University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky Libraries
Digital Scholarship
2019 CONTACT:Adrian K. Ho, Director of Digital Scholarship
Phone: 859-218-0895
Email: adrian.ho@uky.edu
Program Overview
The University of Kentucky Libraries provides a flexible online platform for the university community to publish scholarly contents and to expand the discoverability of the published works. The library also educates campus constituents about various scholarly communication issues.
Publishing Activities Began: 2010
Location: United States
Organization: services distributed across library units/departments
Stage (1–5): 3 - Developmental
Open Access Focus (1–5): 5 - Completely
Program Advisory/Editorial Board: No
Peer Reviewed Journals: 60%
Journals that assess article processing charges: 20%
Staffing (in Full Time Equivalents):
Location: United States
Organization: services distributed across library units/departments
Stage (1–5): 3 - Developmental
Open Access Focus (1–5): 5 - Completely
Program Advisory/Editorial Board: No
Peer Reviewed Journals: 60%
Journals that assess article processing charges: 20%
Staffing (in Full Time Equivalents):
- Professional staff: 1
- Paraprofessional staff: 1
- Graduate students:
- Undergraduates:
Funding Sources for Publishing Activities:
- Library Materials Budget: 100%
- Library Operating Budget: %
- 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: 3
- Monographs: 1
- Technical/Research Reports: 102
- Faculty Conference Papers and Proceedings: 2
- Student Conference Papers and Proceedings: 1
- ETDs: 515
- Undergraduate Capstones/Honors Theses: 7
- Newsletters: 1
Open Access Publishing:
- Campus-based Faculty-driven Journals: 1
- Campus-based Student-driven Journals: 3
- Monographs: 1
Paid Publishing:
- Campus-based Faculty-driven Journals: 1
Library-Administered University Press Publications:
- Monographs: 49
Highlights
Disciplinary Specialties:
- Agriculture
- Cardiology
- Hispanic Studies
- Social Theory
- Transportation Engineering
Top Publications:
- disClosure: A Journal of Social Theory (Journal)
- University of Kentucky dissertations
- University of Kentucky theses
- Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report (Research Report)
- The VAD Journal: Journal of Mechanical Assisted Circulation and Heart Failure (Journal)
Partners
Internal Partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty; graduate studentsUniversity Press Partners: University Press of Kentucky
Technologies & Services
Media Formats:
- audio
- data
- images
- text
- video
Softwares & Platforms:
- Digital Commons (bepress)
Digital Preservation Strategy:
- DPN
Additional Services:
Service Vendors: bepress; California Digital Library; DataCite - analytics
- author advisory – copyright
- cataloging
- contract/license preparation
- digitization
- DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
- graphic design (print or web)
- hosting of supplemental content
- ISSN registry
- marketing
- metadata
- notification of A&I sources
- outreach
- peer review management
- training
Additional Information
Plans for Expansion & Future Directions:UK Libraries will continue to strengthen existing library publishing partnerships, bring more campus constituents on board, and build upon our current library publishing services.
Other Information:
Over 1,100 monographs published by the University Press of Kentucky are freely available to the current faculty, students, and staff of the University of Kentucky via UKnowledge.
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