Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University Libraries
Scholarly Publishing, Archives, and Data ServicesUnited States
Primary Contact:
Denise Troll Covey
Scholarly Communications Librarian
412-268-8599
Program Overview
Carnegie Mellon University Libraries’ publishing program aims to promote open access to scholarly resources, to support online journals and conference proceedings — from article submission through peer review to open access and long-term preservation, and to publish gray literature, including theses, dissertations, and technical reports.
Year publishing activities began: 2010
Organization: services are distributed across library units/departments
Total FTE in support of publishing activities: professional staff (1); paraprofessional staff (0.5)
Funding sources (%): library operating budget (100)
Stage of publishing efforts (1–5):
Open access focus (1–5):
Advisory/editorial board:
Publishing Activities
Library-administered university press publications in 2015:
Library publications in 2015: campus-based faculty-driven journals (1); technical/research reports (56); ETDs (104); undergraduate capstones/honors theses (27);
Number of open access titles:
Number of paid titles:
Number of hybrid titles:
Media formats: text
Disciplinary specialties: social and behavioral sciences; engineering; physical and life sciences; arts and humanities; security
Top publications: Computer science; Dietrich College honors theses; Dissertations; Journal of Privacy and Confidentiality; Robotics
Percentage of journals that are peer reviewed: 100
Percentage of journals assessing article processing charges (APCs):
Internal partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty; graduate students; undergraduate students
External partners:
Publishing platform(s): bepress (Digital Commons)
Digital preservation strategy: LOCKSS; MetaArchive
Additional services: marketing; outreach; training; analytics; cataloging; metadata; peer review management; author copyright advisory; other author advisory; digitization hosting of supplemental content; audio/video streaming