Ball State University
University Libraries
Copyright and Scholarly Communications Office
2019 CONTACT:Perry Collins, Copyright and Scholarly Communications Manager
Phone: 765-285-5330
Email: pmcollins@bsu.edu
Program Overview
Current publishing initiatives include growth of longstanding ETD collection and launch of Open Journal Systems as a service to support faculty- and student-led publications, beginning with a pilot group of four journals across disciplines.
Publishing Activities Began: 2009
Location: United States
Organization: services distributed across library units/departments
Stage (1–5): 3 - Developmental
Open Access Focus (1–5): 4 - Very Important
Program Advisory/Editorial Board: No
Peer Reviewed Journals: 100%
Staffing (in Full Time Equivalents):
Location: United States
Organization: services distributed across library units/departments
Stage (1–5): 3 - Developmental
Open Access Focus (1–5): 4 - Very Important
Program Advisory/Editorial Board: No
Peer Reviewed Journals: 100%
Staffing (in Full Time Equivalents):
- Professional staff: 1.5
- Paraprofessional staff: 0.5
- Graduate students:
- Undergraduates: 0.5
Funding Sources for Publishing Activities:
- Library Materials Budget: %
- Library Operating Budget: 100%
- Non-library Campus Budget: %
- Endowment Income: %
- Charitable Contributions: %
- Grants: %
- Sales Revenue: %
- Licensing Revenue: %
- Charge Backs: %
- Other: %
Publishing Activities
All Library Publishing Activities:- Campus-based Faculty-driven Journals: 2
- Campus-based Student-driven Journals: 4
- ETDs: 177
- Undergraduate Capstones/Honors Theses: 141
Open Access Publishing:
- Campus-based Faculty-driven Journals: 2
- Campus-based Student-driven Journals: 4
Partners
Internal Partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty; graduate students; undergraduate studentsTechnologies & Services
Media Formats:
- audio
- data
- images
- text
- video
Softwares & Platforms:
- DSpace
- OJS
Digital Preservation Strategy:
- In-house
- PKP Preservation Network
Additional Services:
- DOI distribution
- author advisory – copyright
- cataloging
- contract/license preparation
- DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
- graphic design (print or web)
- ISSN registry
- metadata
- outreach
- training
Additional Information
Plans for Expansion & Future Directions:Initiatives within the next 1-3 years include further expansion and streamlining of journal publishing program and development of IR collections of scholarship that would otherwise go unpublished.
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