Campus Open Publishing

The UTC Library supports open publishing on campus. Our services are built on robust publishing platforms that promote open knowledge exchange and wide scholarship discoverability. 

Campus Open Publishing provides

• hosting for affiliated open publications
• technical support and advice policies and best practices 

UTC Scholar 

UTC Scholar provides open access to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga's research, creative works, and publications. We support the publication of scholarly works, including:

• Journals
• Books
• Conference Proceedings
• Theses and Dissertations
• Open Textbooks
• Open Pedagogy Projects 

All proposals for new open access projects must be initiated by a current full-time faculty member. 

UTC Open Publishing with Pressbooks

UTC Open Publishing provides a platform for dynamic, interactive, web-based ebooks. UTC Open Publishing employs Pressbooks, an online content management system based on WordPress, to design to create online books. Pressbooks lets creators quickly publish their content to the web and produce exports in multiple formats, including accessible EPUBs and PDFs specially designed for print-on-demand or digital distribution. 

Books created through UTC Open Publishing Materials are also stored in UTC Scholar and distributed through the Tennessee Open Education Hub. 

All proposals for new open access projects must be initiated by a current full-time faculty member. 

Tennessee Open Education Hub

The Tennessee Open Education Hub brings together the intellectual and creative power of faculty throughout the state, providing a place to build and share resources with the common goal of improving student learning outcomes. 

Tennessee Open Education Hub is an OER Commons hosted website that serves as a repository for open educational resources adopted, adapted, and/or created by faculty and higher education professionals at Tennessee institutions. The Hub includes all types of OER from individual lessons to complete courses. 

The Tennessee Open Education Hub is available to the public as a platform. Collaborating with the UTC Library, you can list your OER materials through the UTC group and ensure they are listed corrected in the Hub. 

Publishing Support Services

The UTC Library can connect you with professional publication support services including copy-editing, figure design, layout, and rights management. Publishing support services are provided through a third-party, and the charges are the responsibility of the project owner. Contact the library to learn more and find out if contracting publishing support is right for your project.