University of Tennessee
University of Tennessee Libraries
Digital Production and Publishing/Newfound Presswww.newfoundpress.utk.edu; trace.tennessee.edu
United States
Primary Contact:
Holly Mercer
Associate Dean for Scholarly Communication & Research Services
865-974-6899
Program Overview
The University of Tennessee Libraries has developed a framework to make scholarly and specialized works available worldwide. Newfound Press, the University Libraries digital imprint, advances the community of learning by experimenting with effective and open systems of scholarly communication. Drawing on the resources that the university has invested in digital library development, Newfound Press collaborates with authors and researchers to bring new forms of publication to an expanding scholarly universe. UT Libraries provides open access publishing services, copyright education, and services to help scholars meet new data management and sharing requirements. In addition, we create digital collections of regional and global importance to support research and teaching.
Year publishing activities began: 2005
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Total FTE in support of publishing activities: library staff (1.35); graduate students (0.5)
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 2014:
Library publications in 2014: faculty-driven journals (2); student-driven journals (1); journals produced under contract/MOU for external groups (1); monographs (3); faculty conference papers and proceedings (50); student conference papers and proceedings (23); newsletters (2); databases (1); ETDs (652); undergraduate capstone/honors theses (75)
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Media formats: text; images; audio; video; data; multimedia/interactive content
Disciplinary specialties: East Tennessee; Great Smoky Mountains; anthropology; sociology; law
Top publications: The Fishes of Tennessee (monograph); Building Bridges in Anthropology (monograph); To Advance Their Opportunities: Federal Policies Toward African American Workers from World War I to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (monograph); Goodness Gracious, Miss Agnes: Patchwork of Country Living (monograph); “Why We Don’t Vote: Low Voter Turnout in U.S. Presidential Elections” (thesis)
Percentage of journals that are peer reviewed: 50
Percentage of journals assessing article processing charges (APCs):
Internal partners: UT Press; campus departments or programs; individual faculty; graduate students; undergraduate students
External partners: Southern Anthropological Society; Music Theory Society of the Mid-Atlantic
Publishing platform(s): bepress (Digital Commons); locally developed software
Digital preservation strategy: DuraCloud/DSpace; MetaArchive
Additional services: graphic design (print or web); typesetting; copy-editing; marketing; analytics; cataloging; metadata; DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers; dataset management; peer review management; author copyright advisory; digitization; hosting of supplemental content; audio/video streaming; assignment of ISBNs
Additional Information
Plans for expansion/future directions: Exploring how to cultivate data publishing and how to support digital humanities on campus.View All Entries