Georgetown University
Georgetown University Library
Library Information Technology (LIT)digitalscholarship@georgetown.edu
www.library.georgetown.edu/digitalgeorgetown
United States
Primary Contact:
Kate Dohe
Digital Services Librarian
202-687-6387
Program Overview
DigitalGeorgetown supports the advancement of education and scholarship at Georgetown and contributes to the expansion of research initiatives, both nationally and internationally. By providing the infrastructure, resources, and services, DigitalGeorgetown sustains the evolution from the traditional research models of today to the enriched scholarly communication environment of tomorrow, and it provides context and leadership in developing collaborative opportunities with partners across the campus and around the world.
Year publishing activities began: 2009
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Total FTE in support of publishing activities: professional staff (0.5); undergraduates (0.5)
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: N/A
Library publications in 2016: campus-based student driven journals (4); faculty conference papers and proceedings (1); newsletters (2); ETDs (275); undergraduate capstones/honors theses (18)
Number of open access titles: journals (3); monographs (0)
Number of paid titles: journals (0); monographs (0)
Number of hybrid titles: journals (1); monographs ()
Media formats: text; images; audio; video; data; concept maps, modeling, maps, or other visualizations
Disciplinary specialties: linguistics; communications; international relations/ foreign policy; bioethics; public policy
Top publications: IMF and the Third World : will the cure kill? | Human Dignity and Bioethics: Essays Commissioned by the President's Council on Bioethics | The Negative Impact of the One Child Policy on the Chinese Society as it Relates to the Parental | Clinical Ethics: A Practical Approach to Ethical Decisions in Clinical Medicine | Defining Death
Percentage of journals that are peer reviewed: 4
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): DSpace
Digital preservation strategy: in-house; APTrust members
Additional services: marketing; outreach; training; analytics; metadata; author copyright advisory; other author advisory; digitization; image services; audio/video streaming
Additional Information
Plans for expansion/future directions: We continue to offer new services related to faculty and student publishing as the demand increases. Plans are to work more with faculty and student organizations to increase the number of journals published directly through the repository.View All Entries