Temple University

Charles Library

Academic Library · United States

Center for Scholarly Communication and Open Publishing

https://library.temple.edu/scop

Mary Rose Muccie, Director, Temple University Press and Scholarly Communications Officer, Temple University Libraries
Phone: 1-215-204-2145
Email: maryrose.muccie@temple.edu

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
The Center for Scholarly Communication and Open Publishing promotes an open, inclusive, and sustainable scholarly publishing landscape. Programs and events support open publishing across the Temple community and provide opportunities for discussion about and shaping of the future of scholarly communication. Initiatives include TUScholarShare, Temple’s institutional repository; North Broad Press, a joint Libraries/Press open textbook imprint; the open journals publishing program; and the open access publishing fund.

Publishing activities began: 2008
Stage of publishing efforts: 3 - Established
Open access focus: Central to mission
Portion of Open Access publications: All
Publishing Languages: English; Spanish; Italian (forthcoming)

Program Organization

Organization of publishing services: Centralized library publishing unit/department
Advisory/editorial board: No
Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 1.5
Individual people: 2
Students: Graduate student(s), Undergraduate student(s)
Funding sources: Library operating budget

Publishing Activities

Datasets
Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)
Journals
Multimedia
Open educational resources (textbooks/course modules)

Journal Publishing:

Journals published: 4
Campus-based faculty-created: 2
Campus-based student-created: 2
Peer-reviewed: 4
Required fee to enable Open Access: 0
Currently inactive or archived: 1

Open Educational Resources Publishing:

Open Educational Resources: 3
Peer-reviewed Open Educational Resources: 3

Highlights

Top Publications:

A Developmental Systems Guide for Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Practitioners (textbook)
Economics for Life (textbook)
CommonHealth (journal)
Strategic Visions (journal)
¡Qué viva la música! Repaso de conversación en español (textbook)

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:

audio
data
images
multimedia
text
video

Software & Platforms:

DSpace
Manifold
Open Journal Systems (OJS)
Pressbooks
Scalar
WordPress

Additional Services:

assistance with journal application for DOAJ)
Indexing services (e.g.
Compiling indexes and/or tables of contents
author advisory - other
author advisory - copyright
DOI distribution
analytics
audio/video streaming
cataloging
contract/license preparation
copyediting
dataset management
digitization
DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
graphic design (print or web)
hosting of supplemental content
image services
ISBN registry
ISSN registry
marketing
metadata
outreach
peer review management
print-on-demand
typesetting

Digital Preservation Strategy:

Bibliovault
Archive-It
Digital preservation services under discussion
In-house

Policies

Accessibility policy, Open access policy, Peer review policy