Virginia Tech
University Libraries
Virginia Tech Publishing
2020 CONTACT:Peter Potter, Director, Publishing Services
Phone: 540-231-9220
Email: pjp33@vt.edu
Program Overview
VT Publishing is the scholarly publishing hub of Virginia Tech. Based in the University Libraries, we are committed to increasing the visibility, reach, and impact of research produced at Virginia Tech. We publish scholarly and educational materials in multiple formats for wide dissemination and permanent preservation.
Publishing Activities Began: 1989
Location: United States
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Stage (1-3): 3 - Established
Open Access Focus (1-5): 5 - Completely
Program Advisory/Editorial Board: Yes
Peer Reviewed Journals: 93%
Journals that assess article processing charges: 7%
Staffing (in Full Time Equivalents):
Location: United States
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Stage (1-3): 3 - Established
Open Access Focus (1-5): 5 - Completely
Program Advisory/Editorial Board: Yes
Peer Reviewed Journals: 93%
Journals that assess article processing charges: 7%
Staffing (in Full Time Equivalents):
- Professional staff: 3
- Paraprofessional staff: 1
- Graduate students: 0.5
- Undergraduates: 1
Funding Sources for Publishing Activities:
- Library Operating Budget: 100%
Publishing Activities
Types of publications: conference papers and proceedings, faculty; databases; educational resources (ex. textbooks, course modules); electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs); journals, campus-based faculty-created; journals, campus-based student-created; journals, contracted by external groups; technical/research reports; undergraduate capstones/honors theses; Edited volume of student works; Department history with transcribed interviews; Collection of 100+ essays from a single author; Chapbook; Digital Humanities projects.| 2019 | Open Access | Paid | Hybrid | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campus-based Faculty-driven Journal | 3 | 3 | ||
| Campus-based Student-driven Journals | 4 | 4 | ||
| Databases | 36 | 36 | ||
| ETDs | 1527 | 1527 | ||
| Faculty Conference Papers and Proceedings | 1 | 1 | ||
| Journals for External Groups | 6 | 6 | ||
| Monographs | ||||
| Newsletters | ||||
| Student Conference Papers and Proceedings | ||||
| Technical/Research Reports | 3 | 3 | ||
| Textbooks | 2 | 2 | ||
| 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.
Other/Additional Publishing Activities:
- Library Publishing Activities: Edited volume of student works; Department history with transcribed interviews; Collection of 100+ essays from a single author; Chapbook; Digital Humanities projects
Highlights
Top Publications:
- Fundamentals of Business, 2e (open textbook)
- Viral Networks: Connecting Digital Humanities and Medical History (edited volume)
- Studies in Engineering Education (scholarly journal)
- Proxy Wars Project (research reports)
Disciplinary Specialties:
- technology studies
- social sciences
- public policy and social issues
- humanities
- education
Partners
Internal Partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty; graduate students; undergraduate studentsOpeness 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
Media Formats:
- concept maps or other visualizations
- data
- images
- multimedia/interactive content
- text
Softwares & Platforms:
- DSpace
- OJS
- Pressbooks
- WordPress
- locally developed software
- Omeka
Additional Services:
- DOI distribution
- analytics
- author advisory – copyright
- author advisory – other
- contract/license preparation
- copyediting
- data visualization
- dataset management
- digitization
- 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:
Service Vendors: Bowker; Crossref; Overleaf; Pressbooks; Scribe; Ubiquity Press - Amazon S3
- Archive-It
- Archivematica
- CLOCKSS
- In-house
- MetaArchive
Highlighted Publication
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