University of the Pacific
University Libraries
Technology and Digital Initiatives
2019 CONTACT:MIchele Gibney, Digital Repository Coordinator
Phone: 2099322823
Email: scholarlycommons@pacific.edu
Program Overview
Scholarly Commons is a service of the University of the Pacific Libraries whose purpose is to collect and disseminate the university’s research, scholarship and creative works in a centralized location with the aim of preserving and providing online open access to these works.
Publishing Activities Began: 2018
Location: United States
Stage (1–5): 2 - Early
Open Access Focus (1–5): 5 - Completely
Program Advisory/Editorial Board: Yes
Peer Reviewed Journals: 100%
Staffing (in Full Time Equivalents):
Location: United States
Stage (1–5): 2 - Early
Open Access Focus (1–5): 5 - Completely
Program Advisory/Editorial Board: Yes
Peer Reviewed Journals: 100%
Staffing (in Full Time Equivalents):
- Professional staff: 1
- Paraprofessional staff:
- Graduate students:
- Undergraduates:
Funding Sources for Publishing Activities:
- Library Materials Budget: 100%
- Library Operating Budget: %
- Non-library Campus Budget: %
- Endowment Income: %
- Charitable Contributions: %
- Grants: %
- Sales Revenue: %
- Licensing Revenue: %
- Charge Backs: %
- Other: %
Publishing Activities
All Library Publishing Activities:- Campus-based Faculty-driven Journals: 1
- Campus-based Student-driven Journals: 5
- Textbooks: 5
- Technical/Research Reports: 5
- Faculty Conference Papers and Proceedings: 20
- Student Conference Papers and Proceedings: 5
- ETDs: 73
- Newsletters: 20
Open Access Publishing:
- Campus-based Faculty-driven Journals: 1
- Campus-based Student-driven Journals: 5
Highlights
Disciplinary Specialties:
- Law
- Music
- Health Sciences
- Education
- Business
Top Publications:
- University of the Pacific Law Review
- Backstage Pass
- Pacific Journal of Health
- Theses & Dissertations
- Open Educational Resources
Partners
Internal Partners: campus departments or programsTechnologies & Services
Media Formats:
- images
- text
- video
Softwares & Platforms:
- Digital Commons (bepress)
Digital Preservation Strategy:
- Amazon S3
Additional Services:
- analytics
- audio/video streaming
- author advisory – copyright
- author advisory – other
- cataloging
- digitization
- graphic design (print or web)
- hosting of supplemental content
- ISSN registry
- metadata
- outreach
- training
Additional Information
Plans for Expansion & Future Directions:We have plans in the next year to work on adding DOIs, recruiting additional new journals, and adding audio files (podcasts) to one of the journals.
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