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2020 Library Publishing Directory

Virginia Tech

University Libraries

Virginia Tech Publishing

  • https://publishing.vt.edu
  • publishing@vt.edu
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):
  • 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 Journal33
Campus-based Student-driven Journals44
Databases3636
ETDs15271527
Faculty Conference Papers and Proceedings11
Journals for External Groups 66
Monographs
Newsletters
Student Conference Papers and Proceedings
Technical/Research Reports33
Textbooks22
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 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

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:
  • Amazon S3
  • Archive-It
  • Archivematica
  • CLOCKSS
  • In-house
  • MetaArchive
Service Vendors: Bowker; Crossref; Overleaf; Pressbooks; Scribe; Ubiquity Press
Highlighted Publication

Journal of Veterans Studies

The goals of the journal are to sustain international research in veterans studies, facilitate interdisciplinary research collaborations, and narrow gaps between cultures, institutions, experiences, knowledge, and understanding.

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