University of the Pacific

William Knox Holt Memorial Library

Digital Initiatives

Michele Gibney, Head of Publishing and Scholarship Support
Email: mgibney@pacific.edu

Program Overview

Scholarly Commons is a service of the University of the Pacific Libraries to collect, publish, and make available research, scholarship, and creative works from the individual colleges, departments, and centers of the University. In addition, the institutional repository hosts several faculty and student run journals as well as faculty contributions to Open Educational Resources.

Publishing activities began: 2017
Location: United States
Languages published: English; Latin; German; French
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Stage of publishing efforts (1-3): 2 - Early
Stage comments:
Open access focus (1-5): 5 - Completely
Program advisory/editorial board: No
Peer reviewed journals: 3%

Staffing (in full-time equivalents):

Professional staff: 1

Funding sources for publishing activities:

Library operating budget: 100%

Publishing Activities

Types of publications: conference papers and proceedings, faculty; conference papers and proceedings, student; databases; datasets; educational resources (ex. textbooks, course modules); electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs); expansive digital publications (digital humanities or other complex multimedia projects); journals, campus-based faculty-created; journals, campus-based student-created; journals, inactive back-issues; newsletters; technical/research reports; undergraduate capstones/honors theses.

Highlights

Top publications:

Backstage Pass (student journal)
McGeorge Law Review (journal)
Theses & Dissertations (ETDs)
Pacific Journal of Health (journal)
Euleriana (journal)

Disciplinary specialties:

law
pharmacy
health sciences
mathematics
music

Partners

Internal partners: campus departments or programs

Openness to working with external partners: Consider external partners if there is a tie to my institution (e.g. local editor of a journal for an external scholarly society)

Technologies & Services

Media formats:

audio
data
images
modeling
multimedia/interactive content
video

Softwares & platforms:

Digital Commons (bepress)

Additional services:

analytics
audio/video streaming
author advisory – copyright
graphic design (print or web)
hosting of supplemental content
ISSN registry
marketing
outreach
training

Digital preservation strategy:

Amazon S3

Additional Information

Other information:
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/faq.html#faq-18

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