Library Publishing Directory

Illinois State University

Milner Library

Academic Library · United States

ISU ReD

https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
ISU ReD is a digital repository of the work of faculty, staff, and students at Illinois State University. ISU ReD documents, preserves, promotes, and provides access to the scholarly and creative output of the university community.
  • Publishing activities began: 2013
  • 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 campus
  • Advisory/editorial board: Yes
  • Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 2
  • Individual people: 2
  • Students: Undergraduate student(s)
  • Funding sources: Library materials budget, Library operating budget

Publishing Activities

  • Conference papers or proceedings
  • Datasets
  • Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)
  • Expansive digital publications
  • Grey literature
  • Journals


Journal Publishing:
  • Journals published: 4
  • Campus-based faculty-created: 4
  • Peer-reviewed: 4

Highlights

Top Publications:
  • Spora: A Journal of Biomathematics (journal)
  • Teaching and Learning in Communication Sciences and Disorders (journal)
  • International Journal for Business Education (journal)
  • Journal of STEM Teacher Education (journal)
  • University Research Symposium (posters)
Disciplinary Specialties:
  • Education
  • Scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL)
  • Biomathematics

Partners

  • Internal partners:  Campus departments or programs, Individual faculty, Graduate students, Undergraduate students
  • Other publishing entities administered by your library: No
  • Other publishing entities within your library’s parent institution: Yes
    We don't; they publish behind a paywall.
  • Program’s openness to working with external partners: Consider external partners if there is a tie to my institution (e.g., local editor of a journal for an external scholarly society)
  • Types of publications should other publishers refer to your program: We only publish open access, peer-reviewed journals, and we only do so if an editor or editorial board member is affiliated with the institution. Referrals seem unlikely.
  • Part of a consortium which provides support for publishing? (e.g. platform, funding): No

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:
  • audio
  • data
  • images
  • text
  • video
Software & Platforms:
  • Digital Commons (bepress)
Additional Services:
  • assistance with journal application for DOAJ)
  • Indexing services (e.g.
  • author advisory - copyright
  • DOI distribution
  • analytics
  • audio/video streaming
  • cataloging
  • digitization
  • DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
  • metadata
  • peer review management
Digital Preservation Strategy:
  • Internet Archive
  • bepress Archive
  • Amazon Glacier
  • Digital preservation services under discussion

Policies

  • What are my rights as an author?: https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/faq.html#faq-14
  • How do I request that my name be changed in ISU ReD?: https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/faq.html#faq-19

    • Additional Information

    Future Plans:
    We plan to use the IR as the default deposit site for all theses and dissertations; heretofore, depositing in the IR has been optional and secondary. ProQuest has been used until now and will become optional moving forward.