Kansas State University

Kansas State University Libraries

Academic Library · United States

Center for Scholarly Publishing

https://lib.k-state.edu/services-support/scholarly-communication/

Ryan Otto, Scholarly Communication and Digital Scholarship Librarian
Phone: 785-532-3514
Email: CADS@k-state.edu

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
The mission of the center is to support the libraries’ vision to elevate the academic success of the university by engaging in partnerships across our campus and community to increase the visibility and impact of research and scholarship produced at K-State. Through advocacy for open access and platforms of discovery we provide immediate dissemination of quality content to the global knowledge bank while securing these outputs for future generations.
  • Publishing activities began: 2004
  • Stage of publishing efforts: 3 - Established
  • Open access focus: Central to mission
  • Portion of Open Access publications: All
  • 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): 1.5
  • Individual people: 3
  • Students: Undergraduate student(s)
  • Funding sources: Charitable contributions, Grants, Library operating budget

Publishing Activities

  • Conference papers or proceedings
  • Datasets
  • Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)
  • Expansive digital publications
  • Grey literature
  • Journals
  • Monographs
  • Newsletters
  • Open educational resources
  • Posters


Journal Publishing:
  • Journals published: 15
  • Campus-based faculty-created: 11
  • Campus-based student-created: 1
  • Contracted by external groups: 3
  • Peer-reviewed: 13
  • Currently inactive or archived: 3
Monograph/Book Publishing:
  • Monographs published: 3
Open Educational Resources Publishing:
  • Open Educational Resources: 7

Highlights

Top Publications:
  • Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports (journal)
  • Studies in 20th and 21st Century Literature (journal)
  • Journal of Applied Communications (journal)
  • The Art of Being Human: A Textbook for Cultural Anthropology (open educational resource)
  • Workplace Writing: A Handbook for Common Workplace Genres and Professional Writing (open educational resource)
Disciplinary Specialties:
  • Agriculture
  • Education
  • Human health
  • Aerospace and unmanned aircraft systems
  • Architecture

Partners

  • Internal partners:  Campus departments or programs, Individual faculty
  • Other publishing entities administered by your library: No
  • Other publishing entities within your library’s parent institution: Yes
    We publish K-State Extension Publishing's journal, the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports.
  • 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: Those with ties to Kansas State University.
  • Part of a consortium which provides support for publishing? (e.g. platform, funding): Yes

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:
  • audio
  • data
  • images
  • text
  • video
Software & Platforms:
  • Digital Commons (bepress)
  • DSpace
  • Pressbooks

Additional Services:
  • assistance with journal application for DOAJ)
  • Indexing services (e.g.
  • author advisory - other
  • author advisory - copyright
  • analytics
  • applying for Cataloging in Publication Data
  • audio/video streaming
  • digitization
  • DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
  • hosting of supplemental content
  • ISBN registry
  • ISSN registry
  • metadata
  • training
Digital Preservation Strategy:
  • Internet Archive
  • Archivematica
  • CLOCKSS
  • DuraCloud
  • Portico

Policies

  • New Prairie Press and Copyright: https://newprairiepress.org/about.html
  • Open Access: https://newprairiepress.org/about.html
  • Highlighted Publication

    Action Research

    Action research is a common journey for graduate students in education and other human science fields. This book attempts to meet the needs of graduate students, in-service teachers, and any other educators interested in action research and/or self-study. The chapters of this book draw on our collective experiences as educators in a variety of educational contexts, and our roles guiding educators/researchers in various settings. All of our experiences have enabled us to question and refine our own understanding of action research as a process and means for pedagogical improvement.

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