University of Texas at San Antonio
University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries
Learning TechnologyUnited States
Primary Contact:
Posie Aagaard
Assistant Dean for Collections and Curriculum Support
210-458-4878
Program Overview
The UTSA Libraries collaborate with faculty to disseminate original scholarly content using a variety of platforms, ensuring open access while simultaneously acknowledging reader preferences.
Year publishing activities began: 2012
Organization: services are distributed across library units/departments
Total FTE in support of publishing activities: library staff (0.1)
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 conference papers and proceedings (1)
Number of open access titles:
Number of paid titles:
Number of hybrid titles:
Media formats: text; images; video; concept maps/modeling maps/visualizations
Disciplinary specialties: astronomy
Top publications: Torus Workshop 2012 (conference proceedings)
Percentage of journals that are peer reviewed:
Percentage of journals assessing article processing charges (APCs):
Internal partners: individual faculty; graduate students
External partners: Science Organizing Committee
Publishing platform(s): CONTENTdm
Digital preservation strategy: in-house
Additional services: graphic design (print or web); typesetting; copy-editing; marketing; outreach; training; analytics; cataloging; metadata; contract/license preparation; author copyright advisory; hosting of supplemental content; audio/ video streaming
Additional Information
Plans for expansion/future directions: Actively seeking new opportunities to collaborate with faculty on publishing projects.For our pilot publishing project, we collaborated with faculty who expressed a strong preference for using iBooks/iTunes as a publishing platform because the primary audience for the material (astronomy scholars) prefer to consume content on iPads. In addition to producing an iBook, we produced a multimedia-PDF, converting the content to a more open format for wider access and preservation purposes. View All Entries