Asbury Theological Seminary

B. L. Fisher Library

Academic Library · United States

• https://place.asburyseminary.edu/firstfruits/
• first.fruits@asburyseminary.edu

First Fruits Press

https://place.asburyseminary.edu/firstfruits/

Robert A. Danielson, Scholarly Communications Librarian
Phone: 859-858-2351
Email: robert.danielson@asburyseminary.edu

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
First Fruits Press reprints and publishes new material relevant to the Wesleyan-Holiness tradition of Asbury Theological Seminary and for the global mission of the Christian Church for the furthering of the Kingdom of God. We view open access publishing as giving back to God the fruit of our work.

• Publishing activities began: 2012
• Stage of publishing efforts: 3 - Established
• Open access focus: Central to mission
• Portion of Open Access publications: All
• Publishing Languages: English; Spanish; Russian; French

Program Organization

• Organization of publishing services: Centralized library publishing unit/department
• Advisory/editorial board: No
• Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 1
• Individual people: 1
• Students: Graduate student(s)
• Funding sources: Library operating budget

Publishing Activities

• Conference papers or proceedings
• Journals
• Monographs

Highlights

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: Yes
  We are separate organizations and they run for profit. There is no interaction between us.
• Program’s openness to working with external partners: Consider external partners but only if in our disciplinary specialty
• Types of publications should other publishers refer to your program: Materials related to the Wesleyan-Holiness religious tradition.
• Part of a consortium which provides support for publishing? (e.g. platform, funding): No

Technologies & Services

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