Washington University in St. Louis
University Libraries
Scholarly Publishingdigital@wumail.wustl.edu
openscholarship.wustl.edu
United States
Primary Contact:
Emily Stenberg
Digital Publishing and Preservation Librarian
314-935-8329
Program Overview
The mission of the Washington University in St. Louis publishing program is to provide alternatives to traditional publishing avenues and to promote and disseminate original scholarly works of the university community. Publishing is supported through three independent library repositories: Open Scholarship provides a platform for ETDs, student research, and faculty scholarship, while also facilitating the original publication of online journals and monographs for the schools of Arts & Sciences, Engineering, Sam Fox School of Art & Architecture, and the Brown School of Social Work; DigitalCommons@Becker enhances the visibility of scholarly work created through the School of Medicine, including faculty research and graduate capstones; and the Law Repository provides free and open access to the school’s intellectual content, with a focus on scholarly journals.
Year publishing activities began: 2009
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Total FTE in support of publishing activities: professional staff (1.7); graduate students (0.8)
Funding sources (%): library operating budget (80); endowment income (20)
Stage of publishing efforts (1–5):
Open access focus (1–5):
Advisory/editorial board:
Publishing Activities
Library-administered university press publications in 2015:
Library publications in 2015: campus-based faculty-driven journals (1); campus-based student-driven journals (4); monographs (2); ETDs (346); undergraduate capstones/honors theses (31); MFA student exhibition catalogs; Graduate independent studies/capstones; faculty-driven digital projects
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Media formats: text; images; audio; video
Disciplinary specialties: Art & Architecture; Audiology & Communication Sciences; Human Research Protection; Law; Social Work & Public Health
Top publications: Optimization of Wind Turbine Airfoils/Blades and Wind Farm Layouts; The Foreign Ear: Elizabeth Bishop's Proliferal Wit & the Chances of Change; The importance of parental involvement in language acquisition and activities and techniques to enhance the home-school connection; Washington University Law Review; Washington University Journal of Law and Policy
Percentage of journals that are peer reviewed: 20
Percentage of journals assessing article processing charges (APCs):
Internal partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty; graduate students; undergraduate students
External partners: N/A
Publishing platform(s): bepress (Digital Commons)
Digital preservation strategy: in-house
Additional services: graphic design (print or web); copy-editing; marketing; cataloging; metadata; ISBN registry; DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers; dataset management; contract/license preparation; author copyright advisory; other author advisory; digitization
Additional Information
Plans for expansion/future directions: Merging University Libraries and Law Library repositories and adding the law journals to Open Scholarship; launching a journal; completing one book and beginning a secondView All Entries