Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University Libraries
Scholarly Publishing, Archives, and Data Servicesdaschere@andrew.cmu.edu
http://library.cmu.edu/datapub/help/category/170
@CMULibraries, @KiltHub
United States
Primary Contact:
David Scherer
Scholarly Communications and Research Curation Consultant
412-268-2443
Program Overview
Carnegie Mellon University Libraries’ publishing program advocates for the creation and usage of open information that is aligned with the mission of Carnegie Mellon University by exploring new publishing practices through innovative partnerships designed to promote open access practices through producing and hosting the wide range of scholarly outputs produced by members of the CMU community.
Year publishing activities began: 2010
Organization: services are distributed across library units/departments
Total FTE in support of publishing activities: professional staff (5); paraprofessional staff (2)
Funding sources (%): library operating budget (100)
Stage of publishing efforts (1–5): 3
Open access focus (1–5): 4
Advisory/editorial board: N
Publishing Activities
Library-administered university press publications in 2018:
Library publications in 2018: campus-based faculty-driven journals (1); technical/research reports (62); ETDs (272); undergraduate capstones/honors theses (19); conference proceeding papers (254)
Number of open access titles: journals (1); monographs ()
Number of paid titles: journals (); monographs ()
Number of hybrid titles: journals (); monographs ()
Media formats: text
Disciplinary specialties: social and behavioral sciences; engineering; physical and life sciences; arts and humanities; cyber security
Top publications: computer science (repository series); Dietrich College honors theses (repository series); dissertations (repository series); Journal of Privacy and Confidentiality (journal); robotics (repository series)
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
External partners:
Publishing platform(s): bepress (Digital Commons); figshare (figshare for institutions – KiltHub Repository)
Digital preservation strategy: LOCKSS; MetaArchive
Additional services: marketing; outreach; training; analytics; cataloging; metadata; author copyright advisory; research data management assistance; other author advisory; digitization; hosting of supplemental content; audio/video streaming