Temple University
Temple University Libraries
Library Publishing and Scholarly CommunicationsUnited States
Primary Contact:
Annie Johnson
Library Publishing and Scholarly Communications Specialist
215-204-6511
Program Overview
Temple University Libraries provides free and open access to scholarship produced by Temple University students. Currently, we focus on the publishing of doctoral dissertations, master’s theses, and the winning essays of the Livingstone Undergraduate Research Prize. We also offer the infrastructure and expertise to support the publishing of open access journals and other digital scholarly projects. We work closely with Temple University Press on many of our publishing initiatives.
Year publishing activities began: 2008
Organization: services are distributed across library units/departments
Total FTE in support of publishing activities: professional staff (1); paraprofessional staff (.5)
Funding sources (%): library operating budget (100)
Stage of publishing efforts (1–5): (3) Developmental Stage
Open access focus (1–5): (5) Completely
Advisory/editorial board: N
Publishing Activities
Library-administered university press publications in 2018: 0 (We don't have an official "library press")
Library publications in 2018: ETDs (474)
Number of open access titles: 0
Number of paid titles: 0
Number of hybrid titles: 0
Media formats: text; images; audio; video; data
Disciplinary specialties: Full range of academic subjects in ETDs
Top publications: "Facebook and Other Internet Use and the Academic Performance of College Students" (thesis or dissertation); "The Beautiful Struggle: an Analysis of Hip Hop Icons, Archetypes, and Aesthetics" (thesis or dissertation); "Profitability Ratio Analysis for Professional Service Firms" (thesis or dissertation); "Prokofiev's Second Piano Concerto: Its Genesis, Form, and Narrative Structure" (thesis or dissertation); "The Effects of Extensive Reading and Reading Strategies on Reading Self-Efficacy" (thesis or dissertation)
Percentage of journals that are peer reviewed: 100%
Percentage of journals assessing article processing charges (APCs): 0
Internal partners: individual faculty; graduate students; undergraduate students
External partners:
Publishing platform(s): CONTENTdm; OJS; Scalar; Wordpress
Digital preservation strategy: HathiTrust; in-house; digital preservation services under discussion; backup of CONTENTdm instance via OCLC
Additional services: graphic design (print or web), print-on-demand, training, analytics, cataloging, metadata, DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers, dataset management, author copyright advisory, other author advisory, hosting of supplemental content, other
Additional Information
Plans for expansion/future directions: We are exploring the possibility of creating a joint imprint between the Libraries and Press which would be dedicated to publishing university-related OA publications.View All Entries