Florida International University
University Libraries
Digital Collections Centerdcc@fiu.edu
digitalcommons.fiu.edu
United States
Primary Contact:
Jill Krefft
Institutional Repository Coordinator
305-348-6932
Program Overview
FIU’s Institutional Repository is a full-text, online, open access repository and publishing platform for the scholarship and creative output of FIU. The goals of the repository are to serve as a persistent and centralized access point for FIU scholarship and creative works; promote faculty and student research to a global community; preserve the history, growth and development of FIU. The mission of the Florida International University publishing program is to provide a set of services and tools to host, provide open access to, and preserve research and scholarship created by members of FIU.
Year publishing activities began: 2009
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Total FTE in support of publishing activities: professional staff (1.5); paraprofessional staff (1)
Funding sources (%): library operating budget (100)
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 (3); campus-based student-driven journals (1); technical/research reports (70); faculty conference papers and proceedings (74); student conference papers and proceedings (10); newsletters (11); ETDs (499); undergraduate capstones/honors theses (6); working papers (86) ; occasional papers (5)
Number of open access titles:
Number of paid titles:
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Media formats: text; images
Disciplinary specialties: Education; Environmental Sciences; History; Health and Medical Administration; Biology
Top publications: ETDs; Hospitality Review; South Florida Education Research Conference Proceedings; Class, Race and Corporate Power; Florida International University Course Catalogs
Percentage of journals that are peer reviewed: 50
Percentage of journals assessing article processing charges (APCs):
Internal partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty; graduate students; undergraduate students
External partners:
Publishing platform(s): bepress (Digital Commons)
Digital preservation strategy: FCLA DAITSS
Additional services: outreach; training; analytics; metadata ISSN registry; peer review management; digitization; image services; hosting of supplemental content
Additional Information
Plans for expansion/future directions: Work with faculty and students for hosting data associated with research, Include more student works and students publications.View All Entries