2020 Library Publishing Directory

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.

Publishing Activities Began: 2014
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
Funding Sources for Publishing Activities:
  • Library Materials Budget: 60%
  • Non-library Campus Budget: 40%

Publishing Activities

Types of publications: campus-based faculty-driven journals; campus-based student-driven journals; ETDs; faculty conference papers and proceedings; monographs; student conference papers and proceedings; technical/research reports; textbooks; undergraduate capstones/honors theses.

  2019 Open Access Paid Hybrid
Campus-based Faculty-driven Journal11
Campus-based Student-driven Journals11
Databases
ETDs158158
Faculty Conference Papers and Proceedings
Journals for External Groups
Monographs
Newsletters
Student Conference Papers and Proceedings9898
Technical/Research Reports
Textbooks
Undergraduate Capstones/Honors Theses2626

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:
  • 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)
Disciplinary Specialties:
  • environmental science
  • education
  • sociology
  • history
  • communication

Partners

Internal Partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty; graduate students


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
  • concept maps or other visualizations
  • data
  • images
  • modeling
  • text
  • video
Softwares & Platforms:
  • bepress (Digital Commons)
Additional Services:
  • 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
Digital Preservation Strategy:
  • 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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