University of North Texas
Libraries
Scholarly Publishing Serviceshttp://www.library.unt.edu/scholarly-publishing
United States
Primary Contact:
Kevin S. Hawkins
Director of Library Publishing
940-565-2015
Program Overview
The UNT Libraries provide services to help members of the UNT community disseminate the results of their research. We provide information related to scholarly communication, Scholarly Open Access E-Journal Support, and UNT Scholarly Works. The UNT Libraries Scholarly Publishing Services publishes works of scholarship under the brand Eagle Editions. We also support members of the UNT community in their publishing endeavors through our Editors’ Roundtable and through individual consultations about publishing projects.
Year publishing activities began: 2009
Organization: services are distributed across library units/departments
Total FTE in support of publishing activities: professional staff (1.96); paraprofessional staff (0.06)
Funding sources (%): library operating budget (86); charitable contributions/Friends of the Library organizations (14)
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 student-driven journals (1); monographs (1); technical/research reports (6); faculty conference papers and proceedings (2); student conference papers and proceedings (12); ETDs (321); undergraduate capstones/honors theses (2);
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Number of paid titles:
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Media formats: text; images; audio; video
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Top publications:
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): locally developed software
Digital preservation strategy: DPN; MetaArchive
Additional services: graphic design (print or web); print-on-demand; typesetting; copy-editing; analytics; cataloging; metadata ISSN registry; ISBN registry; DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers peer review management; author copyright advisory; other author advisory; digitization; audio/video streaming
Additional Information
Plans for expansion/future directions: Eagle Editions, the Editors' Roundtable, and individual consultations are new for fall 2014. We are considering supporting e-textbooks, preferably free to read online, for publishing under Eagle Editions or a separately branded effort.View All Entries