Purdue University
Purdue University Libraries
Purdue University Press
2019 CONTACT:Katherine Purple, Interim Co-Director Editorial, Design, and Production Manager
Phone: (765) 494-6259
Email: kpurple@purdue.edu
Program Overview
To enhance the impact of Purdue scholarship by delivering high-value open information products aligned with the University’s strengths; to continue to explore new models and new partnerships; to advocate for open access, and to advance the creation, communication, and discovery of new knowledge
Publishing Activities Began: 2006
Location: United States
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Stage (1–5): 5 - Established
Open Access Focus (1–5): 5 - Completely
Program Advisory/Editorial Board: Yes
Peer Reviewed Journals: 100%
Journals that assess article processing charges: 11%
Staffing (in Full Time Equivalents):
Location: United States
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Stage (1–5): 5 - Established
Open Access Focus (1–5): 5 - Completely
Program Advisory/Editorial Board: Yes
Peer Reviewed Journals: 100%
Journals that assess article processing charges: 11%
Staffing (in Full Time Equivalents):
- Professional staff: 11
- Paraprofessional staff: 1
- Graduate students: 2
- Undergraduates: 4
Funding Sources for Publishing Activities:
- Library Materials Budget: %
- Library Operating Budget: %
- Non-library Campus Budget: %
- Endowment Income: %
- Charitable Contributions: %
- Grants: %
- Sales Revenue: %
- Licensing Revenue: %
- Charge Backs: %
- Other: %
Publishing Activities
All Library Publishing Activities:- Campus-based Faculty-driven Journals: 9
- Campus-based Student-driven Journals: 3
- Journals Produced for External Groups: 3
- Technical/Research Reports: 41
- Faculty Conference Papers and Proceedings: 1073
- ETDs: 1175
Open Access Publishing:
- Campus-based Faculty-driven Journals: 7
- Campus-based Student-driven Journals: 3
- Journals Produced for External Groups: 3
Paid Publishing:
- Campus-based Faculty-driven Journals: 1
Highlights
Disciplinary Specialties:
- engineering (civil engineering)
- education (STEM)
- library and information science
- public policy
- comparative literature
Top Publications:
- Joint Transportation Research Program Technical Reports
- JPUR: Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research
- HABRI Central
- CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture
- Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-Based Learning
Partners
University Press Partners: Purdue University PressBest publications to refer to our program: HABRI Foundation; Charleston Library Conference Board; Joint Transportation Research Program; IATUL; Mellon Foundation
Technologies & Services
Media Formats:
- audio
- images
- multimedia/interactive content
- text
- video
Softwares & Platforms:
- Digital Commons (bepress)
Digital Preservation Strategy:
- CLOCKSS
- MetaArchive
- Portico
Additional Services:
- analytics
- audio/video streaming
- author advisory – copyright
- author advisory – other
- budget preparation
- business model development
- cataloging
- compiling indexes and/or TOCs
- contract/license preparation
- copyediting
- dataset management
- digitization
- DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
- graphic design (print or web)
- hosting of supplemental content
- ISBN registry
- ISSN registry
- marketing
- metadata
- notification of A&I sources
- open URL support
- outreach
- peer review management
- print-on-demand
- training
- typesetting