Library Publishing Directory

Colorado School of Mines

Arthur Lakes Library

Academic Library · United States

Arthur Lakes Library

https://repository.mines.edu

Joseph Kraus, Reference & Digital Repository Librarian
Phone: 303-273-3664
Email: jkraus@mines.edu

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
The Mines Repository is a digital archive that preserves and distributes research from many Colorado School of Mines faculty and students. The resource provides thousands of dissertations and theses going back to the 1880s.
  • Publishing activities began: 2007
  • Stage of publishing efforts: 3 - Established
  • Open access focus: One priority among many
  • Portion of Open Access publications: Most
  • Publishing Languages: English

Program Organization

  • Organization of publishing services: Services distributed across campus
  • Advisory/editorial board: No
  • Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 2
  • Individual people: 6
  • Funding sources: Library operating budget, Non-library campus budget

Publishing Activities

  • Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)
  • Newsletters
  • Open educational resources
  • Posters


Highlights

Top Publications:
  • Dissertations
  • Theses
  • Images (special collections)
  • Poster papers
Disciplinary Specialties:
  • Engineering

Partners

  • Internal partners:  Campus departments or programs, Individual faculty, Graduate students, Undergraduate students
  • Other publishing entities administered by your library: Yes
    The Communications Team in the Library produces a newsletter that is also put in the Mines Repository.
  • Other publishing entities within your library’s parent institution: Yes
    Many departments also produce newsletters, and some of them are placed into the repository. The Mines Magazine from the Alumni Office will also be placed into the repository soon.
  • Program’s openness to working with external partners: Only work with internal partners
  • Part of a consortium which provides support for publishing? (e.g. platform, funding): No

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:
  • audio
  • data
  • images
  • multimedia
  • text
  • video
  • visualizations
Software & Platforms:
  • DSpace
Additional Services:
  • author advisory - other
  • author advisory - copyright
  • DOI distribution
  • audio/video streaming
  • cataloging
  • digitization
  • DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
  • hosting of supplemental content
  • metadata
  • open URL support
Digital Preservation Strategy:
  • Amazon S3
  • CLOCKSS
  • LOCKSS

Policies

  • Submission Policies: https://repository.mines.edu/pages/Submission-policies
  • Open Access Policies: https://repository.mines.edu/pages/Submission-policies
    • Other Information:
    The Mines Repository is limited to content created by Colorado School of Mines faculty, staff, and students.