Services in support of:

Digital collections |  Metadata collections  |  E-publishing initiatives

E-publishing initiatives include locally published open access electronic journals,
electronic books and other monograph-type resources, virtual exhibitions, etc. These
resources are typically born-digital and are discrete publishable items. DLS support for e-publishing initiatives is part of the University Libraries' broad strategy to provide
support for changes in scholarly communication and to address concerns of increasing volume and cost of scholarly resources in the traditional publishing process.

DLS services in support of e-publishing initiatives include:

• Publishing standards - advising on common publishing expectations, including
  ISSN/ISBN registration, serial numbering, and predictable citation format
• Archiving - providing a local archiving service and facilitating participation in national archiving initiatives (such as LOCKSS)
• Dissemination - creating full catalog records for inclusion in InfoHawk, when
  appropriate, and for export to national bibliographic utilities, identifying relevant
  abstracting and indexing services, and facilitating inclusion in directories and other catalogs
• Hosting - providing space to host the publication on a library server
  Open standards - providing support for standards such as OpenURL and encouraging best practices such as persistent and predictable deep-linking

In addition, DLS oversees InPress@Iowa, the University Libraries' electronic press, which is part of the Iowa Digital Library.

Contact: lib-digital@uiowa.edu