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2021 Library Publishing Directory

Illinois Wesleyan University

The Ames Library

Scholarly Communications

Stephanie Davis-Kahl, University Librarian
Phone: 309-556-3010
Email: sdaviska@iwu.edu

Program Overview

The Ames Library publishing program focuses on disseminating excellent student-authored and peer-reviewed research, scholarship, and creative works, with an emphasis on providing education and outreach on issues related to publishing such as Open Access, author rights, and copyright.

  • Publishing Activities Began: 2008
  • Location: United States
  • Languages published: English
  • Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
  • Stage (1-3): 3 - Established
  • Stage Comments:
  • Open Access Focus (1-5): 4 - Very Important
  • Program Advisory/Editorial Board: No
  • Peer Reviewed Journals: 100%
Staffing (in Full Time Equivalents):
  • Professional staff: 0.25
  • Paraprofessional staff: 0.25
  • Undergraduates: 0.25
Funding Sources for Publishing Activities:
  • Library Operating Budget: 25%
  • Non-library Campus Budget: 75%

Publishing Activities

Types of publications: conference papers and proceedings, student; journals, campus-based student-created; newsletters; undergraduate capstones/honors theses.

  2020 Open Access Paid Hybrid
Conference papers and proceedings, faculty
Conference papers and proceedings, student 1 1
Databases
Datasets
Educational resources (ex. textbooks, course modules)
Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)
Journals, campus-based faculty-created
Journals, campus-based student-created 7 7
Journals, contracted by external groups
Journals, inactive back-issues
Monographs
Newsletters 3 3
Technical/Research Reports
Undergraduate Capstones/Honors Theses 11 8

2020: New publications from July 2019 to June 2020. 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 offer a combination of both open access and pay-access content.

Highlights

Top Publications:
  • Undergraduate Economic Review (journal)
  • Res Publica (journal)
  • Park Place Economist (journal)
Disciplinary Specialties:
  • economics
  • history
  • political science
  • educational studies
  • multidisciplinary

Partners

Internal Partners: campus departments or programs

Openness to working with external partners: Only work with internal partners

Part of a consortium that provides support for publishing? no

Work with a university press? no

Administer a university press? no

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:
  • audio
  • data
  • images
  • text
  • video
Softwares & Platforms:
  • Digital Commons (bepress)

Additional Services:
  • analytics
  • audio/video streaming
  • author advisory – copyright
  • hosting of supplemental content
  • metadata
  • outreach
  • peer review management
  • training
Digital Preservation Strategy:
  • DuraCloud

Additional Information

Plans for Expansion & Future Directions:
Interested in expanding into open educational resources.
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