West Virginia University

West Virginia University Libraries

Academic Library · United States

Scholarly Communications & Publishing

https://researchcommons.lib.wvu.edu/scholcomm

Jonah McAllister-Erickson, Scholarly Communication Librarian
Phone: 304-293-0334
Email: jonah.mcallistererickson@mail.wvu.edu

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
The WVU Libraries Scholarly Communications & Publishing program is designed to meet the scholarly publishing needs of West Virginia University and the West Virginia scholarly community. We aim to provide open access and non-profit publishing expertise, services, and platforms to enhance the scholarly output options of our community.

Publishing activities began: 2017
Stage of publishing efforts: 2 - Early
Open access focus: One priority among many
Portion of Open Access publications: Some
Publishing Languages: English

Program Organization

Organization of publishing services: Services distributed across library units/departments
Advisory/editorial board: No
Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 1
Individual people: 3
Students: Graduate student(s)

Publishing Activities

Journal Publishing:

Journals published: 5
Campus-based student-created: 5
Peer-reviewed: 1
Currently inactive or archived: 2

Highlights

Top Publications:

Calliope (undergraduate literary journal)
West Virginia Law Review

Partners

Internal partners: Campus departments or programs, Individual faculty
Other publishing entities administered by your library: No
Other publishing entities within your library’s parent institution: No
Program’s openness to working with external partners: Consider external partners if there is a tie to my institution (e.g., local editor of a journal for an external scholarly society)
Part of a consortium which provides support for publishing? (e.g. platform, funding): No