Kennesaw State University

University Libraries

Academic Library · United States

• https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/
• digitalcommons@kennesaw.edu

Digital Commons @ Kennesaw State University (Institutional Repository)

https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/

Heather Hankins, IR Supervisor
Email: digitalcommons@kennesaw.edu

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
The DC@KSU prioritizes sharing the breadth of creativity and scholarship developed by the KSU community and affiliates. Information is meant to be shared both freely and widely; the DC@KSU helps knowledge creators do that to the best of our abilities via journals, conferences, theses/dissertations, and special collections.

• Publishing activities began: 2008
• Stage of publishing efforts: 3 - Established
• Open access focus: Central to mission
• Portion of Open Access publications: All
• Publishing Languages: English; Spanish; some Mayan dialects

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: 2
• Funding sources: Library materials budget, Library operating budget

Publishing Activities

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

Highlights

Partners

• Internal partners:  Campus departments or programs, Individual faculty, Graduate students
• Other publishing entities administered by your library: No
  
• Other publishing entities within your library’s parent institution: Yes
  
• 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 are a journal incubator and we are excited to support those new to the publishing world and those who have little funding. We provide a supported space to build your publication to a robust size.
• Part of a consortium which provides support for publishing? (e.g. platform, funding): No

Technologies & Services

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