Kansas State University

Kansas State University Libraries

Academic Library · United States

• https://lib.k-state.edu/services-support/scholarly-communication/
• CADS@k-state.edu
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Center for Scholarly Publishing

https://lib.k-state.edu/services-support/scholarly-communication/

Ryan Otto, Scholarly Communication and Digital Scholarship Librarian
Phone: 785-532-3514
Email: CADS@k-state.edu

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
The mission of the center is to support the libraries’ vision to elevate the academic success of the university by engaging in partnerships across our campus and community to increase the visibility and impact of research and scholarship produced at K-State. Through advocacy for open access and platforms of discovery we provide immediate dissemination of quality content to the global knowledge bank while securing these outputs for future generations.

• Publishing activities began: 2004
• Stage of publishing efforts: 3 - Established
• Open access focus: Central to mission
• Portion of Open Access publications: All
• Publishing Languages: English; Spanish

Program Organization

• Organization of publishing services: Centralized library publishing unit/department
• Advisory/editorial board: No
• Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 1.5
• Individual people: 3
• Students: Undergraduate student(s)
• Funding sources: Charitable contributions, Grants, Library operating budget

Publishing Activities

• Conference papers or proceedings
• Datasets
• Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)
• Expansive digital publications
• Grey literature
• Journals
• Monographs
• Newsletters
• Open educational resources
• Posters

Highlights

Partners

• Internal partners:  Campus departments or programs, Individual faculty
• Other publishing entities administered by your library: No
  
• Other publishing entities within your library’s parent institution: Yes
  We publish K-State Extension Publishing's journal, the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports.
• 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: Those with ties to Kansas State University.
• Part of a consortium which provides support for publishing? (e.g. platform, funding): Yes

Technologies & Services

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Policies

New Prairie Press and Copyright: https://newprairiepress.org/about.html

Open Access: https://newprairiepress.org/about.html