University of Oregon
University of Oregon Libraries
Digital Scholarship CenterUnited States
Primary Contact:
John Russell
Scholarly Communications Librarian
541-346-2689
Program Overview
The Digital Scholarship Center (DSC) collaborates with faculty and students to transform research and scholarly communication using new media and digital technologies. Based on a foundation of access, sharing, and preservation, the DSC provides digital asset management, digital preservation, training, consultations, and tools for digital scholarship.
Year publishing activities began: 2003
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Total FTE in support of publishing activities: professional staff (0.5); paraprofessional staff (0.75); undergraduate students (0.2)
Funding sources (%): library operating 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 (3); campus-based student-driven journals (1); ETDs (206); undergraduate capstones/honors theses (132)
Number of open access titles:
Number of paid titles:
Number of hybrid titles:
Media formats: text; images; audio; video; data; concept maps, modeling, maps, or other visualizations; multimedia/interactive content
Disciplinary specialties: humanities; gender studies
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; graduate students; undergraduate students
External partners: Fembot Collective
Publishing platform(s): CONTENTdm; DSpace; OJS; Wordpress
Digital preservation strategy: in-house
Additional services: outreach; training; cataloging; metadata ISSN registry; ISBN registry; DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers; author copyright advisory; hosting of supplemental content; audio/video streaming