California State University, Northridge
Oviatt Library
Collection Access and Management Servicesandrew.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.View All Entries