California State University, Northridge
University Library
Andrew Weiss, Digital Service LibrarianPhone: 818-677-2571
Email: andrew.weiss@csun.edu
Program Overview
Our objective is to publish 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 of publishing efforts (1-3): 3 - Established
- Stage comments:
- Open access focus (1-5): 5 - Completely
- Program advisory/editorial board: No
- Peer reviewed journals: 75%
- Professional staff: 2
- 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); expansive digital publications (digital humanities or other complex multimedia projects); journals, campus-based faculty-created; journals, campus-based student-created; journals, contracted by external groups; journals, inactive back-issues; monographs; newsletters; technical/research reports.Highlights
Top publications:
- Journal on Technology and 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
Partners
Internal partners: campus departments or programsOpenness to working with external partners: Consider external partners if there is a tie to my institution (e.g. local editor of a journal for an external scholarly society)
Part of a consortium that provides support for publishing?
- Name of consortium: California State University Systemwide Digital Library Services (SDLS)
- Type of support: California State University Chancellor's Office Systemwide Digital Library Services (SDLS) provides the platform and the tech support for an Open Journals System instance among the CSU's 23 campuses.
Administer a university press?
Technologies & Services
Media formats:
- audio
- data
- multimedia/interactive content
- text
- video
Softwares & platforms:
- DSpace
- OJS
- Samvera
Additional services:
- audio/video streaming
- author advisory – copyright
- cataloging
- dataset management
- digitization
- hosting of supplemental content
- metadata
Digital preservation strategy:
- Amazon Glacier
- LOCKSS