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Library Publishing Directory

2018

California State University, Northridge

Oviatt Library

Collection Access and Management Services
andrew.weiss@csun.edu
United States

Primary Contact:
Andrew Weiss
Digital Services Librarian
818-677-2571
andrew.weiss@csun.edu

Program Overview

To provide a platform for CSUN-related digital publishing, especially for open access journals, e-texts, and affordable classroom textbooks.

Year publishing activities began: 2014

Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department

Total FTE in support of publishing activities: professional staff (4); paraprofessional staff (2)

Funding sources (%): non-library campus budget (100)

Stage of publishing efforts (1–5): 3

Open access focus (1–5): 5

Advisory/editorial board: yes

Publishing Activities

Library-administered university press publications in 2018:

Library publications in 2018: campus-based faculty-driven journals (2); monographs (15); technical/research reports (5); faculty conference papers and proceedings (30); ETDs (6,500)

Number of open access titles: campus-based faculty-driven journals (2); monographs (15)

Number of paid titles:

Number of hybrid titles:

Media formats: text; images; audio; video; data; concept maps, modeling, maps, or other visualizations; multimedia/interactive content

Disciplinary specialties: geography; technology; disabilities; K–12 science abstracts

Top publications: The California Geographer (journal); Journal on Technology & Persons with Disabilities (journal); The New Journal of Student Research Abstracts (journal); Tax Development Journal (journal)

Percentage of journals that are peer reviewed: 100

Percentage of journals assessing article processing charges (APCs): 0

Internal partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty

External partners: California Geographic Society; CSUN Center on Disabilities

Publishing platform(s): DSpace; OJS

Digital preservation strategy: Amazon Glacier; DuraCloud

Additional services: cataloging; metadata; dataset management; author copyright advisory; digitization; hosting of supplemental content; audio/video streaming

Additional Information

Plans for expansion/future directions: We want to solicit funding from alumni and donors to expand monograph publishing and re-establish an official university press.
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