University of Iowa

University of Iowa Libraries

Academic Library · United States

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Digital Scholarship and Publishing Studio

https://pubs.lib.uiowa.edu

Mark Anderson, Digital Scholarship and Collections Librarian
Phone: 319-335-5685
Email: mark-anderson@uiowa.edu

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
The Digital Scholarship & Publishing Studio collaborates with faculty and students on the digital design, implementation, and circulation of their research. Subscribing to a show more, tell less approach where digital scholarship is concerned, the Studio embraces scholarly creativity and encourages interdisciplinary research and multi-platform circulation. In this manner, the Studio helps scholars tailor the presentation and application of their research to a variety of audiences.

• Publishing activities began: 2009
• Stage of publishing efforts: 3 - Established
• Open access focus: Central to mission
• Portion of Open Access publications: All
• Publishing Languages: English

Program Organization

• Organization of publishing services: Centralized library publishing unit/department
• Advisory/editorial board: No
• Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 4
• Individual people: 4
• Students: Graduate student(s), Undergraduate student(s)
• Funding sources: Library materials budget; Library operating budget

Publishing Activities

• Conference papers or proceedings
• Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)
• Grey literature
• Journals
• Monographs
• Multimedia
• Newsletters
• Open educational resources
• Posters

Highlights

Partners

• Internal partners:  Campus departments or programs, Individual faculty; Graduate students; Undergraduate students
• Other publishing entities administered by your library: Yes
  OpenHawks is a campus-wide grant program, administered by the University of Iowa Libraries, that funds instructor efforts to replace their current textbooks with open educational resources (OER) for enhanced student success. The program is open to faculty.
• Other publishing entities within your library’s parent institution: Yes
  The University of Iowa Press is a separate publishing entity at the University of Iowa. The Press reports to the Graduate College and is a member of the Association of American University Presses and Green Press Initiative.
• 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)
• Types of publications should other publishers refer to your program: Journals wishing to use the Janeway publishing platorm; OER monographs in PressBooks.
• Part of a consortium which provides support for publishing? (e.g. platform, funding): No

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