Iowa State University

University Library

Academic Library · United States

Iowa State University Digital Press

https://www.iastatedigitalpress.com

Harrison W. Inefuku, Scholarly Publishing Services Librarian
Email: hinefuku@iastate.edu

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
The Iowa State University Digital Press, a unit of the Iowa State University Library, is an open access publisher. In support of Iowa State University's land-grant mission to spread knowledge beyond campus walls, the Digital Press aims to facilitate broad dissemination of knowledge through open access publishing and promotion, provide increased opportunities for Iowa State University faculty, students, and staff to share their research, publish quality scholarship in alignment with the university's curricular and research strengths, and diversify the ideas, cultures, and experiences represented in the scholarly record.
  • Publishing activities began: 2019
  • Stage of publishing efforts: 3 - Established
  • Open access focus: Central to mission
  • Portion of Open Access publications: All
  • Publishing Languages: English; open to publishing in any language (e.g., Ukrainian, Korean, Spanish, Arabic)

Program Organization

  • Organization of publishing services: Centralized library publishing unit/department
  • Advisory/editorial board: No
  • Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 2
  • Individual people: 3
  • Funding sources: Author fees, Charge backs/cost sharing, Grants, Library materials budget, Library operating budget

Publishing Activities

  • Conference papers or proceedings
  • Journals
  • Monographs
  • Newsletters
  • Open educational resources


Journal Publishing:
  • Journals published: 4
  • Contracted by external groups: 4
  • Peer-reviewed: 3
  • Required fee to enable Open Access: 2
  • Currently inactive or archived: 1
Monograph/Book Publishing:
  • Monographs published: 4
Open Educational Resources Publishing:
  • Open Educational Resources: 17
  • Peer-reviewed Open Educational Resources: 5

Highlights

Top Publications:
  • Meat and Muscle Biology (journal)
  • Mississippi River Valley: The Course of American Civilization (book)
  • Genetics, Agriculture, and Biotechnology (textbook)
  • Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication (journal)
  • International Textile and Apparel Association Annual Conference Proceedings (proceedings)
Disciplinary Specialties:
  • Agriculture and life sciences
  • Apparel design
  • Education
  • Engineering and technology
  • Library and information studies

Partners

  • Internal partners:  Campus departments or programs, Individual faculty, Graduate students, Undergraduate students
  • Other publishing entities administered by your library: Yes
  • Other publishing entities within your library’s parent institution: Yes
  • Program’s openness to working with external partners: Consider external partners but only if in our disciplinary specialty
  • Types of publications should other publishers refer to your program: journals; conference proceedings; monographs in subject areas represented at Iowa State University
  • Part of a consortium which provides support for publishing? (e.g. platform, funding): No

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:
  • multimedia
  • text
  • video
Software & Platforms:
  • Janeway
  • Pressbooks
  • PubPub

Additional Services:
  • assistance with journal application for DOAJ)
  • Indexing services (e.g.
  • author advisory - other
  • author advisory - copyright
  • DOI distribution
  • analytics
  • audio/video streaming
  • budget preparation
  • business model development
  • cataloging
  • contract/license preparation
  • copyediting
  • digitization
  • DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
  • graphic design (print or web)
  • hosting of supplemental content
  • image services
  • ISBN registry
  • ISSN registry
  • marketing
  • metadata
  • open URL support
  • outreach
  • peer review management
  • training
  • typesetting
Digital Preservation Strategy:
  • CLOCKSS
  • Portico

Policies

  • Policies - Copyright and Open Access: https://www.iastatedigitalpress.com/site/policies/
  • Policies - Diversity: https://www.iastatedigitalpress.com/site/policies/
  • Policies - Copyright and Open Access: https://www.iastatedigitalpress.com/site/policies/
  • Policies - Preservation: https://www.iastatedigitalpress.com/site/policies/

  • Adopted Policies:
    COPE; OASPA
    Highlighted Publication

    The DEI Metadata Handbook: A Guide to Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Description

    This handbook provides an overview of metadata work that focuses on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). DEI metadata work has several goals: enhancing diverse representation in descriptive metadata; improving discovery of diverse resources; and mitigating negative effects of inaccurate, outdated, or offensive terminology. Readers will gain a broad awareness of DEI-related issues in metadata creation and management; learn techniques for retroactively reviewing and updating existing metadata to address these issues; and develop strategies to create metadata that better meets DEI needs.

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