George Mason University

University Libraries

Mason Publishing

2020 CONTACT:
Aaron McCollough, Director
Phone: 703-993-2544
Email: amccollo@gmu.edu

Program Overview

Mason Publishing 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 (1-3): 3 - Established
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

Funding Sources for Publishing Activities:

Library Operating Budget: 90%
Sales Revenue: 10%

Publishing Activities

Types of publications: conference papers and proceedings, faculty; educational resources (ex. textbooks, course modules); electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs); journals, campus-based faculty-created; journals, campus-based student-created.

	2019	Open Access
Campus-based Faculty-driven Journal	7	7
Campus-based Student-driven Journals	1	1
Databases
ETDs	432	432
Faculty Conference Papers and Proceedings	2	2
Journals for External Groups
Monographs
Newsletters
Student Conference Papers and Proceedings
Technical/Research Reports
Textbooks	0
Undergraduate Capstones/Honors Theses

2019: New publications from July 2018 to June 2019. Journals include titles actively publishing during the date range. Other publication types include items that were published or added to repositories for the first time within the date range.

OA/Paid/Hybrid: Publications currently published and/or available online. OA (open access) publications do not include counts for hybrid publications. Hybrid publications are those that may be offered in some form as OA, but are also available as a paid version.

Library-Administered University Press Publications:

For journals, include titles that published at least one article in the last twelve months. For other publication types, report items that were published or added to your repository for the first time within the last twelve months.

Monographs: 3

Highlights

Top Publications:

Journal of Inclusive Postsecondary Education (journal)
The Unlikely Reformer: Carter Glass and Financial Regulation (book)
Narrative and Conflict (journal)
Peacebuilding through Dialogue: Education, Human Transformation, and Conflict Resolution (book)
Innovations in Teaching and Learning Conference Proceedings (proceedings)

Disciplinary Specialties:

education
history
conflict analysis and resolution
government and civics
Virginia/Washington DC regional interest

Partners

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

Openess to Partners: Open to working with any external partner
Best publications to refer to our program: Book and journal projects in specialty areas listed above

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:

text
ebooks

Softwares & Platforms:

DSpace
Dataverse
OJS
Pressbooks
WordPress

Additional Services:

DOI distribution
author advisory – copyright
author advisory – other
compiling indexes and/or TOCs
dataset management
digitization
DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
graphic design (print or web)
ISBN registry
ISSN registry
metadata
outreach
training

Digital Preservation Strategy:

Amazon S3
LOCKSS
PKP Preservation Network
Portico

Highlighted Publication

Peacebuilding Through Dialogue: Education, Human Transformation, and Conflict Resolution

This volume examines the many dimensions of dialogue as a key driver of peaceful personal and social change. While most people agree on the value of dialogue, few delve into its meaning or consider its full range. The essays collected here consider dialogue in the context of teaching and learning, personal and interpersonal growth, and in conflict resolution and other situations of great change.