Grand Valley State University
Grand Valley State University Libraries
Collections and Scholarly Communicationsscholarworks@gvsu.edu
United States
Primary Contact:
Sarah Beaubien
Scholarly Communications Outreach Coordinator
616-331-2631
Program Overview
Year publishing activities began: 2008
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Total FTE in support of publishing activities: library staff (1.75)
Funding sources (%): library operating budget (100)
Stage of publishing efforts (1–5):
Open access focus (1–5):
Advisory/editorial board:
Publishing Activities
Library-administered university press publications in 2014:
Library publications in 2014: faculty-driven journals (6); student-driven journals (5); textbooks (5); technical/research reports (8); faculty conference papers and proceedings (29); newsletters (2); ETDs (64); undergraduate capstone/honors theses (54)
Number of open access titles:
Number of paid titles:
Number of hybrid titles:
Media formats: text; images; audio; video; data
Disciplinary specialties:
Top publications: Online Readings in Psychology and Culture (digital collection); Foundation Review (journal); Fishladder (journal); Language Arts Journal of Michigan (journal); Journal of Tourism Insights (journal)
Percentage of journals that are peer reviewed: 35
Percentage of journals assessing article processing charges (APCs):
Internal partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty; graduate students; undergraduate students
External partners: Michigan Council of Teachers of English; Resort and Commercial Recreation Association; International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology; Johnson Center for Philanthropy
Publishing platform(s): bepress (Digital Commons)
Digital preservation strategy: LOCKSS; Portico; digital preservation services under discussion
Additional services: outreach; training; analytics; cataloging; metadata; ISSN registration; DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers; peer review management; author copyright advisory; digitization; hosting of supplemental content