Washington University in St. Louis

University Libraries

Academic Library · United States

Scholarly Communications and Digital Publishing Services (ScholPub)

https://library.wustl.edu/research-support/scholarly-and-digital-publishing/

Elizabeth Schwartz, Digital Publishing Manager
Phone: 314-935-5970
Email: e.schwartz@wustl.edu

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
Scholarly Communication and Digital Publishing Services develops and supports strategies for promoting the dissemination, accessibility, and impact of your work. Scholarly Communication and Digital Publishing Services also provides information and assistance with open educational practices, funder mandates, APCs, ORCID iDs, and measuring impact.

Publishing activities began: 2009
Stage of publishing efforts: 2 - Early
Open access focus: Central to mission
Portion of Open Access publications: Most
Publishing Languages: English; open to other languages

Program Organization

Organization of publishing services: Centralized library publishing unit/department
Advisory/editorial board: No
Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 3
Individual people: 4
Students: Graduate student(s)
Funding sources: Endowment income, Library operating budget

Publishing Activities

Conference papers or proceedings
Datasets
Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)
Expansive digital publications
Grey literature
Journals
Monographs
Open educational resources (textbooks/course modules)
Posters

Journal Publishing:

Journals published: 5
Campus-based student-created: 5
Contracted by external groups: 1
Peer-reviewed: 5
Required fee to enable Open Access: 0
Currently inactive or archived: 1

Monograph/Book Publishing:

Monographs published: 3
Required fee to enable Open Access: 0

Open Educational Resources Publishing:

Open Educational Resources: 2

Highlights

Top Publications:

Political Librarian (journal)
Cinematograph (journal)
Washington University Undergraduate Law Review (journal)
American Encounters (textbook)
An Introduction to Set Theory (textbook)

Disciplinary Specialties:

Law
Librarianship
Film and media studies
Public health
Visual arts / fine arts

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:

audio
data
images
modeling
multimedia
text
video
visualizations

Software & Platforms:

Digital Commons (bepress)
Janeway
locally developed software
Omeka
Pressbooks
Samvera (including Hyku or Hyrax)
Scalar
WordPress

Additional Services:

assistance with journal application for DOAJ)
Indexing services (e.g.
Compiling indexes and/or tables of contents
author advisory - other
author advisory - copyright
DOI distribution
applying for Cataloging in Publication Data
contract/license preparation
data visualization
dataset management
digitization
DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
hosting of supplemental content
ISBN registry
ISSN registry
metadata
outreach
training

Digital Preservation Strategy:

Internet Archive
bepress Archive
Amazon S3
Archive-It
Digital preservation services under discussion
Portico

Policies

Author rights/copyright policy, Open access policy, Privacy/confidentiality policy

Washington University Intellectual Property Policy: https://wustl.edu/about/compliance-policies/intellectual-property-research-policies/intellectual-property/
Washington University Policy on Open Research and Free Dissemination of Ideas and Information: https://research.wustl.edu/open-research-policy/?_ga=2.174012323.1032380332.1712862114-812038929.1663087345n.com/sites.wustl.edu/dist/e/2576/files/2020/09/Open-Access-5-9-2011.pdf
Internet Privacy Policy: https://wustl.edu/about/compliance-policies/computers-internet-policies/internet-privacy-policy

Additional Information

Last Year:
In 2023, WashU’s Digital Library Publishing Services department was combined with our Scholarly Communications department. The library hired a digital publishing manager, and subsequently the unit became fully staffed. As a reconfigured department, we are placing an emphasis on open educational resources and practices in our publications. In addition to reconfiguring our publishing program’s departmental home, we added a new platform for digital publishing, Domain of One’s Own (https://publish.library.wustl.edu/). Domain of One’s Own is a service through Reclaim Hosting which allows us to offer patrons free to use cPanel accounts on which they can run open source web publishing applications including Omeka, WordPress, and Scalar.

Highlighted Publication

Digital Cartography

Digital Cartography covers foundational cartographic principles that are needed to make effective maps. By the end of this book, a reader will be able to: (1) Describe how cartographic concepts such generalization, scale and projection will affect mapping products; (2) Identify the medium, purpose, and spatial data requirements to create a map that is appropriate to a specific audience; (3) Evaluate maps produced by peers and various organizations; and (4) Construct maps that effectively use color, font, and other design elements using ArcGIS Pro.