Grand Valley State University
Grand Valley State University Libraries
Collections and Scholarly Communicationshttp://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/
United States
Primary Contact:
Sarah Beaubien
Head of Collections & Scholarly Communications
616-331-2631
Program Overview
We provide a platform and support for the publication of scholarly, educational, and creative works affiliated with GVSU including journals, open education materials, conference sites/proceedings, and ETDs.
Year publishing activities began: 2008
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Total FTE in support of publishing activities: professional staff (2); paraprofessional staff (0.75)
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 2015:
Library publications in 2015: campus-based faculty-driven journals (12); campus-based student-driven journals (9); textbooks (9); technical/research reports (11); faculty conference papers and proceedings (1); ETDs (693); undergraduate capstones/honors theses (72)
Number of open access titles:
Number of paid titles:
Number of hybrid titles:
Media formats: text; images; video; data
Disciplinary specialties: Psychology; Language Arts; Philanthropy; History; Tourism
Top publications: Online Readings in Psychology and Culture; Language Arts Journal of Michigan; Journal of Tourism Insights; The Foundation Review; Grand Valley Journal of History
Percentage of journals that are peer reviewed: 62
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: graphic design (print or web) outreach; training; analytics; cataloging; metadata; notification of A&I sources; ISSN registry DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers; dataset management author copyright advisory; digitization hosting of supplemental content