University of Tennessee
University of Tennessee Libraries
Digital Production & Publishing/Newfound Presswww.newfoundpress.utk.edu ; trace.tennessee.edu
@NewfoundPress
United States
Primary Contact:
Holly Mercer
Associate Dean for Scholarly Communication & Research Services
865-974-6899
Program Overview
The University of Tennessee Libraries makes original, 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: professional staff (0.6); paraprofessional staff (1.1); graduate students (0.5)
Funding sources (%): library operating budget (99); sales revenue (1)
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 (2); campus-based student-driven journals (4); journals produced under contract/MOU for external groups (3); monographs (5); student conference papers and proceedings (22); ETDs (369); undergraduate capstones/honors theses (130)
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Media formats: text; images; audio; video; multimedia/interactive content
Disciplinary specialties: East Tennessee; Great Smoky Mountains; Anthropology; Sociology; Law
Top publications: The Fishes of Tennessee (monograph); “Why We Don’t Vote: Low Voter Turnout in U.S. Presidential Elections” (thesis); Southern Foodways and Culture (monograph); The Wondrous Bird's Nest (monograph); ""The Story of the Monkey and the Turtle": An Illustrated Retelling of a Folktale from the Philippines" (undergraduate thesis)
Percentage of journals that are peer reviewed: 56
Percentage of journals assessing article processing charges (APCs):
Internal partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty; graduate students; undergraduate students
External partners: Southern Anthropological Society; Music Theory Society of the Mid-Atlantic; Southeastern Fishes Council; National Council of Teachers of English
Publishing platform(s): bepress (Digital Commons); locally developed software; Drupal
Digital preservation strategy: DuraCloud; MetaArchive
Additional services: graphic design (print or web); typesetting; copy-editing; outreach; training; analytics; cataloging; metadata; notification of A&I sources; ISBN registry; applying for Cataloging in Publication Data; DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers; peer review management; contract/license preparation; author copyright advisory; digitization; image services; hosting of supplemental content; audio/video streaming
Additional Information
Plans for expansion/future directions: We will focus on publishing manuscripts and other materials from the Libraries' special collections; we are also exploring how we can help certify the products of digital humanities research.View All Entries