Washington University in St. Louis

University Libraries

Digital Library Program Services

2020 CONTACT:
Emily Stenberg, Scholarly Publishing & Digital Scholarship Manager
Phone: 314-935-2865
Email: emily.stenberg@wustl.edu

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 two independent library repositories on the main and medical campuses: Open Scholarship provides a platform for the University community to make their scholarly and creative works available, providing free and open access whenever possible. The Scholarly Publishing department of the University Libraries provides overall administration for the repository, while the Law Library supports and manages publications affiliated with the School of Law. DigitalCommons@Becker enhances the visibility of scholarly work created through the School of Medicine, including faculty research and graduate capstones.

Publishing Activities Began: 2009
Location: United States
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Stage (1-3): 2 - Early
Open Access Focus (1-5): 3 - Important
Program Advisory/Editorial Board: No
Peer Reviewed Journals: 25%

Staffing (in Full Time Equivalents):

Professional staff: 2
Undergraduates: 0.8

Funding Sources for Publishing Activities:

Library Operating Budget: 80%
Endowment Income: 20%

Publishing Activities

Types of publications: educational resources (ex. textbooks, course modules); electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs); journals, campus-based faculty-created; journals, campus-based student-created; monographs; technical/research reports; undergraduate capstones/honors theses.

	Open Access	Hybrid
Campus-based Faculty-driven Journal	1
Campus-based Student-driven Journals	6
Databases
ETDs
Faculty Conference Papers and Proceedings
Journals for External Groups		1
Monographs
Newsletters
Student Conference Papers and Proceedings
Technical/Research Reports
Textbooks
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.

Highlights

Top Publications:

American Encounters: Art, History, and Cultural Identity (book)
The Political Librarian (journal)
JRISMA: Journal on Race, Inequality and Social Mobility in America (journal)
Washington University Law Review (journal)
Washington University Journal of Law & Policy (journal)

Disciplinary Specialties:

engineering
art and architecture
social work and public health
law
audiology and communication sciences

Partners

Internal Partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty

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:

audio
images
text
video

Softwares & Platforms:

Digital Commons (bepress)
Samvera

Additional Services:

author advisory – copyright
cataloging
copyediting
data visualization
digitization
DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
hosting of supplemental content
ISBN registry
ISSN registry
metadata
outreach

Digital Preservation Strategy:

Digital preservation services under discussion
In-house

Service Vendors: DataCite; EZID

Additional Information

Plans for Expansion & Future Directions:
We are planning on expanding on journal and monograph offerings and pursuing more OER opportunities.

Other Information:
For information about Law School publications, contact Dorie Bertram, bertram@wustl.edu. For information about DigitalCommons@Becker, contact Amy Suiter, suitera@wusm.wustl.edu.

Highlighted Publication

Journal on Race, Inequality, and Social Mobility in America

The goal of JRISMA is to publish scholarly works that specifically address health and wellness issues in American communities impacted as the result of race, inequalities and social mobility. We believe all communities should have free and open access to scientifically supported products.