Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Hunt Library/Hazy Library
Hunt Librarycommons@erau.edu
United States
Primary Contact:
Chip Wolfe
Digitization Specialist
386 226 7369
Program Overview
The primary objective of the ERAU Scholarly Commons publishing service is to provide open access to the research activities of ERAU faculty, students, and staff. Other objectives include the publication of scholarly material related to aviation and aerospace studies, and to the ERAU archives.
Year publishing activities began: 2013
Organization: services are distributed across several campuses
Total FTE in support of publishing activities: professional staff (2); paraprofessional staff (0.75); undergraduate students (1)
Funding sources (%): library operating budget (46); non-library campus budget (54)
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 (4); monographs (1); technical/research reports (24); faculty conference papers and proceedings (43); student conference papers and proceedings (54); ETDs (420); Aviation related scrapbook; Special Collections Archives (newspapers; year book; Space Congress).
Number of open access titles:
Number of paid titles:
Number of hybrid titles:
Media formats: text; images; audio; video; data
Disciplinary specialties: Aerospace; Aviation; Aeronautics; Airline Quality; Aviation/Aerospace Education
Top publications: Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education and Research; Space Congress Proceedings; Airline Quality Rating Report; International Journal of Aviation, Aeronautics, and Aerospace; Avion
Percentage of journals that are peer reviewed: 75
Percentage of journals assessing article processing charges (APCs):
Internal partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty; graduate students
External partners: Canaveral Council of Tech. Societies
Publishing platform(s): bepress (Digital Commons)
Digital preservation strategy: in-house; Iron Mountain
Additional services: graphic design (print or web); training; analytics; metadata ISSN registry DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers; author copyright advisory; other author advisory; digitization; audio/video streaming
Additional Information
Plans for expansion/future directions: The Hunt Library is requesting a full-time librarian position to expand publishing services. Currently there is no dedicated position and the service has reached its ability to develop more publishing opportunities.View All Entries