Library Publishing Directory

Texas Tech University

University Libraries

Academic Library · United States

Digital Resources Unit

https://raider.pressbooks.pub/

Heidi Winkler, Digital Services Librarian
Email: heidi.winkler@ttu.edu

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
Texas Tech University Libraries provides support for the publication and dissemination of scholarship from the Texas Tech community through the digitization, publication, and preservation of the community’s scholarly outputs, from ETDs to datasets. We also provide support for increased access to TTU research, both through our institutional repository, ThinkTech, and through supporting local open access journals. Additional support, in line with university-wide initiatives on increasing student affordability, is provided for the creation of affordable digital textbooks for adoption in Texas Tech classrooms.
  • Stage of publishing efforts: 3 - Established
  • Open access focus: Central to mission
  • Portion of Open Access publications: Most

Program Organization

  • Organization of publishing services: Services distributed across library units/departments
  • Advisory/editorial board: No
  • Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 2.5
  • Individual people: 3
  • Funding sources: Library operating budget

Publishing Activities



Highlights

Disciplinary Specialties:
  • Education
  • Marketing and Communication
  • Foster Care
  • Multidisciplinary Research

Partners

  • Internal partners:  Individual faculty
  • Other publishing entities administered by your library: I don't know
  • Other publishing entities within your library’s parent institution: I don't know
  • Program’s openness to working with external partners: Consider external partners if there is a tie to my institution (e.g., local editor of a journal for an external scholarly society)
  • Part of a consortium which provides support for publishing? (e.g. platform, funding): Yes