Library Publishing Directory

2019

George Mason University

University Libraries

Mason Publishing Group/George Mason University Press

2019 CONTACT:
Aaron McCollough, Interim Director
Phone: 703-993-2544
Email: amccollo@gmu.edu

Program Overview

Mason Publishing Group provides services to support the creation, curation, dissemination, and preservation of scholarly, creative, and educational works by and for the Mason community.

Publishing Activities Began: 2009
Location: United States
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Stage (1–5): 4 - Growing
Open Access Focus (1–5): 4 - Very Important
Program Advisory/Editorial Board: Yes
Peer Reviewed Journals: 100%

Staffing (in Full Time Equivalents):
  • Professional staff: 4
  • Paraprofessional staff:
  • Graduate students:
  • Undergraduates:
Funding Sources for Publishing Activities:
  • Library Materials Budget: %
  • Library Operating Budget: 90%
  • Non-library Campus Budget: %
  • Endowment Income: %
  • Charitable Contributions: 5%
  • Grants: %
  • Sales Revenue: 5%
  • Licensing Revenue: %
  • Charge Backs: %
  • Other: %

Publishing Activities

All Library Publishing Activities:
  • Campus-based Faculty-driven Journals: 3
  • Campus-based Student-driven Journals: 2
  • Monographs: 3
  • Textbooks: 2
  • Faculty Conference Papers and Proceedings: 2
  • ETDs: 639
Open Access Publishing:
  • Campus-based Faculty-driven Journals: 3
  • Campus-based Student-driven Journals: 2
Paid Publishing:
  • Monographs: 3
Library-Administered University Press Publications:
  • Monographs: 3
  • Textbooks: 2

Highlights

Disciplinary Specialties:
Top Publications:
  • Narrative and Conflict (journal)
  • Innovations in Teaching and Learning Conference Proceedings (proceedings)
  • Open Scholarship Initiative Proceedings (proceedings)
  • Playfair: The True Story of the British Secret Agent Who Changed How We See the World (book)

Partners

Internal Partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty; graduate students
University Press Partners: George Mason University Press

Best publications to refer to our program: National Center for Science Communication, UNESCO

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:
  • data
  • images
  • text
Softwares & Platforms:
  • DSpace
  • Dataverse
  • OJS
  • WordPress
Digital Preservation Strategy:
  • Amazon S3
  • LOCKSS
  • PKP Preservation Network
  • Portico
Additional Services:
  • DOI distribution
  • author advisory – other
  • compiling indexes and/or TOCs
  • DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
  • image services
  • ISBN registry
  • ISSN registry
  • metadata
  • open URL support
  • outreach
  • typesetting

Additional Information

Plans for Expansion & Future Directions:
Addition of faculty-led journals, conference proceedings, and edited book series.
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