University of Maryland College Park
McKeldin Library
Digital Programs and Initiatives
Terry M. Owen, Digital Scholarship LibrarianPhone: 301 314-1328
Email: towen@umd.edu
Program Overview
Capture, preserve, and provide access to the output of the University of Maryland faculty, researchers, centers, and labs, and provide new modes of scholarly publishing.
- Publishing activities began: 2004
- Location: United States
- Languages published: English
- Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
- Stage of publishing efforts (1-3): 2 - Early
- Stage comments:
- Open access focus (1-5): 5 - Completely
- Program advisory/editorial board: No
- Peer reviewed journals: 100%
- Professional staff: 1.5
- Graduate students: 1
Funding sources for publishing activities:
- Library operating budget: 100%
Publishing Activities
Types of publications: conference papers and proceedings, faculty; conference papers and proceedings, student; datasets; electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs); journals, campus-based student-created; journals, contracted by external groups; monographs; newsletters; technical/research reports; undergraduate capstones/honors theses.| 2021 | Open access | Paid | Hybrid | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conference papers and proceedings, faculty | ||||
| Conference papers and proceedings, student | ||||
| Databases | ||||
| Datasets | ||||
| Educational resources (e.g., textbooks, course modules) | ||||
| Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) | 316 | |||
| Journals, campus-based faculty-created | ||||
| Journals, campus-based student-created | ||||
| Journals, contracted by external groups | 1 | |||
| Journals, inactive back issues | ||||
| Monographs | ||||
| Newsletters | ||||
| Technical/research reports | ||||
| Undergraduate capstones/honors theses | 16 |
2021: New publications from July 2020 to June 2021. 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:
- MOSF Journal of Science Fiction (journal)
Partners
Internal partners: campus departments or programsOpenness 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?
Work with a university press?
Administer a university press?
Technologies & Services
Media formats:
- audio
- data
- images
- text
- video
Softwares & platforms:
- DSpace
- Fedora
- OJS
Additional services:
- author advisory – copyright
- dataset management
- digitization
- DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
- hosting of supplemental content
- ISBN registry
- ISSN registry
- metadata
- open URL support
Digital preservation strategy:
- Digital preservation services under discussion
- In-house