Abilene Christian University
Margaret and Herman Brown Library
Abilene Christian University Library
2019 CONTACT:Mark McCallon, Associate Dean for Library Information Services
Phone: 325-674-2348
Email: mccallonm@acu.edu
Program Overview
Publishing Electronic Theses and Dissertations and Open Access journals and scholarship to support the research needs of our students, faculty, and scholars around the world.
Publishing Activities Began: 2015
Location: United States
Organization: services distributed across library units/departments
Stage (1–5): 3 - Developmental
Open Access Focus (1–5): 4 - Very Important
Program Advisory/Editorial Board: No
Peer Reviewed Journals: 100%
Staffing (in Full Time Equivalents):
Location: United States
Organization: services distributed across library units/departments
Stage (1–5): 3 - Developmental
Open Access Focus (1–5): 4 - Very Important
Program Advisory/Editorial Board: No
Peer Reviewed Journals: 100%
Staffing (in Full Time Equivalents):
- Professional staff: 0.25
- Paraprofessional staff: 0.25
- Graduate students:
- Undergraduates:
Funding Sources for Publishing Activities:
- Library Materials Budget: 0%
- Library Operating Budget: 100%
- Non-library Campus Budget: 0%
- Endowment Income: 0%
- Charitable Contributions: 0%
- Grants: 0%
- Sales Revenue: 0%
- Licensing Revenue: 0%
- Charge Backs: 0%
- Other: 0%
Publishing Activities
All Library Publishing Activities:- Campus-based Faculty-driven Journals: 3
- ETDs: 5
Open Access Publishing:
- Campus-based Faculty-driven Journals: 3
- Campus-based Student-driven Journals: 1
- Journals Produced for External Groups: 1
Library-Administered University Press Publications:
- Monographs: 38
Highlights
Disciplinary Specialties:
- religion
- communications
- graduate studies
Top Publications:
- Conversations: A Graduate Student Journal of the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology (journal)
- Dialogue & Nexus (journal)
- Discernment: Theology and the Practice of Ministry (journal)
- Journal of Cross-Cultural Family Studies (journal)
Partners
Internal Partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty; graduate studentsUniversity Press Partners: ACU Press
Technologies & Services
Media Formats:
- audio
- multimedia/interactive content
- text
- video
Softwares & Platforms:
- bepress (Digital Commons)
Digital Preservation Strategy:
- Amazon Glacier
Additional Services:
- cataloging
- copy-editing