Winona State University

Darrell W. Krueger Library

Academic Library · United States

Digital Collections

https://openriver.winona.edu/

Kendall Larson, Digital Collections and Liaison Librarian
Phone: 507-457-5367
Email: klarson@winona.edu

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
We support publishing projects that enhance student writing, researching, and creative experiences at Winona State University (WSU). We also support faculty and staff research projects connected to the WSU curricula, university, and region's history.
  • Publishing activities began: 2018
  • Stage of publishing efforts: 2 - Early
  • Open access focus: Central to mission
  • Portion of Open Access publications: Most
  • 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): 0.25
  • Individual people: 1
  • Students: Undergraduate student(s)
  • Funding sources: Library operating budget

Publishing Activities

  • Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)
  • Journals
  • Monographs
  • Multimedia
  • Newsletters
  • Open educational resources
  • Posters


Journal Publishing:
  • Journals published: 3
  • Campus-based faculty-created: 2
  • Campus-based student-created: 1
  • Peer-reviewed: 2
  • Currently inactive or archived: 4
Monograph/Book Publishing:
  • Monographs published: 1

Highlights

Top Publications:
  • Winona City Newspaper Database (digital collection)
  • Research and Creative Achievement Day (digital collection)
  • Winonan Student Newspaper (digital collection)
  • Spirit of Winona and the Heartland (digital collection)
Disciplinary Specialties:
  • Education
  • Nursing
  • History
  • Archives
  • Creative multimedia

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: No
  • 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)
  • Types of publications should other publishers refer to your program: We continue to build our university and community partnerships. Our priority is student and faculty research and creative projects. We also seek external partners to preserve the history of Winona State University and southeast Minnesota.
  • Part of a consortium which provides support for publishing? (e.g. platform, funding): Yes

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:
  • audio
  • images
  • multimedia
  • text
  • video
Software & Platforms:
  • Digital Commons (bepress)

Digital Preservation Strategy:
  • Digital preservation services under discussion