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.
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
- 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 | Paid | Hybrid | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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
- 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)
- education
- history
- conflict analysis and resolution
- government and civics
- Virginia/Washington DC regional interest
Partners
Internal Partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty; graduate studentsUniversity 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
- text
- ebooks
- DSpace
- Dataverse
- OJS
- Pressbooks
- WordPress
- 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
- Amazon S3
- LOCKSS
- PKP Preservation Network
- Portico