Western Washington University
Western Libraries
Scholarly Communication Program
2020 CONTACT:Jenny Oleen, Scholarly Communication Librarian
Phone: 360-650-2613
Email: jenny.oleen@wwu.edu
Program Overview
Western CEDAR collects, preserves, and globally disseminates digital copies of the intellectual output of Western Washington University. CEDAR advances Western Washington University’s commitment to enriching academic inquiry and strengthening communities by sharing the expertise and creativity of its students, faculty and staff.
Location: United States
Organization: services distributed across library units/departments
Stage (1-3): 3 - Established
Open Access Focus (1-5): 5 - Completely
Program Advisory/Editorial Board: No
Peer Reviewed Journals: 33%
Staffing (in Full Time Equivalents):
- Professional staff: 1
- Paraprofessional staff: 1
- Library Materials Budget: 60%
- Non-library Campus Budget: 40%
Publishing Activities
Types of publications: conference papers and proceedings, faculty; conference papers and proceedings, student; 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.| 2019 | Open Access | Paid | Hybrid | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campus-based Faculty-driven Journal | 1 | 1 | ||
| Campus-based Student-driven Journals | 1 | 1 | ||
| Databases | ||||
| ETDs | 158 | 158 | ||
| Faculty Conference Papers and Proceedings | ||||
| Journals for External Groups | ||||
| Monographs | ||||
| Newsletters | ||||
| Student Conference Papers and Proceedings | 98 | 98 | ||
| Technical/Research Reports | ||||
| Textbooks | ||||
| Undergraduate Capstones/Honors Theses | 26 | 26 |
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
- Journal of Educational Controversy (Journal)
- Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference (conference)
- Secret History of the Mongols (monograph)
- A Qualitative Analysis of Superstitious Behavior and Performance: How it Starts, Why it Works, and How it Works (ETD)
- Shunga: Erotic Art in the Tokugawa Era (undergraduate capstones/honors theses)
- environmental science
- education
- sociology
- history
- communication
Partners
Internal Partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty; graduate studentsOpeness 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
- audio
- concept maps or other visualizations
- data
- images
- modeling
- text
- video
- Digital Commons (bepress)
- analytics
- audio/video streaming
- author advisory – copyright
- author advisory – other
- cataloging
- digitization
- DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
- hosting of supplemental content
- marketing
- metadata
- outreach
- peer review management
- training
- Amazon S3
Additional Information
Plans for Expansion & Future Directions:Western CEDAR is in the process of expanding our library publishing partnerships as well as identifying new partnerships, expanding undergraduate research publication, and increasing publication of textbooks and other open education resources.
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