University of Kansas
KU Libraries
Center for Faculty Initiatives and Engagementkuscholarworks@ku.edu
journals.ku.edu
United States
Primary Contact:
Marianne Reed
Digital Information Specialist
785-864-8913
Program Overview
Digital Publishing Services provides support to the KU community for the design, management, and distribution of online publications, including journals, conference proceedings, monographs, and other scholarly content. We help scholars explore new and emerging publishing models in our changing scholarly communication environment, and we help monitor and address campus concerns and questions about electronic publishing. These services are intended to enable online publishing for campus publications, and help make their content available in a manner that promotes increased visibility and access, and ensures long-term stewardship of the materials.
Year publishing activities began: 2007
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department; services are distributed across library units/departments
Total FTE in support of publishing activities: library staff (0.25); undergraduate students (0.05)
Funding sources (%): library operating budget (100)
Stage of publishing efforts (1–5):
Open access focus (1–5):
Advisory/editorial board:
Publishing Activities
Library-administered university press publications in 2014:
Library publications in 2014: faculty-driven journals (15); student-driven journals (1); monographs (7); faculty conference papers and proceedings (2); ETDs (214); undergraduate capstone/honors theses (70); occasional lectures; oral histories and interviews
Number of open access titles:
Number of paid titles:
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Media formats: text; audio; video
Disciplinary specialties: philosophy; natural science; humanities; oral history and interviews; linguistics
Top publications: Biodiversity Informatics (journal); American Studies (journal); Latin American Theater Review (journal); Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics (working papers); Treatise Online (preprints)
Percentage of journals that are peer reviewed: 100
Percentage of journals assessing article processing charges (APCs):
Internal partners: individual faculty; graduate students
External partners:
Publishing platform(s): DSpace; OJS/OCS/OMP; XTF
Digital preservation strategy: Portico; digital preservation services under discussion
Additional services: outreach; training; analytics; cataloging; metadata; author copyright advisory; digitization; hosting of supplemental content; audio/video streaming; ISBNs; consulting on publishing models and issues
Additional Information
Plans for expansion/future directions: Some services are ongoing. A strategic initiative to expand the program is pending.View All Entries