Central Washington University
Dr. James E. Brooks Library
Cataloging and Digital Initiativesscholarworks@cwu.edu
http://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/
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United States
Primary Contact:
Talea Anderson
Archives and Reference Librarian
509-963-1718
Program Overview
The Dr. James E. Brooks Library supports publishing activities through ScholarWorks, the university’s institutional repository. ScholarWorks serves as a digital showcase of the creative and scholarly output of members of the university community. ScholarWorks will act as a permanent digital archive for these scholarly materials, as well as information pertinent to our community at large.
Year publishing activities began: 2014
Organization: services are distributed across several campuses
Total FTE in support of publishing activities: professional staff (2.5)
Funding sources (%): non-library campus budget (50); grants (50)
Stage of publishing efforts (1–5):
Open access focus (1–5):
Advisory/editorial board:
Publishing Activities
Library-administered university press publications in 2015:
Library publications in 2015: campus-based student-driven journals (1); student conference papers and proceedings (1); ETDs (1)
Number of open access titles:
Number of paid titles:
Number of hybrid titles:
Media formats: text; images; audio; video; data
Disciplinary specialties:
Top publications: International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities; Symposium On University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE); ETDs
Percentage of journals that are peer reviewed: 100
Percentage of journals assessing article processing charges (APCs):
Internal partners: campus departments or programsgraduate students
External partners: We partner with Pacific University to publish the International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities.
Publishing platform(s): bepress (Digital Commons)
Digital preservation strategy: digital preservation services under discussion
Additional services: marketing; training metadata; dataset management; author copyright advisory; digitization hosting of supplemental content; audio/video streaming
Additional Information
Plans for expansion/future directions: We hope to expand our collections of ETDs, journals, and conferences in the future, as well as providing support for other types of publications by members of our community.View All Entries