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Library Publishing Directory

2018

Southern Methodist University

Central University Libraries

Hamon Arts Library
scholar.smu.edu
United States

Primary Contact:
Dillon Wackerman
Digital Repository Librarian
214-768-1875
dwackerman@smu.edu

Program Overview

The mission of SMU Scholar is to actively assist in the creation, dissemination and promotion of the intellectual and creative output of Southern Methodist University’s faculty, staff and students.

Year publishing activities began: 2014

Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department

Total FTE in support of publishing activities: professional staff (4); paraprofessional staff (1); graduate students (1)

Funding sources (%): library operating budget (100)

Stage of publishing efforts (1–5): 3

Open access focus (1–5): 4

Advisory/editorial board: no

Publishing Activities

Library-administered university press publications in 2018:

Library publications in 2018: campus-based faculty-driven journals (3); campusbased student-driven journals (1); monographs (25); technical/research reports (75); faculty conference papers and proceedings (6); student conference papers and proceedings (76); newsletters (74); ETDs (4); undergraduate capstones/ honors theses (1); conference abstracts

Number of open access titles: campus-based faculty-driven journals (3); monographs (2)

Number of paid titles: 0

Number of hybrid titles: 0

Media formats: text; images; audio; video; data; concept maps, modeling, maps, or other visualizations

Disciplinary specialties: law; business; Southwestern studies

Top publications: “Political Correctness on College Campuses: Freedom of Speech v. Doing the Politically Correct Thing” (journal article); “The Influence of Goal Orientation and Self-Regulation Tactics on Sales Performance: A Longitudinal Field Test” (working paper); “Dow Corning and the Silicone Implant Controversy” (working paper); “The Evangelists’ Editorial Efforts; Matthean and Lukan Theology vis-a-vis a Few, Unique Parables” (thesis); “Privatization v. Corporatization of the Federal Aviation Administration: Revamping Air Traffic Control” (journal article)

Percentage of journals that are peer reviewed: 100

Percentage of journals assessing article processing charges (APCs): 0

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

External partners:

Publishing platform(s): bepress (Digital Commons)

Digital preservation strategy: Amazon Glacier; Amazon S3; HathiTrust

Additional services: graphic design (print or web); marketing; outreach; training; metadata; ISSN registry; ISBN registry; DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers; dataset management; contract/license preparation; author copyright advisory; other author advisory; digitization; image services; hosting of supplemental content; audio/video streaming

Additional Information

Plans for expansion/future directions: Creation of an SMU Press; expansion of Center and Institute working paper series; development of faculty and student driven open access journals.
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