Emory University

Emory University Libraries

Academic Library · United States

Emory Center for Digital Scholarship

https://ecds.emory.edu/

Jesse P. Karlsberg, Senior Digital Scholarship Strategist
Email: jesse.p.karlsberg@emory.edu

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
Emory Libraries mission statement: https://libraries.emory.edu/about/organizational-framework. Emory Center for Digital Scholarship mission statement: https://ecds.emory.edu/about/index.html.

Publishing activities began: 1994
Stage of publishing efforts: 3 - Established
Open access focus: Central to mission
Portion of Open Access publications: All
Publishing Languages: English

Program Organization

Organization of publishing services: Services distributed across library units/departments
Advisory/editorial board: No
Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 10
Individual people: 28
Students: Graduate student(s), Undergraduate student(s)
Funding sources: Grants, Library operating budget, Non-library campus budget

Publishing Activities

Conference papers or proceedings
Databases
Datasets
Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)
Expansive digital publications
Grey literature
Journals
Monographs
Multimedia
Posters

Journal Publishing:

Journals published: 7
Campus-based faculty-created: 6
Campus-based student-created: 1
Peer-reviewed: 5
Required fee to enable Open Access: 0
Currently inactive or archived: 1

Monograph/Book Publishing:

Monographs published: 1
Required fee to enable Open Access: 0

Highlights

Top Publications:

Apollo 15 Learning Hub (expansive digital project)
Through a Glass, Darkly (monograph)
Kottabos VR (video learning game)
Post45 (journal)
Southern Spaces (journal)

Disciplinary Specialties:

Art history
Health sciences
Literary studies
Southern studies
Archaeology

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:

audio
data
images
modeling
multimedia
text
video
visualizations

Software & Platforms:

Dataverse
locally developed software
Manifold
Omeka
Samvera (including Hyku or Hyrax)
WordPress

Additional Services:

Compiling indexes and/or tables of contents
author advisory - other
author advisory - copyright
analytics
audio/video streaming
cataloging
contract/license preparation
copyediting
data visualization
dataset management
digitization
DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
graphic design (print or web)
hosting of supplemental content
image services
metadata
outreach
peer review management
training
typesetting

Digital Preservation Strategy:

Amazon Glacier
Amazon S3

Policies

Accessibility policy, Author rights/copyright policy, Open access policy, Peer review policy

Accessibility and Preservation Best Practices When Creating Your Thesis or Dissertation - Emory Theses and Dissertations: https://libraries.emory.edu/research/open-access-publishing/emory-repositories-policy/etd/policies-procedures
Intellectual Property - Southern Spaces: https://southernspaces.org/submission-guidelines/
Emory's Open Access Policy: https://libraries.emory.edu/research/open-access-publishing/emory-repositories-policies/emory-oa-policy
Peer Review Process - Southern Spaces: https://southernspaces.org/submission-guidelines/

Additional Information

Future Plans:
Our faculty scholarship repository, OpenEmory, which houses both original (unpublished) new works and previously published works, is evolving in a couple of ways. First, the repository’s scope has been expanded to include scholarly works from graduate students and staff, although theses and dissertations will continue to be house in the Emory Theses and Dissertations repository. Second, OpenEmory was launched in 2012, so it’s due for redevelopment, which is happening this year; we hope to launch a new Samvera Hyrax repository by the end of the calendar year. The Emory Center for Digital Scholarship is actively seeking partnerships with other institutions and individuals interested in using Readux, a platform for publishing thematic research collections and scholarly editions of digitized books, and OpenTourBuilder, a tool for creating mobile walking, biking, and driving tours, for their own publishing initiatives.