Library Publishing Directory

2019

Vanderbilt University

Jean & Alexander Heard Libraries

Digital Scholarship and Scholarly Communications

2019 CONTACT:
Andrew Wesolek, Director of Digital Scholarship and Scholarly Communications
Phone: 615-343-1075
Email: andrew.j.wesolek@vanderbilt.edu

Program Overview

The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries foster emerging modes of open access publishing by providing scholarly, technical, and financial support for the digital dissemination of locally-produced publications. The Libraries also collaborates with the Graduate School in the publishing of ETD.

Publishing Activities Began: 2004
Location: United States
Organization: services distributed across library units/departments
Stage (1–5): 4 - Growing
Open Access Focus (1–5): 4 - Very Important
Program Advisory/Editorial Board: No
Peer Reviewed Journals: 100%

Staffing (in Full Time Equivalents):
  • Professional staff: 2
  • Paraprofessional staff:
  • Graduate students:
  • Undergraduates:
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: 3
  • Campus-based Student-driven Journals: 1
  • Journals Produced for External Groups: 1
  • Faculty Conference Papers and Proceedings: 10
  • ETDs: 150
  • Undergraduate Capstones/Honors Theses: 340
  • Newsletters: 4
Open Access Publishing:
  • Campus-based Faculty-driven Journals: 3
  • Campus-based Student-driven Journals: 1
  • Journals Produced for External Groups: 1

Highlights

Disciplinary Specialties:
  • American Studies
  • Homiletics
  • Luso-Hispanic Studies
Top Publications:
  • AmeriQuests
  • Homiletics
  • Vanderbilt e-Journal of Luso-Hispanic Studies
  • Vanderbilt Lives

Partners

Internal Partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty; graduate students; undergraduate students
External Partners: Academy of Homiletics

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:
  • data
  • images
  • text
  • video
Softwares & Platforms:
  • DSpace
  • OJS
Digital Preservation Strategy:
  • In-house
  • LOCKSS
Additional Services:
  • author advisory – copyright
  • data visualization
  • dataset management
  • DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
  • metadata
  • outreach
  • training
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