Florida State University
Robert Manning Strozier Library
Technology and Digital Scholarshiphttps://www.lib.fsu.edu/drs
United States
Primary Contact:
Devin Soper
Scholarly Communication Librarian
850 645 2600
Program Overview
University Libraries’ Office of Digital Research & Scholarship provides consultations and information about open access, as well as FSU’s institutional repository, and administration of the Open Access Publishing Fund. The Academic Publishing Team works directly with faculty and students to achieve their academic publishing goals by providing tools and expertise in dissemination of scholarly work, managing copyrights, and maximizing the impacts of research.
Year publishing activities began: 2011
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Total FTE in support of publishing activities: professional staff (1); graduate students (0.25)
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 2016:
Library publications in 2016: campus-based faculty driven journals (3); campus-based student driven journals (1); technical/research reports (1); student conference papers and proceedings (50); ETDs (1500); undergraduate capstones/honors theses (100)
Number of open access titles: campus-based faculty-driven journals (3); campus-based student-driven journals (1)
Number of paid titles:
Number of hybrid titles:
Media formats: PDF, HTML
Disciplinary specialties: Art Education; Undergraduate Research; Law; Arts and Literature
Top publications: FSU Law Review; The Owl: The Florida State University Undergraduate Research Journal; Journal of Art for Life; HEAL: Humanism Evolving through Arts and Literature
Percentage of journals that are peer reviewed: 100
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): Islandora; OJS
Digital preservation strategy: digital preservation services under discussion
Additional services: outreach; training; analytics; metadata ISSN registry; open URL support; peer review management; business model development; contract/license preparation; author copyright advisory; other author advisory; hosting of supplemental content
Additional Information
Plans for expansion/future directions: The Office of Digital Research & Scholarship seeks to expand services by: providing support and hosting to new journals and formats, as well as advising and consulting for existing journals; transitioning from our bepress-based IR to one based on Islandora; and supporting the development of OER on campus.View All Entries