Temple University
Temple University Libraries
Digital Library Initiativesdigital.library.temple.edu
United States
Primary Contact:
Delphine Khanna
Head of Digital Library Initiatives
215-204-4768
Program Overview
The goal of our program is to provide free and open access to digital scholarship produced by Temple University students. Currently, we focus on the publishing of doctoral dissertations, master’s theses, and the winning essays of the Temple University Library Prize for Undergraduate Research in general topics and in topics related to sustainability and the environment. In the future, we plan to greatly expand our publishing program to include scholarly journals and books.
Year publishing activities began: 2008
Organization: services are distributed across library units/departments
Total FTE in support of publishing activities: library staff (0.5)
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 2014:
Library publications in 2014: ETDs (400); winning essays for the Temple University Library Prize for Undergraduate Research (7)
Number of open access titles:
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Media formats: text; images; data
Disciplinary specialties:
Top publications: “The Digitalization of Music Culture: A Case Study Examining the Musician/Listener Relationship with Digital Technology” (thesis); “Profitability Ratio Analysis for Professional Service Firms” (thesis); “Naskh Al- Qur’an: A Theological and Juridical Reconsideration of the Theory of Abrogation and Its Impact on Qur’anic Exegesis” (thesis); “Pcaob International Inspection and Audit Quality” (thesis); “Mother of God, Cease Sorrow!: The Significance of Movement in a Late Byzantine Icon” (thesis)
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Internal partners: campus departments or programs
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Publishing platform(s): CONTENTdm
Digital preservation strategy: in-house; digital preservation services under discussion; CONTENTdm instance hosted at OCLC; also considering membership in HathiTrust
Additional services: analytics; cataloging; metadata; hosting of supplemental content
Additional Information
Plans for expansion/future directions: Planning significant expansion of services, such as the inclusion of books and journals.View All Entries