Publishing Services Assistance

Publishing & Scholarship Support Services (PSSS) provides a wide range of sustainable and innovative scholarly communication services to the RIT community. PSSS are available for consults and will assist with the following publishing specialties: open access journals, print on demand publications, and submission to ProQuest UMI Dissertations & Theses database. We also offer specialized services to assist with: copyright issues, including Turnitin, ISSN and ISBN registration assistance, digitizing and OCR of printed material, image scanning, copyediting, writing assistance, and citation management. Staff is also available for presentations on specific scholarly communications topics.

PSSS’s Core Services Include:

Open Access Journal Publishing Assistance
What is Open Access (OA)? OA is a publishing model that makes scholarship available globally on the Internet. Open access journals require that articles undergo a peer review process that models traditional publishing.

PSSS can assist with the publication of your OA Journal by offering:

Citation management
Copyediting
Digitization and OCR of printed material
Formatting
Image scanning
Intellectual property rights consultation
ISSN Registration
Licensing options
Marketing for journals in displays, websites, and other publications
Print on demand support
Referral list of skilled graphic designers, copyeditors, and indexers

Services We Can Coordinate
Here is a sample of OA peer-reviewed journals that are published by the RIT Libraries

Print-on-demand publishing:

Lulu.com
We offer support to potential RIT authors who want to explore the benefits of self-publishing. Our services include assistance with manuscript and cover formatting, uploading, creating an online storefront, ISBN registration assistance, and sale of print-on-demand books and other publishable materials through Lulu.com. Publish your work with Lulu and join other RIT authors by becoming part of the RIT Lulu community, OpenBook@RIT.

Submission to ProQuest/UMI Thesis/Dissertation Database

As of March 2008, RIT requires all theses and dissertations be submitted to ProQuest/UMI. The ProQuest/UMI dissertation database is the world’s most comprehensive collection of dissertations & theses. It is the database of record for graduate research with over 2.4 million dissertations & theses from around the world. We offer guides and online resources for graduate students who are publishing theses/dissertations.

Writing assistance – Our experienced editing staff is available to offer writing assistance for thesis or dissertation. Minimum turnaround time is two full business days (large files may require more time).

Additional Specialized Publishing Assistance

Copyediting – Professional and experienced editors are available to copyedit your documents. See our Faculty Editing Services page for more information.
Citation management – Call the Publishing & Scholarship Support Center 585-475-7713 to set up a one-on-one appointment or check out our online citation guides
Digitization / OCR of printed material – We can quickly and efficiently scan your printed documents into readable and searchable PDFs.
Image scanning – We scan images as large as 11x 17 inches and up to 2400 DPI.
ISSN and ISBN registration assistance
An ISBN gives your book a unique ID that will allow you to sell your book to bookstores, libraries and Amazon. ISSN is a worldwide identification system for periodicals and other serially-produced products.

Publishing Resources

The following tools, guides and websites can assist you in your publishing efforts.

Traditional
Association of American University Presses
Cary Press
Council of Literary Magazines and Presses
EBSCO's Serials Directory
PapersInvited
Publishers' Catalogues

Self-Publishing
Open Publishing Guide (OPL)