Yeshiva University
Yeshiva University Libraries
Yeshiva University Libraries | YAIR: Yeshiva Academic Institutional Repository
2020 CONTACT:Stephanie L. Gross, Librarian, Electronic Reserves and Scholarly Communication
Phone: 646-592-4044
Email: gross@yu.edu
Program Overview
This repository accepts research and scholarship from YU faculty, staff, and students.
Current faculty, staff, and students of Yeshiva University can use YAIR Self-Deposit to deposit research materials in any digital format, including: articles, monographs, theses and dissertations, working papers, technical reports, conference papers and presentations, datasets, software code, images, video, and other multimedia creations.
For detailed guidance on scholarly publication, open access, copyright, repositories and data management, please refer to Yeshiva Academic Institutional Repository: User’s Guide.
Location: United States
Organization: services distributed across several campuses
Stage (1-3): 2 - Early
Open Access Focus (1-5): 2 - Somewhat Important
Program Advisory/Editorial Board: Yes
Staffing (in Full Time Equivalents):
- Professional staff: 2
- Paraprofessional staff: 2
- Undergraduates: 2
- Library Operating Budget: 100%
Publishing Activities
Types of publications: conference papers and proceedings, faculty; conference papers and proceedings, student; electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs); journals, campus-based faculty-created; journals, campus-based student-created; monographs; newsletters; undergraduate capstones/honors theses.| 2019 | Open Access | Paid | Hybrid | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campus-based Faculty-driven Journal | ||||
| Campus-based Student-driven Journals | 5 | |||
| Databases | ||||
| ETDs | 21 | 21 | ||
| Faculty Conference Papers and Proceedings | 2 | |||
| Journals for External Groups | ||||
| Monographs | 1 | 1 | ||
| Newsletters | 12 | 10 | ||
| Student Conference Papers and Proceedings | 1 | |||
| Technical/Research Reports | ||||
| Textbooks | ||||
| Undergraduate Capstones/Honors Theses | 120 | 60 |
2019: New publications from July 2018 to June 2019. Journals include titles actively publishing during the date range. Other publication types include items that were published or added to repositories for the first time within the date range.
OA/Paid/Hybrid: Publications currently published and/or available online. OA (open access) publications do not include counts for hybrid publications. Hybrid publications are those that may be offered in some form as OA, but are also available as a paid version.
Highlights
- faculty author book launches
- student exhibits (planned)
- library staff newsletters (LIS)
Partners
Internal Partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty; graduate studentsUniversity Press Partners: Yeshiva University Press
Openess to Partners: Consider external partners if there is a tie to my institution (e.g. local editor of a journal for an external scholarly society)
Best publications to refer to our program: Hebraica/Judaica topics, including Jewish education or the study of Israel
Technologies & Services
- audio
- concept maps or other visualizations
- data
- images
- multimedia/interactive content
- text
- video
- DSpace
- analytics
- audio/video streaming
- author advisory – copyright
- cataloging
- digitization
- ISSN registry
- metadata
- outreach
- training
- Digital preservation services under discussion
- In-house
- Islandora
Additional Information
Plans for Expansion & Future Directions:Will depend on reception of students and faculty this coming year. OER (Open Education Resources) is one possibility.
Other Information:
It's a growing service. It will perhaps be included in the new strategic plan.
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