Library Publishing Directory

2019

Pepperdine University

Pepperdine University Libraries

Digital Projects

2019 CONTACT:
Josias Bartram, Librarian for Digital Publishing, Curation, and Conversion
Phone: 310-506-4711
Email: josias.bartram@pepperdine.edu

Program Overview

The Pepperdine Libraries provide a global gateway to knowledge, serving the diverse and changing needs of our learning community through personalized service at our campus locations and rich, computer-based resources.

Publishing Activities Began: 2010
Location: United States
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Stage (1–5): 4 - Growing
Open Access Focus (1–5): 5 - Completely
Program Advisory/Editorial Board: No
Peer Reviewed Journals: 100%

Staffing (in Full Time Equivalents):
  • Professional staff: 1.5
  • Paraprofessional staff:
  • Graduate students:
  • Undergraduates: 0.5
Funding Sources for Publishing Activities:
  • Library Materials Budget: %
  • Library Operating Budget: 100%
  • Non-library Campus Budget: %
  • Endowment Income: %
  • Charitable Contributions: %
  • Grants: %
  • Sales Revenue: %
  • Licensing Revenue: %
  • Charge Backs: %
  • Other: %

Publishing Activities

All Library Publishing Activities:
  • Campus-based Faculty-driven Journals: 2
  • Campus-based Student-driven Journals: 6
  • Journals Produced for External Groups: 1
  • Technical/Research Reports: 18
  • Faculty Conference Papers and Proceedings: 1
  • Student Conference Papers and Proceedings: 1
  • ETDs: 309
  • Newsletters: 2
Open Access Publishing:
  • Campus-based Faculty-driven Journals: 2
  • Campus-based Student-driven Journals: 6
  • Journals Produced for External Groups: 1

Highlights

Disciplinary Specialties:
  • religion
  • law
  • business
  • public policy
  • education
Top Publications:
  • Pepperdine Law Review (journal)
  • Leaven (journal)
  • Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal (journal)
  • The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship and the Law (journal)
  • Global Tides (journal)

Partners

Internal Partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty; graduate students; undergraduate students


Best publications to refer to our program: Library Publishing Coalition

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:
  • audio
  • data
  • images
  • text
  • video
Softwares & Platforms:
  • CONTENTdm
  • bepress (Digital Commons)
Digital Preservation Strategy:
  • Amazon Glacier
  • Amazon S3
  • DuraCloud
Additional Services:
  • audio/video streaming
  • cataloging
  • dataset management
  • digitization
  • DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
  • hosting of supplemental content
  • metadata
  • peer review management
  • training

Additional Information

Plans for Expansion & Future Directions:
Publishing additional undergraduate research; creating a line of monographic publications; publishing rich media content (e.g., video presentations).
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