Sam Houston State University

Newton Gresham Library

Academic Library · United States

Digital Initiatives

https://shsulibraryguides.org/DigitalResources/

Digital Resources Librarian
Email: DigitalCollections@shsu.edu

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
The Newton Gresham Library supports research and academic pursuits by managing and providing access to a variety of digital content, including the university’s scholarly works, digital collections, and open access journals.

Publishing activities began: 2016
Stage of publishing efforts: 2 - Early
Open access focus: Central to mission
Portion of Open Access publications: Most

Program Organization

Organization of publishing services: Centralized library publishing unit/department
Advisory/editorial board: No
Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 0.5
Individual people: 1
Students: Undergraduate student(s)
Funding sources: Library operating budget

Publishing Activities

Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)
Journals
Posters

Journal Publishing:

Journals published: 4
Campus-based faculty-created: 3
Campus-based student-created: 1
Peer-reviewed: 3
Required fee to enable Open Access:

Highlights

Top Publications:

Journal of Business Strategies (journal)
Student Affairs on Campus (journal)
The Measure: A Journal of Undergraduate Research (journal)
Journal of Universality of Global Education Issues (journal)

Disciplinary Specialties:

Education
Business
Multidisciplinary studies

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:

audio
images
text
video

Software & Platforms:

CONTENTdm
DSpace
Open Journal Systems (OJS)

Additional Services:

digitization
DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
hosting of supplemental content
metadata

Digital Preservation Strategy:

Other (please specify)
Archivematica
DuraCloud

Policies

Open access policy, Preservation policy, Other (please specify)

Other Policies: