University of New Mexico
College of University Libraries and Learning Sciences
Digital Initiatives and Scholarly Communicationdisc@unm.edu
http://library.unm.edu/services/disc.php
United States
Primary Contact:
Kevin Comerford
Director of Digital Initiatives and Scholarly Communication
505-277-6341
Program Overview
The UNM University Libraries is dedicated to providing an online venue for student theses and dissertations; and also a resource for hosting open access research publications related to subjects that concern the university academic community.
Year publishing activities began: 2009
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Total FTE in support of publishing activities: professional staff (1); paraprofessional staff (2); graduate students (5); undergraduates (2)
Funding sources (%): library operating budget (50); endowment income (25); charitable contributions/Friends of the Library organizations (25)
Stage of publishing efforts (1–5):
Open access focus (1–5):
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Publishing Activities
Library-administered university press publications in 2017:
Library publications in 2017: campus-based faculty-driven journals (7); campus-based student-driven journals (1); journals produced under contract/MOU for external groups (6); faculty conference papers and proceedings (20); student conference papers and proceedings (3); ETDs (212); ornithology archiving service (SORA) articles (1000)
Number of open access titles: journals (12)
Number of paid titles: journals (2)
Number of hybrid titles:
Media formats: text; images; audio; video; data; concept maps, modeling, maps, or other visualizations; multimedia/interactive content
Disciplinary specialties: Southwest studies; Southwest history; ornithology
Top publications: New Mexico Historical Review (journal); Searchable Ornithological Research Archive (website); Historical Geography (journal); Wagon Tracks (journal)
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Internal partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty; graduate students
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