Appalachian State University
Belk Library
Digital Scholarship and Initiatives
Agnes Gambill, Head of Scholarly Communications; Assistant ProfessorPhone: 828-262-2825
Email: gambillab@appstate.edu
Program Overview
The mission of Appalachian State University’s library publishing program is to advance the production and global dissemination of research, scholarship, and data. We support the entire publishing cycle, create opportunities to publish open access, and advocate for the rights of authors.
- Publishing activities began: 2020
- Location: United States
- Languages published: English
- Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
- Stage of publishing efforts (1-3): 2 - Early
- Stage comments:
- Open access focus (1-5): 4 - Very Important
- Program advisory/editorial board: No
- Peer reviewed journals: 100%
- Professional staff: 1
- Undergraduates: 1
- Library operating budget: 60%
- Grants: 20%
- Other: 20%
Publishing Activities
Types of publications: journals, campus-based faculty-created; journals, contracted by external groups; technical/research reports.| 2021 | Open access | Paid | Hybrid | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conference papers and proceedings, faculty | ||||
| Conference papers and proceedings, student | ||||
| Databases | ||||
| Datasets | ||||
| Educational resources (e.g., textbooks, course modules) | ||||
| Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) | ||||
| Journals, campus-based faculty-created | 2 | 2 | ||
| Journals, campus-based student-created | ||||
| Journals, contracted by external groups | 1 | 1 | ||
| Journals, inactive back issues | ||||
| Monographs | ||||
| Newsletters | ||||
| Technical/research reports | 2 | 2 | ||
| Undergraduate capstones/honors theses |
2021: New publications from July 2020 to June 2021. Journals include titles actively publishing during the date range. Other publication types include items that were published or added to repositories for the first time within the date range.
OA/Paid/Hybrid: Publications currently published and/or available online. OA (open access) publications do not include counts for hybrid publications. Hybrid publications are those that offer a combination of both open access and pay-access content.
Highlights
- health
- data analytics
- education
- music
- history, including Appalachian studies
Partners
Internal partners: campus departments or programsOpenness to working with external partners: Open to working with any external partner
Technologies & Services
- concept maps or other visualizations
- data
- images
- multimedia/interactive content
- text
- DOI distribution
- author advisory – copyright
- author advisory – other
- business model development
- contract/license preparation
- DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
- ISSN registry
- metadata