Library Publishing Directory
Virginia Tech
Newman Library
Academic Library · United StatesVirginia Tech Publishing
https://publishing.vt.edu/Corinne Guimont, Associate Director, Publishing and Digital Scholarship
Email: gcorinne@vt.edu
Program Overview
Mission/Objectives:We are Virginia Tech’s digital-first, open access publisher. Based in the University Libraries, Virginia Tech Publishing (VTP) is committed to increasing the visibility, reach, and impact of research produced at the university. We publish scholarly and educational materials in multiple formats for wide dissemination and permanent preservation. In addition to full-service publishing, we offer a variety of specialized services to support the publishing needs of the Virginia Tech community.
- Publishing activities began: 1994
- Stage of publishing efforts: 3 - Established
Virginia Tech has been publishing online since 1994. In 2017 we created the Virginia Tech Publishing imprint to better serve the needs of the university. - Open access focus: Central to mission
- Portion of Open Access publications: All
- Publishing Languages: English
Program Organization
- Organization of publishing services: Centralized library publishing unit/department
- Advisory/editorial board: Yes
- Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 6
- Individual people: 5
- Students: Graduate student(s), Undergraduate student(s)
- Funding sources: Grants, Library operating budget
Publishing Activities
- Databases
- Expansive digital publications
- Journals
- Monographs
- Multimedia
- Open educational resources
Journal Publishing:
- Journals published: 12
- Campus-based faculty-created: 2
- Campus-based student-created: 4
- Contracted by external groups: 5
- Peer-reviewed: 11
- Required fee to enable Open Access: 1
- Currently inactive or archived: 39
Monograph/Book Publishing:
- Monographs published: 3
- Peer-reviewed: 2
Open Educational Resources Publishing:
- Open Educational Resources: 5
- Peer-reviewed Open Educational Resources: 4
Highlights
Top Publications:
- Fundamentals of Business (OER)
- Introduction to Biosystems Engineering (OER)
- Community Policing in Nigeria (book)
- Content Operations from Start to Scale (book)
- Studies in Engineering Education (journal)
Disciplinary Specialties:
- Engineering/technology education
- Social sciences
- Humanities
- Digital humanities
Partners
- Internal partners: Campus departments or programs, Individual faculty, Graduate students, Undergraduate students
- Other publishing entities administered by your library: No
- Other publishing entities within your library’s parent institution: No
- Program’s openness to working with external partners: Open to working with any external partner
- Types of publications should other publishers refer to your program: Books; Journals; Open Textbooks; Born-Digital Projects; Podcasts/Multimedia
- Part of a consortium which provides support for publishing? (e.g. platform, funding): No
Technologies & Services
Media Formats:
- audio
- images
- multimedia
- text
- video
- visualizations
Software & Platforms:
- Omeka
- Pressbooks
- Scalar
- Ubiquity platforms
- WordPress
Additional Services:
- author advisory - other
- author advisory - copyright
- Developmental and/or substantive editing
- copyediting
- DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
- graphic design (print or web)
- hosting of supplemental content
- ISBN registry
- ISSN registry
- marketing
- metadata
- outreach
- peer review management
- print-on-demand
- training
- typesetting
Digital Preservation Strategy:
- Amazon S3
- AP Trust
- CLOCKSS
- In-house
- MetaArchive
Policies
Highlighted Publication