Library Publishing Directory

2019

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Hunt Library

Scholarly Communication Department

2019 CONTACT:
Chip Wolfe, Digitization Specialist
Phone: 386-226-7369
Email: wolfe309@erau.edu

Program Overview

Scholarly Commons is an open access digital repository of the intellectual output produced by the faculty, students and staff of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Scholarly Commons provides a showcase for campus publications, archival materials, and other creative works not published elsewhere.

Publishing Activities Began: 2013
Location: United States
Organization: services distributed across several campuses
Stage (1–5): 3 - Developmental
Open Access Focus (1–5): 5 - Completely
Program Advisory/Editorial Board: Yes
Peer Reviewed Journals: 80%

Staffing (in Full Time Equivalents):
  • Professional staff: 4
  • Paraprofessional staff: 1
  • Graduate students:
  • Undergraduates: 1
Funding Sources for Publishing Activities:
  • Library Materials Budget: %
  • Library Operating Budget: 75%
  • Non-library Campus Budget: 25%
  • Endowment Income: %
  • Charitable Contributions: %
  • Grants: %
  • Sales Revenue: %
  • Licensing Revenue: %
  • Charge Backs: %
  • Other: %

Publishing Activities

All Library Publishing Activities:
  • Campus-based Faculty-driven Journals: 4
  • Campus-based Student-driven Journals: 2
  • Textbooks: 1
  • Technical/Research Reports: 454
  • Faculty Conference Papers and Proceedings: 466
  • Student Conference Papers and Proceedings: 62
  • ETDs: 84
Open Access Publishing:
  • Campus-based Faculty-driven Journals: 4
  • Campus-based Student-driven Journals: 2

Highlights

Disciplinary Specialties:
  • Forensic Science and Technology
  • Multi-Vehicle Systems and Air Traffic Control
  • Space Vehicles
  • Aerodynamics and Fluid Mechanics
  • Aviation and Space Education
Top Publications:
  • Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education & Research
  • Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law
  • International Journal of Aviation, Aeronautics, and Aerospace
  • Airline Quality Rating Report
  • Beyond: Undergraduate Research Journal

Partners

Internal Partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty
External Partners: NASA, Canaveral Council of Technical Societies (CCTS)

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:
  • audio
  • data
  • images
  • modeling
  • multimedia/interactive content
  • text
  • video
Softwares & Platforms:
  • bepress (Digital Commons)
Additional Services:
  • DOI distribution
  • analytics
  • audio/video streaming
  • author advisory – copyright
  • digitization
  • DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
  • graphic design (print or web)
  • hosting of supplemental content
  • ISSN registry
  • metadata
  • outreach
  • peer review management

Additional Information

Plans for Expansion & Future Directions:
Research data management
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