Kennesaw State University

KSU Library System

Academic Library · United States

• https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/
• digitalcommons@kennesaw.edu

Digital Commons@Kennesaw State University

https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/

Heather Hankins, Supervisor, Institutional Repository
Email: hhankin3@kennesaw.edu

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
The Digital Commons@Kennesaw State University began as a way to publish ETDs for the school and has grown to host 31 journals ranging from student journals to international ones. Our mission is to provide low-barrier access to publishing for our community and affiliates, while highlighting the breadth of scholarly and creative activities occurring at Kennesaw State University.

• Publishing activities began: 2008
• Stage of publishing efforts: 3 - Established
• Open access focus: One priority among many
• Portion of Open Access publications: Most
• Publishing Languages: English, Spanish

Program Organization

• Organization of publishing services: Centralized library publishing unit/department
• Advisory/editorial board: No
• Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 2
• Individual people: 2
• Students: Undergraduate student(s)
• Funding sources: Library operating budget; non-library campus budget

Publishing Activities

• Conference papers and proceedings
• Datasets
• Educational resources
• Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)
• Grey literature
• Journals

Partners

• Internal partners:  Campus departments or programs; individual faculty
• Other publishing entities administered by your library: Yes
  
• Other publishing entities within your library’s parent institution: Yes
  
• Program’s openness to working with external partners: Consider external partners if there is a tie to my institution (e.g., local editor of a journal for an external scholarly society)
• Types of publications should other publishers refer to your program: We specialize at supporting new journal editors in building their journals.
• Part of a consortium which provides support for publishing? (e.g. platform, funding): No

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