Brigham Young University
Harold B. Lee Library
Scholarly Communication Unitscholarsarchive@byu.edu
scholarsarchive.byu.edu
United States
Primary Contact:
Mandy Oscarson
Scholarly Communication Specialist
801-422-7663
Program Overview
Harold B. Lee Library’s primary publishing resources include an institutional repository awhich includes digital publishing services for faculty-and student-edited journals. The IR is called ScholarsArchive. ScholarsArchive is designed to make original scholarly and creative work—such as research, publications, journals, and data—freely and persistently available. The library’s publishing efforts are targeted at supporting broader academic and public discovery and use of university scholarship. ScholarsArchive may also house items of historic interest to the university. The library provides support with software, digitization, metadata creation, journal management, and data management.
Year publishing activities began: 2001
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Total FTE in support of publishing activities: library staff (1.0); graduate students (0.5)
Funding sources (%): library operating budget (100)
Stage of publishing efforts (1–5): Established
Open access focus (1–5): 5
Advisory/editorial board: No
Publishing Activities
Library-administered university press publications in 2018: NA
Library publications in 2018:
campus-based faculty-driven journals - 9
campus-based student driven journals - 2
monographs - 7
faculty conference papers and proceedings - 45
technical research reports - 1
student conference papers and proceedings - 49
ETDs - 525
Number of open access titles: journal (28); monograph (15)
Number of paid titles: journal (); monograph ()
Number of hybrid titles: journal (1); monograph ()
Media formats: text; images; audio; video
Disciplinary specialties: Mormon Studies; natural history of the American West; children’s literature; Sophie Project-German Women Authors
Top publications: Theses and Dissertations (papers); Faculty Publications (papers); Journal of Microfinance/ESR Review (journal); Journal of East Asian Libraries (journal); BYU Studies (journal);
Percentage of journals that are peer reviewed: 100
Percentage of journals assessing article processing charges (APCs): 0
Internal partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty; graduate students; undergraduate students; Center for Teaching and Learning; Copyright Office
External partners: International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations (ISCSC); Association of Mormon Counselors and Psychotherapists (AMCAP); Council on East Asian Libraries (CEAL)
Publishing platform(s): bepress (Digital Commons); CONTENTdm
Digital preservation strategy: Rosetta
Additional services: analytics; metadata; digitization; hosting of supplemental content; data management; journal workflow support
Additional Information
Plans for expansion/future directions: Areas of future exploration and possible expansion include DOI support, hosting streaming media, hosting Open Educational ResourcesScholarsArchive hosts three conferences held on campus each year. Proceedings from these conferences are included. View All Entries