Mount Saint Vincent University
Mount Saint Vincent University Library
Archives and Scholarly Communicationojs@msvu.ca
journals.msvu.ca
Canada
Primary Contact:
Roger Gillis
Scholarly Communications and Archives Librarian
902-457-6401
Program Overview
Journals at the Mount is a hosting service provided by the Mount Saint Vincent University Library for the Mount community and/or affiliated partners. The service employs Open Journal Systems (OJS) as a the hosting platform for scholarly journals and includes training, support, and guidance for the development of new and existing publications of the Mount community.
Year publishing activities began: 2010
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Total FTE in support of publishing activities: library staff (0.25)
Funding sources (%): library operating budget (70); other (30)
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 (2); ETDs (30); undergraduate capstone/honors theses (2)
Number of open access titles:
Number of paid titles:
Number of hybrid titles:
Media formats: text; images
Disciplinary specialties: women’s/gender studies; adult education
Top publications: Atlantis: Critical Studies in Gender, Culture & Social Justice (journal); Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education (journal)
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
External partners: Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education; Public Knowledge Project
Publishing platform(s): OJS/OCS/OMP
Digital preservation strategy: digital preservation services under discussion
Additional services: graphic design (print or web); marketing; outreach; training; analytics; cataloging; metadata; ISSN registration; DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers; contract/license preparation; author copyright advisory; hosting of supplemental content
Additional Information
Plans for expansion/future directions: Digitizing back issues, developing student journals, and discussing with faculty the development of new journals/migrating existing journals to the OJS platform.View All Entries