Grand Valley State University
Grand Valley State University Libraries
Collections and Scholarly Communicationsscholarworks@gvsu.edu
scholarworks.gvsu.edu
United States
Primary Contact:
Jacklyn Rander
Publishing Services Manager
616-331-2623
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 2016:
Library publications in 2016: campus-based faculty driven journals (7); campus-based student driven journals (6); textbooks (1); technical/research reports (1); ETDs (57); undergraduate capstones/honors theses (48)
Number of open access titles:
Number of paid titles:
Number of hybrid titles:
Media formats: text; images; video; data
Disciplinary specialties: psychology; philanthropy; history; education; tourism
Top publications: Online Readings in Psychology and Culture; Language Arts Journal of Michigan; Journal of Tourism Insights; The Foundation Review; College Student Affairs Leadership Journal
Percentage of journals that are peer reviewed: 65
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: Amazon Glacier; LOCKSS; Portico; digital preservation services under discussion
Additional services: 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