Library Publishing Directory

2019

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):
  • 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 students
University 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:
  • 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
Service Vendors: bepress; California Digital Library; DataCite

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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