.13745

 

Collaborative Open Access Library Hosting in Scotland

Septentrio Conference Series

2023-09-14 | Journal article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7557/5.7159

 

Edinburgh Diamond: growing a library-based Open Access hosting service

Medical Library Forum

2023-09-07 | Journal article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.34738/MLF.0078

 

Diamond Open Access Publishing in the Library

Edinburgh Open Research Journal

2022-07-26 | Conference paper

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2218/eorc.2022.6953

 

Facilitating Student-led Diamond Open Access Publishing in the Library

Journal of EAHIL

2022-06-30 | Journal article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32384/jeahil18516

 

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