Binghamton University Libraries

Academic Library · United States

Digital Initiatives

https://www.binghamton.edu/libraries/about/departments/digital-initiatives/

Erin Rushton, Head of Digital Initiatives

Program Overview

  • Publishing activities began: 2010
  • Stage of publishing efforts: 3 - Established
  • Open access focus: Central to mission
  • Portion of Open Access publications: All

Program Organization

  • Organization of publishing services: Centralized library publishing unit/department
  • Advisory/editorial board: No
  • Students: Graduate student(s); Undergraduate student(s)
  • Funding sources: Library operating budget

Publishing Activities

  • Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)
  • Journals


Journal Publishing:
  • Journals published: 4
  • Campus-based faculty-created: 2
  • Campus-based student-created: 2
  • Peer-reviewed: 1
  • Currently inactive or archived: 3

Highlights

Top Publications:
  • Northeast Journal of Complex Systems (NEJCS) (journal)
  • Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care (journal)
  • Binghamton University Undergraduate Journal (journal)
  • Harpur Palate: a Literary Journal (journal)
Disciplinary Specialties:
  • Latin America
  • Rural nursing
  • Archaeology
  • Literature
  • Complex systems

Partners

  • Internal partners:  Campus departments or programs; Individual faculty; Graduate students; Undergraduate students
  • Other publishing entities administered by your library: No
  • 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)
  • Part of a consortium which provides support for publishing? (e.g. platform, funding): No

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:
  • text
Software & Platforms:
  • Digital Commons (bepress)
  • Omeka
  • Open Journal Systems (OJS)

Additional Services:
  • author advisory - copyright
  • copyediting
  • digitization
  • DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
  • ISSN registry
  • marketing
  • open URL support
  • outreach
Digital Preservation Strategy:
  • Rosetta