Library Publishing Directory

2019

Virginia Commonwealth University

VCU Libraries

Scholarly Communications and Publishing Division

2019 CONTACT:
Sam Byrd, Scholarly Publishing Librarian
Phone: 804-827-3556
Email: sbyrd2@vcu.edu

Program Overview

Scholars Compass is a publishing platform for the intellectual output of VCU’s academic, research, and administrative communities. Its goal is to provide wide and stable access to the exemplary work of VCU’s faculty, researchers, students, and staff.

Publishing Activities Began: 2003
Location: United States
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Stage (1–5): 5 - Established
Open Access Focus (1–5): 5 - Completely
Program Advisory/Editorial Board: No
Peer Reviewed Journals: 100%

Staffing (in Full Time Equivalents):
  • Professional staff: 1
  • Paraprofessional staff: 0.5
  • Graduate students:
  • Undergraduates: 0.25
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 Student-driven Journals: 1
  • Journals Produced for External Groups: 2
  • Technical/Research Reports: 13
  • Faculty Conference Papers and Proceedings: 45
  • ETDs: 587
  • Undergraduate Capstones/Honors Theses: 100
Open Access Publishing:
  • Campus-based Faculty-driven Journals: 6
  • Campus-based Student-driven Journals: 2
  • Journals Produced for External Groups: 3
  • Monographs: 11

Highlights

Disciplinary Specialties:
  • Art and Design
  • Medical Sciences
  • Public Health
  • Psychology
  • Theater and Performance Studies
Top Publications:
  • Journal of Social Theory in Art Education
  • Journal of Prison Education and Reentry
  • Theses and Dissertations
  • Undergraduate Research Posters
  • VCU Commencement Programs

Partners

Internal Partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty; graduate students; undergraduate students
External Partners: Caucus of Social Theory in Art Education, an Issues Group of the National Art Education Association

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:
  • audio
  • concept maps or other visualizations
  • data
  • images
  • multimedia/interactive content
  • text
  • video
Softwares & Platforms:
  • bepress (Digital Commons)
Digital Preservation Strategy:
  • Amazon Glacier
  • Amazon S3
  • Digital preservation services under discussion
  • In-house
Additional Services:
  • DOI distribution
  • audio/video streaming
  • author advisory – copyright
  • author advisory – other
  • digitization
  • DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
  • graphic design (print or web)
  • hosting of supplemental content
  • ISSN registry
  • marketing
  • metadata
  • outreach
  • peer review management
  • training
Service Vendors: bepress, DataCite, Kaltura

Additional Information

Plans for Expansion & Future Directions:
Strengthen our offerings for journal publishing with digital archiving, DOAJ advocacy, and article identifier strategies.
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