Library Publishing Directory

2019

Temple University

Temple University Libraries

Library Publishing and Scholarly Communications

2019 CONTACT:
Annie Johnson, Library Publishing and Scholarly Communications Specialist
Phone: 215-204-6511
Email: annie.johnson@temple.edu

Program Overview

Temple University Libraries provides digital publishing support for open access journals and other scholarly content produced by the Temple University community. In 2018, we established North Broad Press, a new joint imprint with Temple University Press.

Publishing Activities Began: 2008
Location: United States
Organization: services distributed across library units/departments
Stage (1–5): 3 - Developmental
Open Access Focus (1–5): 5 - Completely
Program Advisory/Editorial Board: No
Peer Reviewed Journals: 100%

Staffing (in Full Time Equivalents):
  • Professional staff: 1
  • Paraprofessional staff: 0.5
  • Graduate students:
  • Undergraduates:
Funding Sources for Publishing Activities:
  • Library Materials Budget: %
  • Library Operating Budget: 100%
  • Non-library Campus Budget: %
  • Endowment Income: %
  • Charitable Contributions: %
  • Grants: %
  • Sales Revenue: %
  • Licensing Revenue: %
  • Charge Backs: %
  • Other: %

Publishing Activities

All Library Publishing Activities:
  • Campus-based Faculty-driven Journals: 1
  • Campus-based Student-driven Journals: 2
  • ETDs: 573
Open Access Publishing:
  • Campus-based Faculty-driven Journals: 1
  • Campus-based Student-driven Journals: 2

Highlights

Disciplinary Specialties:
Top Publications:
  • Perceptions (journal)
  • Strategic Visions (journal)
  • Maneto (journal)

Partners

Internal Partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty; graduate students; undergraduate students
University Press Partners: Temple University Press

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:
  • audio
  • concept maps or other visualizations
  • images
  • multimedia/interactive content
  • text
  • video
Softwares & Platforms:
  • CONTENTdm
  • DSpace
  • OJS
Digital Preservation Strategy:
  • Archive-It
  • Digital preservation services under discussion
  • HathiTrust
  • In-house
Additional Services:
  • applying for Cataloging in Publication Data
  • author advisory – copyright
  • author advisory – other
  • compiling indexes and/or TOCs
  • copy-editing
  • DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
  • hosting of supplemental content
  • ISBN registry
  • ISSN registry
  • metadata
  • outreach
  • peer review management
  • print-on-demand
  • training

Additional Information

Plans for Expansion & Future Directions:
We recently established a joint Libraries/Press imprint, North Broad Press, which will publish open educational resources and other openly available scholarly content.
Other Information:
We see our publishing services as working in tandem with our textbook affordability efforts.
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