Functioning in the Grey Kennesaw State University’s Library Journal Publishing Projects Aajay Murphy | IFLA 2016 Satellite Meeting | Ann Arbor | August 12th
Why?
The Digital Commons @ Kennesaw State University Founded in 2009 ETDs, Faculty Publications, Conference Proceedings, Peer-reviewed & Society Journals, (some) Miscellaneous Collections, OER, SelectedWorks pages, (some) Research Center Materials, & Faculty Bookshelf http://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/ 1 employee & 1 GRA (recent addition) The Digital Commons @ Kennesaw State University
Lots of Things – All the Things ***as of August 11th, 2016*** 21 journals 8,728 papers 1,075,070 downloads 3 OER 8 conferences Lots of Things – All the Things ***as of August 11th, 2016***
KSU Press
Future of Digital Commons 5 year strategic plan Scholcomm and data librarians New research center on campus Internship Another FT employee Suite of services provided Future of Digital Commons
Why?
Strengths / Opportunities The bepress platform Growing awareness on campus Our Dean supports it There’s a void and requests Affordable Learning Georgia Standard-scale transformation grant ($10,800 max) Large-scale transformation grant ($30,000 max) Strengths / Opportunities
Challenges Institutional change Fighting/hiding from the defunct KSU Press image Gaining support for all OA publishing Funding (of course!) Challenges
Aajay Murphy amurph18@kennesaw.edu