Florida State University

Florida State University Libraries

Academic Library · United States

Florida State Open Publishing

https://publishing.lib.fsu.edu/

Devin Soper, Director, Office of Digital Research & Scholarship
Phone: 850-645-2600
Email: dsoper@fsu.edu

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
Florida State Open Publishing provides publishing services for journals, monographs, textbooks, and other scholarly and creative works. We consult on a variety of scholarly publishing topics and digital research tools and methodologies. We aim to provide open access publishing expertise, services, and platforms to enhance the scholarly output of Florida State University students, faculty, and staff.

Publishing activities began: 2011
Stage of publishing efforts: 3 - Established
Open access focus: Central to mission
Portion of Open Access publications: Most
Publishing Languages: English

Program Organization

Organization of publishing services: Services distributed across library units/departments
Advisory/editorial board: Yes
Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 3
Individual people: 9
Students: Graduate student(s)
Funding sources: Library operating budget, Non-library campus budget

Publishing Activities

Datasets
Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)
Expansive digital publications
Grey literature
Journals
Monographs
Multimedia
Open educational resources (textbooks/course modules)
Posters

Journal Publishing:

Journals published: 7
Campus-based faculty-created: 3
Campus-based student-created: 4
Peer-reviewed: 4
Required fee to enable Open Access: 0
Currently inactive or archived: 1

Monograph/Book Publishing:

Monographs published: 1
Peer-reviewed: 1
Required fee to enable Open Access: 0

Highlights

Top Publications:

Journal of Postsecondary Student Success (journal)
Athanor (journal)
Humanism Evolving Through Art and Literature (journal)
Cognitive Information Processing: Career Theory, Research, and Practice (book)
First Semester in Numerical Analysis with Julia (textbook)

Disciplinary Specialties:

Educational research

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:

audio
data
images
modeling
multimedia
text
video

Software & Platforms:

Islandora
Manifold
Omeka
Open Journal Systems (OJS)
Scalar
WordPress

Additional Services:

assistance with journal application for DOAJ)
Indexing services (e.g.
Compiling indexes and/or tables of contents
author advisory - other
author advisory - copyright
DOI distribution
analytics
budget preparation
cataloging
contract/license preparation
digitization
DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
graphic design (print or web)
hosting of supplemental content
ISBN registry
ISSN registry
marketing
metadata
print-on-demand
training
typesetting

Digital Preservation Strategy:

PKP Open Preservation Network
Amazon Glacier
Amazon S3
Archive-It
Archivematica
LOCKSS

Policies

Accessibility policy, Diversity, equity, and inclusion statement, Open access policy, Peer review policy, Preservation policy

Accessibility Policy: https://publishing.lib.fsu.edu/principles-policies/
Diversity Policy: https://publishing.lib.fsu.edu/principles-policies/
Open Access Policy: https://publishing.lib.fsu.edu/principles-policies/
Peer Review Policy: https://publishing.lib.fsu.edu/principles-policies/
Preservation Policy: https://publishing.lib.fsu.edu/principles-policies/

Adopted Policies:

Highlighted Publication

Journal of Postsecondary Student Success

The Journal of Postsecondary Student Success (JPSS) is a quarterly, open-access, interdisciplinary journal that publishes peer-reviewed research, editorials, and practitioner reports related to student success in higher education. We welcome submissions from both scholars and practitioners from all disciplines that involve student success, institutional effectiveness, and educational policy.