Western Washington University
Western Libraries
Scholarly Communication Unitwesterncedar@wwu.edu
http://cedar.wwu.edu/
United States
Primary Contact:
Jenny Oleen
Scholarly Communication Librarian
360-650-2613
Program Overview
Western CEDAR collects, preserves, and globally disseminates digital copies of the intellectual output of Western Washington University.
Year publishing activities began: 2014
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Total FTE in support of publishing activities: professional staff (1); paraprofessional staff (1)
Funding sources (%): library operating budget (100)
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: ETDs (50)
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Media formats: text; images; audio; video; data; concept maps, modeling, maps, or other visualizations
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Internal partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty; graduate students
External partners:
Publishing platform(s): bepress (Digital Commons)
Digital preservation strategy: digital preservation services under discussion
Additional services: marketing; training; digitization
Additional Information
Plans for expansion/future directions: Western CEDAR is in the planning process for publishing both a journal and a conference, with the intention of moving further in that direction in the future.View All Entries