Villanova University

Falvey Library

Academic Library · United States

Falvey Library

https://library.villanova.edu/about-falvey/library-initiatives/journals-at-villanova-university

Nancy Foasberg, Scholarly Communication Librarian
Phone: 610-519-5075
Email: nancy.foasberg@villanova.edu

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
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 fostering open and public access to scholarship.

Publishing activities began: 2009
Stage of publishing efforts: 3 - Established
Open access focus: Central to mission
Portion of Open Access publications: Most
Publishing Languages: English, Igbo

Program Organization

Organization of publishing services: Services distributed across library units/departments
Advisory/editorial board: No
Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 1
Individual people: 2
Funding sources: Library operating budget

Publishing Activities

Conference papers or proceedings
Journals

Journal Publishing:

Journals published: 5
Campus-based faculty-created: 4
Contracted by external groups: 1
Peer-reviewed: 5
Required fee to enable Open Access: 0
Currently inactive or archived: 3

Highlights

Top Publications:

Journal of Big History (journal)
Puncta (journal)
Veritas: Villanova Undergraduate Research Journal (journal)
Concept: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Graduate Studies (journal)
Ugegbe: Jọnalụ Ụwandịigbo (journal)

Disciplinary Specialties:

History
Philosophy

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:

images
text

Software & Platforms:

Open Journal Systems (OJS)

Additional Services:

DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers

Digital Preservation Strategy:

Portico

Policies

Author rights/copyright policy, Open access policy

Additional Information

Last Year:
As the library is a new member of Crossref, we have begun issuing DOIs and working more carefully on preservation for our journal publications.

Future Plans:
We are working on a more robust public-facing statement about our commitment to open access and library publishing. We are working to ensure that library publications support author rights and are issued under Creative Commons licenses when possible and appropriate.

Highlighted Publication

Puncta: Journal of Critical Phenomenology

Puncta is an open-access, peer-reviewed philosophical journal established with the specific intention of redirecting phenomenological intentionality. It is our belief that phenomenology is not a mere descriptive practice, but an enactment of critique, that is, an ongoing process of revealing and interrogating the concrete conditions, institutions, and assumptions that structure lived experience, phenomenological inquiry, and thinking.