2022 Library Publishing Directory

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Rutgers University Libraries

Scholarly Communication and Collections

Jeffrey D. Carroll, Assistant Vice President for Scholarly Communication and Collections
Email: jeff.carroll@rutgers.edu

Program Overview

The Rutgers University Libraries support and enrich the instructional, research, and public service missions of the University. Our publishing services contribute to the development of new knowledge through publishing the results of scholarly inquiry, including ETDs, journals, and datasets.

  • Publishing activities began: 2005
  • Location: United States
  • Languages published: English
  • Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
  • Stage of publishing efforts (1-3): 3 - Established
  • Stage comments:
  • Open access focus (1-5): 4 - Very Important
  • Program advisory/editorial board: No
  • Peer reviewed journals: 100%
Staffing (in full-time equivalents):
  • Professional staff: 1.5
Funding sources for publishing activities:
  • Library operating budget: 100%

Publishing Activities

Types of publications: conference papers and proceedings, faculty; datasets; electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs); expansive digital publications (digital humanities or other complex multimedia projects); journals, campus-based faculty-created; journals, campus-based student-created; journals, contracted by external groups; journals, inactive back-issues; newsletters; undergraduate capstones/honors theses.

  2021 Open access Paid Hybrid
Conference papers and proceedings, faculty
Conference papers and proceedings, student
Databases
Datasets
Educational resources (e.g., textbooks, course modules)
Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) 962 962
Journals, campus-based faculty-created 2 2
Journals, campus-based student-created 1 1
Journals, contracted by external groups 1 1
Journals, inactive back issues
Monographs
Newsletters 1
Technical/research reports
Undergraduate capstones/honors theses 116 116

2021: New publications from July 2020 to June 2021. Journals include titles actively publishing during the date range. Other publication types include items that were published or added to repositories for the first time within the date range.

OA/Paid/Hybrid: Publications currently published and/or available online. OA (open access) publications do not include counts for hybrid publications. Hybrid publications are those that offer a combination of both open access and pay-access content.

Highlights

Top publications:
  • Journal of Jazz Studies (journal)
  • New Jersey Studies (journal)
  • Ighoavodha, Onome. (2018) The opportunity identification process: framing, strategic choices, and urban markets (ETD)
  • Benton, Joyvin. (2015) The influence of racialized ability grouping on school climate, academic self-concept and motivation (ETD)
Disciplinary specialties:
  • history
  • jazz
  • psychotherapy

Partners

Internal partners: campus departments or programs

Openness to working with external partners: Consider external partners but only if in our disciplinary specialty

Part of a consortium that provides support for publishing?

Work with a university press?

Administer a university press?

Technologies & Services

Media formats:
  • audio
  • data
  • images
  • multimedia/interactive content
  • text
  • video
Softwares & platforms:
  • Fedora
  • OJS
  • Omeka
  • Pressbooks
  • WordPress
Additional services:
  • audio/video streaming
  • cataloging
  • DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
  • hosting of supplemental content
  • ISSN registry
  • metadata
  • training
Digital preservation strategy:
  • Digital preservation services under discussion
Service vendors: PKP
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