National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST Research Library
Information Services Officelibrary@nist.gov
nist.gov/nist-research-library/nist-publications
United States
Primary Contact:
Kathryn Miller
Publishing Services Librarian
301-975-8053
kathryn.miller@nist.gov
Program Overview
To organize, manage, and enhance discovery of NIST research output.
Year publishing activities began: 1980s
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Total FTE in support of publishing activities: professional staff (19); paraprofessional staff (11)
Funding sources (%): library operating budget (100)
Stage of publishing efforts (1–5): 5
Open access focus (1–5): 5
Advisory/editorial board: no
Publishing Activities
Library-administered university press publications in 2018:
Library publications in 2018: campus-based faculty-driven journals (1); technical/research reports (313); databases (150)
Number of open access titles: campus-based faculty-driven journals (1)
Number of paid titles:
Number of hybrid titles:
Media formats: text; images; video; data; concept maps, modeling, maps, or other visualizations
Disciplinary specialties: instrumentation; physics; engineering; computer security; metrology
Top publications: NIST Special Publication 800 Series (reports); Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (journal); NIST Internal/Interagency Reports (reports); NIST Technical Notes (reports); NIST Advanced Manufacturing Series (reports)
Percentage of journals that are peer reviewed: 100
Percentage of journals assessing article processing charges (APCs): 0
Internal partners: campus departments or programs
External partners:
Publishing platform(s): CONTENTdm; locally developed software; Socrata; Drupal
Digital preservation strategy: Amazon S3; digital preservation services under discussion; GPO’s govinfo
Additional services: analytics; cataloging; metadata; notification of A&I sources; ISSN registry; digitization; hosting of supplemental content
Additional Information
Plans for expansion/future directions: Focusing on enhancing metadata associated with publications through use of ORCID iDs, expanded CrossRef and MARC records, and online discoverability. The Library is also currently exploring publishing in XML and other formats beyond the PDF.View All Entries