California State University, Northridge
Oviatt Library
Andrew Weiss, Digital Services LibrarianPhone: 818-677-2571
Email: andrew.weiss@csun.edu
Program Overview
Our objective is to publish new CSUN-related journals, original faculty research, and provide a trusted home for master’s theses and doctoral dissertations.
- Publishing Activities Began: 2012
- Location: United States
- Languages published: English, Spanish
- Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
- Stage (1-3): 3 - Established
- Open Access Focus (1-5): 5 - Completely
- Program Advisory/Editorial Board: No
- Peer Reviewed Journals: 75%
- Professional staff: 1
- Paraprofessional staff: 1
Funding Sources for Publishing Activities:
- Library Operating Budget: 50%
- Non-library Campus Budget: 50%
Publishing Activities
Types of publications: conference papers and proceedings, faculty; conference papers and proceedings, student; datasets; educational resources (ex. textbooks, course modules); electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs); journals, campus-based faculty-created; journals, campus-based student-created; journals, contracted by external groups; journals, inactive back-issues; monographs; newsletters; technical/research reports.| 2020 | Open Access | Paid | Hybrid | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conference papers and proceedings, faculty | ||||
| Conference papers and proceedings, student | ||||
| Databases | ||||
| Datasets | ||||
| Educational resources (ex. textbooks, course modules) | ||||
| Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) | ||||
| Journals, campus-based faculty-created | ||||
| Journals, campus-based student-created | ||||
| Journals, contracted by external groups | ||||
| Journals, inactive back-issues | ||||
| Monographs | ||||
| Newsletters | ||||
| Technical/Research Reports | ||||
| Undergraduate Capstones/Honors Theses |
2020: New publications from July 2019 to June 2020. Journals include titles actively publishing during the date range. Other publication types include items that were published or added to repositories for the first time within the date range.
OA/Paid/Hybrid: Publications currently published and/or available online. OA (open access) publications do not include counts for hybrid publications. Hybrid publications are those that offer a combination of both open access and pay-access content.
Highlights
Top Publications:
- Journal on Technology & Persons with Disabilities (journal)
- The California Geographer (journal)
- The New Journal of Student Research Abstracts (journal)
- Tax Development Journal (journal)
- The Northridge Review (journal)
Disciplinary Specialties:
- geography
- disabilities
- taxation
- science (K-12)
- English literature
Technologies & Services
Media Formats:
- audio
- data
- images
- text
- video
Softwares & Platforms:
- CONTENTdm
- DSpace
- OJS
- Samvera
Additional Services:
- author advisory – copyright
- dataset management
- digitization
- DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
- hosting of supplemental content
- metadata
Digital Preservation Strategy:
- Amazon Glacier