Florida Gulf Coast University

Florida Gulf Coast University Library

Academic Library · United States

Systems, Applications, & Creative Technologies

https://scholarscommons.fgcu.edu/esploro/

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
Florida Gulf Coast University Library is dedicated to supporting academic endeavors through journal hosting and accessible data sets for the purpose of disseminating scholarship in the fulfillment of open access principles.
  • Publishing activities began: 2023
  • Stage of publishing efforts: 2 - Early
  • 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): 2
  • Individual people: 2
  • Funding sources: Library operating budget

Publishing Activities

  • Datasets
  • Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)
  • Journals


Journal Publishing:
  • Journals published: 2
  • Campus-based faculty-created: 1
  • Contracted by external groups: 1
  • Peer-reviewed: 2

Highlights

Top Publications:
  • Florida Undergraduate Research Journal (journal)
  • Aquila: The Florida Gulf Coast University Student Research Journal (journal)

Partners

  • Internal partners:  Individual faculty
  • Other publishing entities administered by your library: No
  • Other publishing entities within your library’s parent institution: No
  • Program’s openness to working with external partners: Open to working with any external partner
  • Part of a consortium which provides support for publishing? (e.g. platform, funding): Yes

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:
  • data
  • text
Software & Platforms:
  • Dataverse
  • Open Journal Systems (OJS)

Additional Services:
  • assistance with journal application for DOAJ)
  • Indexing services (e.g.
  • author advisory - copyright
  • analytics
  • DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
  • ISSN registry
  • metadata

Policies