Utah State University

Utah State University Libraries

Academic Library · United States

• digitialinitiatives@usu.edu

Digitial Initiatives

Becky Thoms, Copyright Librarian
Phone: 435-797-0816
Email: becky.thoms@usu.edu

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
USU Libraries actively contribute to research and open education by creating and preserving digital resources that align with USU's research and curriculum goals. With a focus on digital literacy and scholarly communication, our publishing efforts incorporate multimedia and emerging trends in publishing to disseminate dynamic scholarly works and advance Open Educational Resources.

• Publishing activities began: 2009
• Stage of publishing efforts: 3 - Established
• Open access focus: Central to mission
• Portion of Open Access publications: All
• Publishing Languages: English

Program Organization

• Organization of publishing services: Centralized library publishing unit/department
• Advisory/editorial board: No
• Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 4
• Individual people: 5
• Students: Graduate student(s), Undergraduate student(s)
• Funding sources: Charge backs/cost sharing, Charitable contributions, Library operating budget, Non-library campus budget

Publishing Activities

Highlights

Partners

• Internal partners:  Campus departments or programs, Individual faculty, Graduate students, Undergraduate students
• Other publishing entities administered by your library: No
  
• Other publishing entities within your library’s parent institution: Yes
  
• Program’s 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)
• Part of a consortium which provides support for publishing? (e.g. platform, funding): Yes