2022 Library Publishing Directory

California State University, Northridge

University Library

Andrew Weiss, Digital Service Librarian
Phone: 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%
Staffing (in full-time equivalents):
  • 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 programs

Openness 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)

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
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