Texas Tech University

Texas Tech University Libraries

Digital Resources Department

2020 CONTACT:
Heidi Winkler, Digital Services Librarian
Phone: 806-834-1304
Email: heidi.winkler@ttu.edu

Program Overview

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 to the creation of affordable digital textbooks for adoption in Texas Tech classrooms.

Publishing Activities Began: 2005
Location: United States
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Stage (1-3): 3 - Established
Open Access Focus (1-5): 4 - Very Important
Program Advisory/Editorial Board: No
Peer Reviewed Journals: 100%

Staffing (in Full Time Equivalents):

Professional staff: 2
Paraprofessional staff: 0.5

Funding Sources for Publishing Activities:

Library Operating Budget: 75%
Grants: 25%

Publishing Activities

Types of publications: conference papers and proceedings, faculty; conference papers and proceedings, student; educational resources (ex. textbooks, course modules); journals, campus-based faculty-created; journals, campus-based student-created; undergraduate capstones/honors theses.

	2019	Open Access	Paid	Hybrid
Campus-based Faculty-driven Journal
Campus-based Student-driven Journals
Databases
ETDs
Faculty Conference Papers and Proceedings
Journals for External Groups
Monographs
Newsletters
Student Conference Papers and Proceedings
Technical/Research Reports
Textbooks
Undergraduate Capstones/Honors Theses

2019: New publications from July 2018 to June 2019. Journals include titles actively publishing during the date range. Other publication types include items that were published or added to repositories for the first time within the date range.

OA/Paid/Hybrid: Publications currently published and/or available online. OA (open access) publications do not include counts for hybrid publications. Hybrid publications are those that may be offered in some form as OA, but are also available as a paid version.

Highlights

Top Publications:

Archivation Exploration (journal)
Cefiro: Hispanic Cultural and Literary Journal (journal)
RaiderReady: Unmasking the Possibilities of College Success (textbook)
Journal of the Texas Tech University Ethics Center (journal)
Journal of Vernacular Music (journal)

Disciplinary Specialties:

Spanish and Portuguese studies
archives and special collections
ethics
vernacular music
education

Partners

Internal Partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty; graduate students

Openess to Partners: Consider external partners if there is a tie to my institution (e.g. local editor of a journal for an external scholarly society)

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:

audio
data
images
text

Softwares & Platforms:

DSpace
Dataverse
OJS
Pressbooks
locally developed software

Additional Services:

author advisory – copyright
author advisory – other
dataset management
digitization
DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
metadata
outreach
training

Digital Preservation Strategy:

In-house

Highlighted Publication

RaiderReady

RaiderReady is designed to acclimate, prepare, and guide Texas Tech University students in their transition from high school to college by demonstrating essential skills necessary for success. It provides practical guidance on topics ranging from studying, test taking, time management, and critical thinking, to career and financial planning, communicating effectively, and personal health.