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Library Publishing Directory

2018

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NIST Research Library

Information Services Office
library@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.
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