Library Publishing Directory
Boston College Libraries
O'Neill Library
Academic Library · United StatesBoston College Scholarly Communications
https://ejournals.bc.edu/Gabriel Feldstein, Digital Publishing and Outreach Specialist
Phone: 617-552-1652
Email: feldsteg@bc.edu
Program Overview
Mission/Objectives:The Boston College Libraries’ publishing program showcases and preserves Boston College’s scholarly output in digital form and makes it freely accessible globally.
- Publishing activities began: 2006
- Stage of publishing efforts: 3 - Established
- Open access focus: Central to mission
- Portion of Open Access publications: All
- Publishing Languages: English; Spanish
Program Organization
- Organization of publishing services: Centralized library publishing unit/department
- Advisory/editorial board: No
- Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 1.5
- Individual people: 2
- Students: Graduate student(s)
- Funding sources: Library operating budget
Publishing Activities
- Conference papers and proceedings
- Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)
- Journals
Journal Publishing:
- Journals published: 13
- Campus-based faculty-created: 6
- Campus-based student-created: 6
- Contracted by external groups: 1
- Peer-reviewed: 11
- Currently inactive or archived: 9
Highlights
Top Publications:
- Dianoia (journal)
- Lumen et Vita (journal)
- Consecuencias (journal)
- International Journal of African Higher Education (journal)
- Elements (journal)
Disciplinary Specialties:
- Theology
- Education
- Philosophy
- Literature
Partners
- Internal partners: Campus departments or programs; graduate students; undergraduate students
- 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
Technologies & Services
Media Formats:
- images
- text
Software & Platforms:
- OJS
Additional Services:
- Indexing services (e.g. assistance with journal application for DOAJ)
- analytics
- cataloging
- data visualization
- DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
- ISSN registry
- metadata
- outreach
- training
Digital Preservation Strategy:
- PKP
Policies
Adopted Policies:
Copyright Language provided by PKP in their Copyright Statement sections
Additional Information
Last Year:The library has begun working with groups of sciences students generally speaking - starting an undergraduate science journal, as well as starting inviting a longstanding medical humanities journal onto our e-platform. Both are hoping to publish their first articles on OJS shortly.