James Madison University
JMU Libraries and Educational Technologies
Collectionslib-digitalcollections@jmu.edu
http://commons.lib.jmu.edu
United States
Primary Contact:
Laura Drake Davis
Digital Collections Librarian
540-568-4086
Program Overview
The purpose of Library & Educational Technologies’ publishing program is to provide a central hub for scholarship associated with James Madison University. By providing this space, we enable: the discovery of research; platforms for open access and non-traditional publications; a survey of the local research landscape; and the identification of collaborators for future research. While the program at James Madison University is new, the anticipated publishing scope is broad and includes journals, conference proceedings, ETDs, and select Special Collections materials. It is anticipated that additional material types will be added, including datasets, campus publications, and other campus-produced materials.
Year publishing activities began: 2013
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Total FTE in support of publishing activities: professional staff (1); paraprofessional staff (1.5)
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 student driven journals (2); student conference papers and proceedings (1); ETDs (126); undergraduate capstones/honors theses (118)
Number of open access titles: journals (); monographs ()
Number of paid titles: journals (); monographs ()
Number of hybrid titles: journals (); monographs ()
Media formats: text; images; audio; video; data; concept maps, modeling, maps, or other visualizations
Disciplinary specialties:
Top publications:
Percentage of journals that are peer reviewed: 100
Percentage of journals assessing article processing charges (APCs):
Internal partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty; graduate students; undergraduate students
External partners:
Publishing platform(s): bepress (Digital Commons); Wordpress; locally developed software
Digital preservation strategy: LOCKSS; Portico; digital preservation services under discussion
Additional services: marketing; outreach; training; analytics; cataloging; metadata; dataset management; other author advisory; digitization; audio/video streaming