The Ohio State University
University Libraries
Digital Content Serviceshttp://library.osu.edu/projectsinitiatives/ knowledge-bank/
United States
Primary Contact:
Melanie Schlosser
Digital Publishing Librarian
614-688-5877
Program Overview
Our mission is to engage with partners across the university to increase the amount, value, and impact of OSU-produced digital content.
Year publishing activities began: 2004
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Total FTE in support of publishing activities: professional staff (2.5); undergraduate students (0.25)
Funding sources (%): library operating budget (100)
Stage of publishing efforts (1–5):
Open access focus (1–5):
Advisory/editorial board:
Publishing Activities
Library-administered university press publications in 2016:
Library publications in 2016: campus-based faculty driven journals (7); journals produced under contract/MOU for external groups (3); monographs (2); textbooks (1); technical/research reports (11); faculty conference papers and proceedings (6); student conference papers and proceedings (9); newsletters (6); undergraduate capstones/honors theses (322); conference and event lectures and presentations (94); graduate student culminating papers and projects (27); graduate student research forum papers and symposia posters (44); undergraduate research forum presentations and posters (71)
Number of open access titles: journals (12); monographs (10)
Number of paid titles: journals (0); monographs (0)
Number of hybrid titles: journals (0); monographs (0)
Media formats: text; images; audio; video; data
Disciplinary specialties:
Top publications:
Percentage of journals that are peer reviewed: 100
Percentage of journals assessing article processing charges (APCs):
Internal partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty; graduate students; undergraduate students
External partners: We publish journals in conjunction with the Society for Disability Studies, The Medieval Association of the Midwest, and the Ohio Academy of Science.
Publishing platform(s): DSpace; OJS; Wordpress
Digital preservation strategy: digital preservation services under discussion
Additional services: graphic design (print or web); typesetting; training; analytics; cataloging; metadata; compiling indexes and/or TOCs; notification of A&I sources; DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers; contract/license preparation; author copyright advisory; digitization hosting of supplemental content; consulting and educational programming