Library Publishing Directory

2019

Syracuse University

Syracuse University Libraries

Research and Scholarship

2019 CONTACT:
Amanda Page, Open Publishing and Copyright Librarian
Phone: 315-443-9521
Email: alpage@syr.edu

Program Overview

To provide Syracuse University (SU) faculty with an alternative to commercial publishing venues, and to provide the campus community support for open access publishing models.

Publishing Activities Began: 2010
Location: United States
Organization: services distributed across campus
Stage (1–5): 1 - Pilot
Open Access Focus (1–5): 3 - Important
Program Advisory/Editorial Board: No

Staffing (in Full Time Equivalents):
  • Professional staff: 2
  • Paraprofessional staff:
  • Graduate students: 0.5
  • Undergraduates:
Funding Sources for Publishing Activities:
  • Library Materials Budget: 100%
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  • Non-library Campus Budget: %
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  • Charitable Contributions: %
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Publishing Activities

All Library Publishing Activities:
  • Campus-based Faculty-driven Journals: 1
  • Technical/Research Reports: 54
  • ETDs: 146
Open Access Publishing:
  • Journals Produced for External Groups: 1
  • Monographs: 3

Highlights

Disciplinary Specialties:
Top Publications:
  • Who Joins the Military?: A Look at Race, Class, and Immigration Status
  • Internet Adoption and Integration by Network Television News (1997 to 2004)
  • How to take attendance using Microsoft Excel : attendance proposal for Southwest Community Center, Syracuse Department of Parks, Recreation and Youth Programs
  • Triple Triumph: Three Women in Medicine
  • Excelsior: Leadership in Teaching and Learning

Partners

Internal Partners: campus departments or programs
University Press Partners: Syracuse University Press

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:
  • audio
  • concept maps or other visualizations
  • images
  • text
  • video
Softwares & Platforms:
  • CONTENTdm
  • OJS
  • WordPress
  • bepress (Digital Commons)
  • locally developed software
  • XTF
Digital Preservation Strategy:
  • AP Trust
  • Digital preservation services under discussion
  • DPN
  • HathiTrust
  • In-house
  • LOCKSS
  • Portico
Additional Services:
  • analytics
  • audio/video streaming
  • author advisory – copyright
  • author advisory – other
  • cataloging
  • copy-editing
  • digitization
  • DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
  • graphic design (print or web)
  • hosting of supplemental content
  • ISBN registry
  • ISSN registry
  • metadata
  • notification of A&I sources
  • open URL support
  • peer review management
  • training
  • typesetting

Additional Information

Plans for Expansion & Future Directions:
Forming a new unit that will bring together several units involved in digital scholarship activities, including digital publishing; formalizing a menu of publishing services for the campus community.
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