Pacific University
Pacific University Libraries
Local Collections and Publication Serviceswww.pacificu.edu/library/services/lcps/index.cfm
United States
Primary Contact:
Isaac Gilman
Scholarly Communication and Publishing Services Librarian
503-352-7209
Program Overview
Pacific University Libraries’ publishing services exist to disseminate diverse and significant scholarly and creative work, regardless of a work’s economic potential. Through flexible open access publishing models and author services, Pacific University Libraries will contribute to the discovery of new ideas (from scholars within and outside the Pacific community) and to the sustainability of the publishing system.
Year publishing activities began: 2010
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Total FTE in support of publishing activities: professional staff (0.6); paraprofessional staff (0.1)
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 (5); journals produced under contract/MOU for external groups (1); monographs (14); faculty conference papers and proceedings (1); ETDs (94); undergraduate capstones/honors theses (8)
Number of open access titles:
Number of paid titles:
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Media formats: text; images; audio
Disciplinary specialties: health care; philosophy; librarianship
Top publications: Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication; Essays in Philosophy (journal); Health & Interprofessional Practice (journal)
Percentage of journals that are peer reviewed: 83
Percentage of journals assessing article processing charges (APCs):
Internal partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty
External partners: Oregon Library Association, HELPS International
Publishing platform(s): bepress (Digital Commons)
Digital preservation strategy: digital preservation services under discussion
Additional services: print-on-demand; typesetting; copy-editing; marketing; training; analytics; metadata; notification of A&I sources; ISSN registry; ISBN registry; DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers; peer review management; contract/license preparation; author copyright advisory; digitization
Additional Information
Plans for expansion/future directions: We plan to significantly expand our monograph publishing activities over the next 3-5 years; this will include both open access and hybrid access models.View All Entries