About Us
The Scholarly Communication department increases campus awareness of scholarly communication issues such as intellectual property, the economics of scholarly publishing, alternative publishing models, and increased access to scholarly resources. The department leads the development of the campus digital repository and a university-wide committee on scholarly communication. We engage faculty, students and administrators in the discussion of trends in academic publishing and emerging issues. With regional and national partners we are advocates for open access and financially sustainable models of scholarly communication.
Digital Production and Publishing (DPP) creates unique and valuable digital collections to support research and teaching. The DPP provides durable access to digital content through the establishment of best practices and standards. DPP is located in 171 John C. Hodges Library, Phone: (865) 974-9950 Email: dlcontact@utk.edu
Annual Report FY10 - Goals FY11 - FY12
Digital Collections Status Reports
UT Scholarly Communication Committee
Contact Us
Seth Jordan
Oversees the production of digital collections, including developing work flows and standards applications and hiring and training staff and student workers. Administers the Trace platform by configuring collections and consulting with faculty and staff on the implementation of Trace services, including journal and conference publishing. Gathers and prepares physical materials for digitization in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
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171 John C. Hodges Library
865-974-4121
Jayne Smith, Technical Editor, Newfound Press
Designs and produces digital publications in monograph, journal, and media formats. Incorporates open source and commercial software into publications design. Provides training for library publishing services, including Trace. Designs and maintains departmental web pages.
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653 John C. Hodges Library
865-974-8963
Lindsey Lyle, Graduate Assistant
Assists in Trace promotion and outreach. Configures communities and ingests content into Trace. Communicates with the Trace platform software vendor. Provides technical assistance for Trace content contributors.
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171 John C. Hodges Library
865-974-4121
Sheldon Giles, Digital Production
Copies, transcribes, and scans materials for digital collection production. Creates and transcribes administrative database records. Digitizes materials for course reserves.
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171 John C. Hodges Library
865-974-4121
Park White, Digital Production
Copies, transcribes, and scans materials for digital collection production. Creates and transcribes administrative database records. Digitizes materials for course reserves. Reports to Manager, Digital Library Initiatives.
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171 John C. Hodges Library
865-974-8991
Melanie Feltner-Reichert, Digital Initiatives Metadata Librarian
Provides leadership for the UT Libraries on all metadata issues. Coordinates with constituencies inside and outside the Libraries on these issues and is the resident authority for metadata, digitization, and digital preservation standards. Helps establish and implement policies for the Libraries in these areas. Reports to the Associate Dean for Scholarly Communication.
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654 John C. Hodges Library
865-974-9459
Marielle Veve (25%), Metadata & Cataloging
Provides descriptive metadata in MARC and Dublin Core formats for locally created digital collections. Coordinates metadata workflow. Serves as liaison between Scholarly Communication and Discovery & Technical Services departments. Reports to Head, Discovery & Technical Services.
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306ZZ John C. Hodges Library
865-974-0394

