Kansas State University

Kansas State University Libraries

Academic Library · United States

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 (textbooks/course modules)
Posters

Journal Publishing:

Journals published: 15
Campus-based faculty-created: 11
Campus-based student-created: 1
Contracted by external groups: 3
Peer-reviewed: 13
Required fee to enable Open Access: 0
Currently inactive or archived: 3

Monograph/Book Publishing:

Monographs published: 3
Required fee to enable Open Access: 0

Open Educational Resources Publishing:

Open Educational Resources: 7

Highlights

Top Publications:

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports (journal)
Studies in 20th and 21st Century Literature (journal)
Journal of Applied Communications (journal)
The Art of Being Human: A Textbook for Cultural Anthropology (open educational resource)
Workplace Writing: A Handbook for Common Workplace Genres and Professional Writing (open educational resource)

Disciplinary Specialties:

Agriculture
Education
Human health
Aerospace and unmanned aircraft systems
Architecture

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:

audio
data
images
text
video

Software & Platforms:

Digital Commons (bepress)
DSpace
Pressbooks

Additional Services:

assistance with journal application for DOAJ)
Indexing services (e.g.
author advisory - other
author advisory - copyright
analytics
applying for Cataloging in Publication Data
audio/video streaming
digitization
DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
hosting of supplemental content
ISBN registry
ISSN registry
metadata
training

Digital Preservation Strategy:

Internet Archive
Archivematica
CLOCKSS
DuraCloud
Portico

Policies

Author rights/copyright policy, Open access policy

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

Highlighted Publication

Action Research

Action research is a common journey for graduate students in education and other human science fields. This book attempts to meet the needs of graduate students, in-service teachers, and any other educators interested in action research and/or self-study. The chapters of this book draw on our collective experiences as educators in a variety of educational contexts, and our roles guiding educators/researchers in various settings. All of our experiences have enabled us to question and refine our own understanding of action research as a process and means for pedagogical improvement.