College of William and Mary
William & Mary Libraries
Technology & Content Serviceswmpublish@wm.edu
United States
Primary Contact:
Marian Taliaferro
Digital Scholarship Librarian
757-221-1893
Program Overview
W&M Publish is a W&M Libraries service that provides open access to the active research & scholarship produced by our faculty, staff and students. The purpose of WM Publish is to promote information discovery, research collaboration and recognition of the scholarly output of William & Mary.
Year publishing activities began: 2014
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Total FTE in support of publishing activities: professional staff (2)
Funding sources (%): library operating budget (100)
Stage of publishing efforts (1–5): 1
Open access focus (1–5): 4
Advisory/editorial board: N
Publishing Activities
Library-administered university press publications in 2018:
Library publications in 2018: campus-based student-driven journals (2); journals produced under contract/MOU for external groups (1); ETDs (150); undergraduate capstones/honors theses (150)
Number of open access titles: journals (); monographs ()
Number of paid titles: journals (); monographs ()
Number of hybrid titles: journals (); monographs ()
Media formats: text; images
Disciplinary specialties: American history; undergraduate research
Top publications: Colonial Academic Alliance Undergraduate Research Journal (journal); James Blair Historical Review (journal)
Percentage of journals that are peer reviewed: 33
Percentage of journals assessing article processing charges (APCs): 0
Internal partners: campus departments or programs
External partners:
Publishing platform(s): bepress (Digital Commons)
Digital preservation strategy: LOCKSS
Additional services: graphic design (print or web); training; author copyright advisory
Additional Information
Plans for expansion/future directions: Our library is hiring the position of Digital Scholarship Librarian to lead and develop our OA and Scholarly Publishing program.View All Entries