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Library Publishing Directory

2019

University of Tennessee

University of Tennessee Libraries

Scholars' Collaborative / Newfound Press

  • https://newfoundpress.utk.edu/
2019 CONTACT:
Holly Mercer, Senior Associate Dean
Phone: 865-974-6899
Email: hollymercer@utk.edu

Program Overview

Newfound Press, the University Libraries digital imprint, advances the community of learning by experimenting with effective and open systems of scholarly communication. UT Libraries collaborates with authors and researchers to bring new forms of publication to an expanding scholarly universe.

Publishing Activities Began: 2005
Location: United States
Organization: services distributed across library units/departments
Stage (1–5): 5 - Established
Open Access Focus (1–5): 4 - Very Important
Program Advisory/Editorial Board: No
Peer Reviewed Journals: 70%

Staffing (in Full Time Equivalents):
  • Professional staff: 1.75
  • Paraprofessional staff: 1
  • Graduate students: 0.5
  • Undergraduates:
Funding Sources for Publishing Activities:
  • Library Materials Budget: %
  • Library Operating Budget: 98%
  • Non-library Campus Budget: %
  • Endowment Income: %
  • Charitable Contributions: 1%
  • Grants: %
  • Sales Revenue: 1%
  • Licensing Revenue: %
  • Charge Backs: %
  • Other: %

Publishing Activities

All Library Publishing Activities:
  • Campus-based Faculty-driven Journals: 1
  • Campus-based Student-driven Journals: 5
  • Journals Produced for External Groups: 3
  • Monographs: 26
  • Faculty Conference Papers and Proceedings: 2
  • ETDs: 722

Open Access Publishing:
  • Campus-based Faculty-driven Journals: 100
  • Campus-based Student-driven Journals: 100
  • Journals Produced for External Groups: 100
  • Monographs: 100

Highlights

Disciplinary Specialties:
  • East Tennessee
  • Great Smoky Mountains
  • Anthropology
  • Sociology
  • Law
Top Publications:
  • The Fishes of Tennessee
  • Correspondence of James K. Polk, volume 12
  • W179 Wood Products Information - Moisture Content of 'Seasoned' Firewood
  • The Battle of Shiloh and the Organizations Engaged
  • "The Impact of Colonialism on African Economic Development"

Partners

Internal Partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty; graduate students; undergraduate students
University Press Partners: University of Tennessee Press

Best publications to refer to our program: Music Theory Society of the Mid-Atlantic, Southeastern Fishes Council, National Bobwhite Conservation Initiative (NBCI), Southern Anthropological Society

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:
  • images
  • multimedia/interactive content
  • text
Softwares & Platforms:
  • Islandora
  • WordPress
  • bepress (Digital Commons)
  • locally developed software

Digital Preservation Strategy:
  • DPN
  • DuraCloud
Additional Services:
  • analytics
  • applying for Cataloging in Publication Data
  • author advisory – copyright
  • author advisory – other
  • cataloging
  • copy-editing
  • digitization
  • DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
  • graphic design (print or web)
  • hosting of supplemental content
  • ISBN registry
  • metadata
  • notification of A&I sources
  • open URL support
  • peer review management
  • print-on-demand
  • training
  • typesetting
Service Vendors: CrossRef, IngramSpark

Additional Information

Plans for Expansion & Future Directions:
We will publish our first online encyclopedia in 2019, and are working more with our Libraries' Special Collections.
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