University of San Diego
Copley Library
Special Collections and ArchivesUnited States
Primary Contact:
Kelly Riddle
Digital Initiatives Librarian
649-260-6850
Program Overview
Copley Library at the University of San Diego is dedicated to providing publishing services that disseminate work created at the university so that it is readily discoverable, openly accessible, preserved, and sustainable. The library’s publishing program serves to advance scholarly conversations and foster intellectual collaboration both locally and globally.
Year publishing activities began: 2013
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Total FTE in support of publishing activities: professional staff (1); paraprofessional staff (1); undergraduate students (1)
Funding sources (%): library operating budget (100)
Stage of publishing efforts (1–5):
Open access focus (1–5):
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Publishing Activities
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Media formats: text; images; audio; video; data; concept maps, modeling, maps, or other visualizations
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Internal partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty; graduate students; undergraduate students
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Publishing platform(s): bepress (Digital Commons)
Digital preservation strategy: digital preservation services under discussion
Additional services: training; cataloging; metadata; author copyright advisory; digitization
Additional Information
Plans for expansion/future directions: This year will see the launch of an ETD pilot program and several student-led creative and scholarly journals.View All Entries