SUNY Plattsburgh
Benjamin F. Feinberg Library
Instruction and Reference Serviceshttp://digitalcommons.plattsburgh.edu
United States
Primary Contact:
Joshua Beatty
Senior Assistant Librarian
518-564-5200
Program Overview
Digital Commons @ SUNY Plattsburgh is an online collection of the intellectual output of the college including, but not limited to, works published by faculty, their research materials, and exemplary student work. The repository is intended to preserve and promote the work of the college and its academic community.
Year publishing activities began: 2012
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Total FTE in support of publishing activities: professional staff (.15), undergraduates (.125)
Funding sources (%): library materials budget (100)
Stage of publishing efforts (1–5):
Open access focus (1–5):
Advisory/editorial board:
Publishing Activities
Library-administered university press publications in 2017:
Library publications in 2017: campus-based faculty-driven journals (1); campus-based student-driven journals (2); faculty conference papers and proceedings (4); student conference papers and proceedings (18); undergraduate capstones/honors theses (20); ETDs (6)
Number of open access titles: journals (3)
Number of paid titles:
Number of hybrid titles:
Media formats: text; images; audio; video
Disciplinary specialties: expeditionary studies; library and information science; scholarship on teaching and learning; communication sciences and disorders; environmental science/environmental studies
Top publications: The Common Good (journal); Center for Earth and Environmental Science (student posters and service learning publications); In Our Own Image: An Oral History of Mexican Women Filmmakers (1988–1994) (book); Scientia Discipulorum (journal); DoNorth: Touring the Adirondack Coast (magazine)
Percentage of journals that are peer reviewed: 100
Percentage of journals assessing article processing charges (APCs):
Internal partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty
External partners:
Publishing platform(s): bepress (Digital Commons)
Digital preservation strategy: digital preservation services under discussion
Additional services: marketing; outreach; training; digitization; hosting of supplemental content; audio/video streaming
Additional Information
Plans for expansion/future directions: Expansion of publishing services via moving from the Instruction and Reference Services unit to a new Digital Scholarship unit; increasing integration with campus conferencesView All Entries