University of Idaho
University of Idaho Library
Data and Digital ServicesUnited States
Primary Contact:
Annie Gaines
Scholarly Communications Librarian
208-885-9086
Program Overview
We help members of the University of Idaho community with self-archiving via our institutional repository and support the creation of new publishing options including open access journals.
Year publishing activities began: 2013
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Total FTE in support of publishing activities: professional staff (1)
Funding sources (%): library operating budget (60); non-library campus budget (10); endowment income (20); grants (10)
Stage of publishing efforts (1–5): (3) Developmental stage
Open access focus (1–5): 3
Advisory/editorial board: No
Publishing Activities
Library-administered university press publications in 2018:
Library publications in 2018: campus-based faculty-driven journals (1); monographs (1); databases (1); ETDs (144); We are in the process of digitizing ALL historical theses (pre-2014).
Number of open access titles: journals (); monographs ()
Number of paid titles: journals (); monographs ()
Number of hybrid titles: journals (); monographs ()
Media formats: text
Disciplinary specialties: Rangeland applications; Women in history; Idaho
Top publications: Journal of Rangeland Applications (journal); ETDs; Idaho's Women of Influence (journal)
Percentage of journals that are peer reviewed: 100
Percentage of journals assessing article processing charges (APCs): 100
Internal partners: individual faculty
External partners:
Publishing platform(s): CONTENTdm; OJS
Digital preservation strategy: in-house
Additional services: graphic design (print or web) copy-editing; marketing; outreach; training; analytics; cataloging; metadata; DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers; dataset management; author copyright advisory; other author advisory; digitization; image services; hosting of supplemental content
Additional Information
Plans for expansion/future directions: Our institutional repository is just getting started, so expansion of those services is a top priority. This includes careful branding and promotion as well as crafting an intuitive online space that merges various tools and collections into one place.View All Entries