University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

Library Services

Academic Library · United States

Digital Publishing Services

https://soar.usa.edu

Eric Robinson
Phone: 760-410-5310
Email: erobinson@usa.edu

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
It is the mission of the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences Library’s digital publishing program to advance the role of the open access publishing model and to better meet the research needs of the health sciences community.

Publishing activities began: 2018
Stage of publishing efforts: 2 - Early
Open access focus: Central to mission
Portion of Open Access publications: All
Publishing Languages: English

Program Organization

Organization of publishing services: Centralized library publishing unit/department
Advisory/editorial board: No
Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 1
Individual people: 1
Funding sources: Library operating budget

Publishing Activities

Conference papers and proceedings
Datasets
Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)
Grey literature
Journals

Journal Publishing:

Journals published: 2
Campus-based faculty-created: 1
Campus-based student-created: 1
Contracted by external groups: 1
Peer-reviewed: 2

Highlights

Top Publications:

Student Research Collection (ETDs)
Philippine Journal of Physical Therapy (journal)
Student Journal of Occupational Therapy (journal)
Symposia & Research Days (conference proceedings)
Faculty & Staff Research Collection (journal articles and conference proceedings)

Disciplinary Specialties:

Health sciences
Physical therapy
Occupational therapy
Nursing
Education

Partners

Internal partners: Campus departments or programs; Individual faculty; Graduate students
Other publishing entities administered by your library: No
Other publishing entities within your library’s parent institution: No
Program’s openness to working with external partners: Consider external partners if there is a tie to my institution (e.g., local editor of a journal for an external scholarly society)
Types of publications should other publishers refer to your program: We welcome partnerships with professional organizations or scholarly societies seeking to launch or transition to a diamond OA journal. Editorial boards should be able to be self-sufficient after a short journal planning and launch period; and we require that at least one editor on the board be from our institution.
Part of a consortium which provides support for publishing? (e.g. platform, funding): Yes

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:

data
text
video

Software & Platforms:

Digital Commons (bepress)

Additional Services:

author advisory - other
author advisory - copyright
Indexing services (e.g. assistance with journal application for DOAJ)
DOI distribution
analytics
audio/video streaming
DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
hosting of supplemental content
ISBN registry
ISSN registry
metadata
peer review management
training

Digital Preservation Strategy:

Amazon S3

Policies

Adopted Policies:
Open Access and Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) World Association of Medical Editors (WAME)

Additional Information

Last Year:
The library is currently planning to launch the Journal of Innovation in Health Sciences Education, an open access journal focused on transformational educational approaches, emerging instructional technologies, and outcome-focused teaching and learning innovation in health sciences education (face-to-face, virtual, or hybrid). Launch is expected in early 2023 and the journal will be found at https://soar.usa.edu/jihse.

Other Information:
The library also assists with DOI metadata registration for linking metadata for licensing and grant funding. ORCID ID, as well as correction and retraction information for all journal publications hosted through the library.