University of Southern Mississippi
Cook Library
Library Technologyhttp://aquila.usm.edu
United States
Primary Contact:
Josh Cromwell
Institutional Repository Coordinator
601-266-6200
Program Overview
We provide a platform to assist the university community with publishing activities in an electronic format, and we encourage that these publications should ideally be Open Access if possible.
Year publishing activities began: 2012
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Total FTE in support of publishing activities: professional staff (1); paraprofessional staff (1); undergraduates (1)
Funding sources (%): library operating budget (100)
Stage of publishing efforts (1–5): (4)
Open access focus (1–5): (4)
Advisory/editorial board: No
Publishing Activities
Library-administered university press publications in 2018: N/A
Library publications in 2018: campus-based faculty-driven journals (5); journals produced under contract/MOU for external groups (2); newsletters (4); ETDs (1057); undergraduate capstones/honors theses (116); annual reports from campus units/departments (1)
Number of open access titles: journals (6)
Number of paid titles:
Number of hybrid titles: journals (1)
Media formats: text; images; audio; video; data
Disciplinary specialties: library science; health/nursing; marine biology; archival science; sport and spectator security
Top publications: Gulf and Caribbean Research (journal); Journal of Sport Safety and Security (journal); The Primary Source (journal); SLIS Connecting (journal); Online Journal of Health Ethics (journal)
Percentage of journals that are peer reviewed: 86%
Percentage of journals assessing article processing charges (APCs): 14% (one title)
Internal partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty; undergraduate students
External partners:
Publishing platform(s): bepress (Digital Commons)
Digital preservation strategy: Preservica
Additional services: training; analytics; metadata; ISSN registry; DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers; peer review management; author copyright advisory; hosting of supplemental content
Additional Information
Plans for expansion/future directions: Current goal is to identify other campus journals in need of an electronic publishing platform. Long-term goal is to be able to provide design and copy-editing support in-house as well.View All Entries