University of Nevada Las Vegas
University of Nevada Las Vegas Libraries
Digital Scholarship Strategydigitalscholarship@unlv.nevada.edu.
http://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/
United States
Primary Contact:
John Novak
Head of Digital Scholarship Strategy
702-895-2292
Program Overview
The repository is a service of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries. The mission is to capture, preserve, and share the intellectual output of UNLV faculty, staff, students, and collaborations with other stakeholders. Research and scholarly archived output includes: articles, monographs, audio/visual presentations, working papers, technical reports, conference papers/posters, theses/dissertations, data sets, and publicly-funded research.
Year publishing activities began: 2009
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Total FTE in support of publishing activities: professional staff (1.5); paraprofessional staff (1.5)
Funding sources (%): library materials budget (100)
Stage of publishing efforts (1–5):
Open access focus (1–5):
Advisory/editorial board:
Publishing Activities
Library-administered university press publications in 2015:
Library publications in 2015: campus-based faculty-driven journals (1); monographs (1); ETDs (485); undergraduate capstones/honors theses (8)
Number of open access titles:
Number of paid titles:
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Media formats: text; audio; video
Disciplinary specialties: sustainability; health sciences; literary works; gaming; interdisciplinary; sociology; engineering
Top publications: ETDs; Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice; UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal; UNLV Basketball programs; Public Lands Institute
Percentage of journals that are peer reviewed: 100
Percentage of journals assessing article processing charges (APCs):
Internal partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty
External partners:
Publishing platform(s): bepress (Digital Commons); CONTENTdm
Digital preservation strategy: Archive-It
Additional services: marketing; outreach; training; analytics; metadata; open URL support; author copyright advisory; other author advisory; digitization; hosting of supplemental content; audio/video streaming