Virginia Tech University Libraries
Newman Library
Publishing Services
Peter Potter, Director, Publishing ServicesPhone: 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: 1994
- Location: United States
- Languages published: english
- Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
- Stage (1-3): 3 - Established
- Open Access Focus (1-5): 4 - Very Important
- Program Advisory/Editorial Board: Yes
- Peer Reviewed Journals: 93%
- Journals that assess article processing charges: 7%
- Professional staff: 2
- Paraprofessional staff: 0.75
- Undergraduates: 0.5
Funding Sources for Publishing Activities:
- Library Materials Budget: 100%
Publishing Activities
Types of publications: conference papers and proceedings, faculty; conference papers and proceedings, student; databases; datasets; 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; journals, inactive back-issues; monographs; newsletters; technical/research reports; undergraduate capstones/honors theses.| 2020 | Open Access | Paid | Hybrid | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conference papers and proceedings, faculty | ||||
| Conference papers and proceedings, student | ||||
| Databases | ||||
| Datasets | 28 | 28 | ||
| Educational resources (ex. textbooks, course modules) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) | 1414 | |||
| Journals, campus-based faculty-created | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
| Journals, campus-based student-created | 5 | 5 | ||
| Journals, contracted by external groups | 4 | 4 | ||
| Journals, inactive back-issues | 32 | 32 | ||
| Monographs | 4 | 4 | ||
| Newsletters | ||||
| Technical/Research Reports | 4 | 4 | ||
| Undergraduate Capstones/Honors Theses |
2020: New publications from July 2019 to June 2020. 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 offer a combination of both open access and pay-access content.
Highlights
Top Publications:
- Proxy War Dynamics in Libya (report)
- Journal of Veterans Studies (journal)
- The Foundations of Hip-Hop Encyclopedia (book)
- Fundamentals of Business - Second Edition (open textbook)
- Electromagnetics - Volume 2 (open textbook)
Disciplinary Specialties:
- engineering education
- social sciences
- humanities
- public policy and social issues
Partners
- Internal Partners: campus departments or programs
- Openness to working with external partners: Consider external partners if there is a tie to my institution (e.g. local editor of a journal for an external scholarly society)
- Best publications to refer to our program: journals; edited volumes; collaborative reports; Omeka projects; conference proceedings
- Name of consortium: TOME
- Type of support: We work with the Towards an Open Monograph Ecosystem (TOME) initiative to make VT authored monographs open access.
- University Press Partners: As part of the TOME initiative we have worked with multiple university presses.
- Relationship between library publishing and university press: Please describe the relationship between your library publishing program and your university press
Technologies & Services
Media Formats:
- audio
- concept maps or other visualizations
- data
- images
- modeling
- multimedia/interactive content
- text
- video
Softwares & Platforms:
- DSpace
- OJS
- Omeka
- Pressbooks
- WordPress
- locally developed software
Additional Services:
- analytics
- author advisory – copyright
- author advisory – other
- contract/license preparation
- data visualization
- digitization
- DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
- graphic design (print or web)
- image services
- ISBN registry
- ISSN registry
- marketing
- metadata
- outreach
- peer review management
- print-on-demand
- training
- typesetting
Digital Preservation Strategy:
Service Vendors: Ubiquity; Pressbooks; LongLeaf - Amazon S3
- CLOCKSS
- Digital preservation services under discussion
- In-house