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2021 Library Publishing Directory

University of Louisville

  • https://ir.library.louisville.edu
  • thinkir@louisville.edu
Sarah Frankel, Open Access and Repository Coordinator
Phone: 502-852-8788
Email: s.frankel@louisville.edu

Program Overview

ThinkIR is an open-access digital repository that provides worldwide access to the scholarship of the University of Louisville community. It highlights and preserves the work of UofL researchers for a global audience, increasing its visibility and future viability.

  • Publishing Activities Began: 2015
  • Location: United States
  • Languages published: English
  • Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
  • Stage (1-3): 3 - Established
  • Stage Comments:
  • Open Access Focus (1-5): 5 - Completely
  • Program Advisory/Editorial Board: Yes
  • Peer Reviewed Journals: 87.5%
Staffing (in Full Time Equivalents):
  • Professional staff: 1
  • Paraprofessional staff: 1
Funding Sources for Publishing Activities:
  • Library Operating Budget: 50%
  • Non-library Campus Budget: 50%

Publishing Activities

Types of publications: conference papers and proceedings, student; educational resources (ex. textbooks, course modules); electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs); journals, campus-based faculty-created; journals, campus-based student-created; journals, inactive back-issues; technical/research reports; undergraduate capstones/honors theses; doctor of nursing practice papers.

  2020 Open Access Paid Hybrid
Conference papers and proceedings, faculty
Conference papers and proceedings, student 49 49
Databases
Datasets
Educational resources (ex. textbooks, course modules) 1 1
Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) 210
Journals, campus-based faculty-created 2 2
Journals, campus-based student-created 3 3
Journals, contracted by external groups
Journals, inactive back-issues 144 144
Monographs
Newsletters
Technical/Research Reports 3 3
Undergraduate Capstones/Honors Theses 4 4
Other/Additional Publishing Activities:
doctor of nursing practice papers (36)

2020: New publications from July 2019 to June 2020. Journals include titles actively publishing during the date range. Other publication types include items that were published or added to repositories for the first time within the date range.

OA/Paid/Hybrid: Publications currently published and/or available online. OA (open access) publications do not include counts for hybrid publications. Hybrid publications are those that offer a combination of both open access and pay-access content.

Highlights

Top Publications:
  • University of Louisville Journal of Respiratory Infections (journal)
  • Journal of Student Financial Aid (journal)
  • The Hidden Help: Black Domestic Workers in the Civil Rights Movement (thesis)
  • Hindi Women-Centric Films in India (thesis)
  • A Comparative Study of Part-Time and Non-Working Students at Louisville Male High School (thesis)
Disciplinary Specialties:
  • infectious diseases - respiratory infections
  • student financial aid
  • physician burnout and wellness
  • environmental sustainability
  • undergraduate research

Partners

Internal Partners: campus departments or programs

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)

Part of a consortium that provides support for publishing? no

Work with a university press? no

Administer a university press? no

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:
  • audio
  • images
  • multimedia/interactive content
  • text
  • video
Softwares & Platforms:
  • Digital Commons (bepress)

Additional Services:
  • analytics
  • author advisory – copyright
  • contract/license preparation
  • digitization
  • DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
  • hosting of supplemental content
  • ISSN registry
  • metadata
  • outreach
  • training
Digital Preservation Strategy:
  • Amazon S3
  • LOCKSS
  • MetaArchive

Additional Information

Plans for Expansion & Future Directions:
We have taken in, and will continue to take in, an increasing number of undergraduate research projects, in keeping with the university's strategic goals.
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