University of Montana

Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library

Academic Library · United States

Digital Initiatives

Wendy Walker, Digital Initiatives Librarian
Email: wendy.walker@umontana.edu

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
We strive to support and provide open access to the research-related and creative publications of UM faculty, students, and staff.

• Publishing activities began: 2014
• Stage of publishing efforts: 3 - Established
• Open access focus: One priority among many
• Portion of Open Access publications: Most
• Publishing Languages: English

Program Organization

• Organization of publishing services: Services distributed across library units/departments
• Advisory/editorial board: No
• Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 0.5
• Individual people: 1
• Funding sources: Library materials budget; Library operating budget

Publishing Activities

• Conference papers and proceedings
• Educational resources
• Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)
• Journals
• Multimedia
• Posters

Highlights

Partners

• Internal partners:  Campus departments or programs; Individual faculty; Graduate students; Undergraduate students
• Other publishing entities administered by your library: No
  
• Other publishing entities within your library’s parent institution: Yes
  
• Program’s 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 which provides support for publishing? (e.g. platform, funding): No

Technologies & Services

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