Library Publishing Directory

2019

University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas Libraries

Research Support & Digital Initiatives

2019 CONTACT:
Colleen Lyon, Scholarly Communications Librarian
Phone: 512-495-4244
Email: c.lyon@austin.utexas.edu

Program Overview

UT Libraries publishing services provide open, online access to the products of the University’s research and scholarship, preserve these works for future generations, promote new models of scholarly communication, and help deepen community understanding of the value of higher education.

Publishing Activities Began: 2008
Location: United States
Organization: services distributed across library units/departments
Stage (1–5): 4 - Growing
Open Access Focus (1–5): 5 - Completely
Program Advisory/Editorial Board: No

Staffing (in Full Time Equivalents):
  • Professional staff: 1.5
  • Paraprofessional staff: 1.5
  • Graduate students: 0.25
  • Undergraduates: 0.5
Funding Sources for Publishing Activities:
  • Library Materials Budget: %
  • Library Operating Budget: 100%
  • Non-library Campus Budget: %
  • Endowment Income: %
  • Charitable Contributions: %
  • Grants: %
  • Sales Revenue: %
  • Licensing Revenue: %
  • Charge Backs: %
  • Other: %

Publishing Activities

All Library Publishing Activities:
  • Technical/Research Reports: 6
  • Faculty Conference Papers and Proceedings: 23
  • ETDs: 1324
  • Undergraduate Capstones/Honors Theses: 81

Highlights

Disciplinary Specialties:
Top Publications:
  • electronic theses and dissertations
  • Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles
  • published research data
  • undergraduate honors theses/capstone projects
  • Re-think It conference proceedings

Partners

Internal Partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty; graduate students; undergraduate students
External Partners: Texas Digital Library

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:
  • audio
  • data
  • images
  • text
  • video
Softwares & Platforms:
  • DSpace
  • Dataverse
  • OJS
Digital Preservation Strategy:
  • Amazon S3
  • DPN
  • DuraCloud
  • In-house
Additional Services:
  • analytics
  • applying for Cataloging in Publication Data
  • audio/video streaming
  • author advisory – copyright
  • author advisory – other
  • cataloging
  • digitization
  • DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
  • hosting of supplemental content
  • metadata
  • outreach
  • training
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