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)

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.

Work with a university press?

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

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