Tulane University
Howard-Tilton Memorial Library
Digital Initiatives & Publishing
2019 CONTACT:Jeff Rubin, Head, Digital Initiatives & Publishing
Phone: 504-247-1832
Email: jrubin6@tulane.edu
Program Overview
Tulane University Journal Publishing is an open access journal publishing service that provides a web-based platform for scholarly and academic publishing to the Tulane community.
Publishing Activities Began: 2012
Location: United States
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Stage (1–5): 4 - Growing
Open Access Focus (1–5): 5 - Completely
Program Advisory/Editorial Board: No
Peer Reviewed Journals: 100%
Staffing (in Full Time Equivalents):
Location: United States
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Stage (1–5): 4 - Growing
Open Access Focus (1–5): 5 - Completely
Program Advisory/Editorial Board: No
Peer Reviewed Journals: 100%
Staffing (in Full Time Equivalents):
- Professional staff: 2
- Paraprofessional staff:
- 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
- Technical/Research Reports: 2
- ETDs: 175
Open Access Publishing:
- Campus-based Faculty-driven Journals: 2
- Campus-based Student-driven Journals: 6
Highlights
Disciplinary Specialties:
- Gender studies
- Law
- Earth science
- Latin American history
Top Publications:
- Women Leading Change: Case Studies on Women, Gender, and Feminism
- Newcomb College Institute Research on Women, Gender, & Feminism
Partners
Internal Partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty; graduate students; undergraduate studentsExternal Partners: Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo
Technologies & Services
Media Formats:
- audio
- data
- images
- multimedia/interactive content
- text
- video
Softwares & Platforms:
- Islandora
- OJS
- WordPress
Digital Preservation Strategy:
- Digital preservation services under discussion
- In-house
Additional Services:
- audio/video streaming
- author advisory – copyright
- business model development
- digitization
- hosting of supplemental content
- ISSN registry
- metadata
- outreach
- training