Villanova University

Falvey Memorial Library

2020 CONTACT:
Michael Foight, Director of Distinctive Collections and Digital Engagement
Phone: 610-519-5185
Email: michael.foight@villanova.edu

Program Overview

In support of Villanova University’s academic mission, the library is committed to the creation and dissemination of scholarship; utilizing digital modes and exploring new media for scholarly communication; and whenever possible, fostering open and public access to the intellectual contributions it publishes.

Publishing Activities Began: 2009
Location: United States
Organization: services distributed across library units/departments
Stage (1-3): 3 - Established
Open Access Focus (1-5): 4 - Very Important
Program Advisory/Editorial Board: No

Funding Sources for Publishing Activities:

Library Operating Budget: 100%

Publishing Activities

Types of publications: campus-based faculty-driven journals; journals produced under contract/MOU for external groups; student conference papers and proceedings.

	2019	Open Access	Paid	Hybrid
Campus-based Faculty-driven Journal	3
Campus-based Student-driven Journals
Databases
ETDs
Faculty Conference Papers and Proceedings
Journals for External Groups	2
Monographs
Newsletters
Student Conference Papers and Proceedings	1
Technical/Research Reports
Textbooks
Undergraduate Capstones/Honors Theses

2019: New publications from July 2018 to June 2019. Journals include titles actively publishing during the date range. Other publication types include items that were published or added to repositories for the first time within the date range.

OA/Paid/Hybrid: Publications currently published and/or available online. OA (open access) publications do not include counts for hybrid publications. Hybrid publications are those that may be offered in some form as OA, but are also available as a paid version.

Highlights

Top Publications:

Journal of Catholic Higher Education (journal)
American Catholic Studies (journal)
Expositions (journal)
Concept (journal)
Praxis (journal)

Disciplinary Specialties:

American Catholic studies
Catholic higher education
theatre
humanities
liberal arts and sciences

Partners

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

Openess to Partners: Consider external partners if there is a tie to my institution (e.g. local editor of a journal for an external scholarly society)

Technologies & Services

Softwares & Platforms:

OJS

Additional Services:

analytics
digitization
graphic design (print or web)
metadata
outreach
training

Digital Preservation Strategy:

In-house

Additional Information

Plans for Expansion & Future Directions:
Continued cultivation of on-campus partnerships with the goal of developing and launching new faculty-driven peer-reviewed journal projects in a variety of disciplines.

Highlighted Publication

Expositions

Expositions is an online journal where scholars from multiple disciplines gather as colleagues to converse about common texts and questions in the humanities. The journal seeks articles, interdisciplinary exchanges, and briefer notes and insights that benefit teaching, research, and the life of the academy.