Undergraduate Journals
Publishing with the University of Iowa Libraries
Wendy C Robertson
Digital Scholarship Librarian
Digital Research and Publishing
© The University of Iowa 2014
Library publishing services http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/drp/publishing/
http://ir.uiowa.edu/
The Libraries can help you
publish a journal.
http://ir.uiowa.edu/mathal/
http://ir.uiowa.edu/poroi/
http://ir.uiowa.edu/ijcs/editorialboard.html
http://ir.uiowa.edu/mff/about.html
http://ir.uiowa.edu/dadasur/vol19/iss1/4/
http://ir.uiowa.edu/pog/vol3/iss1/2/
http://ir.uiowa.edu/wwqr/all_issues.html
http://ir.uiowa.edu/wwqr/vol1/iss1/
http://ir.uiowa.edu/poroi/vol2/iss1/7/
http://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1269&context=dadasur
Why publish in Iowa Research Online
and not just on your website?
It won’t cost you anything.
The Libraries will support publishing a
broad range of content.
Contact your subject specialist or
Digital Research & Publishing for more
information
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/drp/publishing/#journal
The Libraries can help you
publish an undergraduate journal.
Undergraduate journals require faculty
support.
Benefits to the student…
“
We found that students who would
otherwise hide behind the jargon of
their discipline, are really forced to
explain and clarify their ideas when
asked to write for a different
audience.
Charles Watkinson, Director of Purdue University Press
ASERL Webinar: Library Publishing #2 -- Focus on Undergraduate Research
Journals http://vimeo.com/71461004 (about 10:50-11:30)
”
“ Just the act of writing about a
complex subject improves their
research and writing skills.”
Charles Watkinson, Director of Purdue University Press
ASERL Webinar: Library Publishing #2 -- Focus on Undergraduate Research
Journals http://vimeo.com/71461004 (about 11:40)
”
Undergraduate research journals can
be part of two of the Association of
American Colleges and Universities’
high-impact educational practices:
‣ Writing intensive courses
‣ Undergraduate research
http://www.aacu.org/leap/hip.cfm
“
We are hearing students want
experiences to show that they can
apply what they’ve learned, and
that they can make an impact
beyond the walls of their campus.
Stephanie Davis-Kahl, Illinois Wesleyan University
The Value of Library Publishing & Undergraduate Education,
http://works.bepress.com/stephanie_davis_kahl/39/, slide 7
”
Benefits to the department and
institution …
can help to showcase the
“ Itintellectual
caliber of our students. It
can help set expectations for our
incoming students. It can provide a
vehicle for donors, or for fund raising.
Dr. Joe O'Shea - Director of the Office of Undergraduate
Research, Florida State University
ASERL Webinar: Library Publishing #2 -- Focus on Undergraduate Research
Journals http://vimeo.com/71461004 (43:46-44:01)
”
Why not just have them publish in a
“real” journal?
The challenges are real but the journals
are worth the effort.
Journal of Purdue Undergraduate
Research
http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/jpur/
Public Policy Titles
http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/sppp/
http://chronicle.com/article/Undergraduate-Research-Gets/140067/
http://rockefeller.dartmouth.edu/shop/
http://rockefeller.dartmouth.edu/shop/index.html#fy13briefs
The Owl
http://diginole.lib.fsu.edu/owl/vol3/iss2/
Additional examples
 University of Illinois at Chicago http://jur.phy.uic.edu/
 University of Maryland College Park
http://scientificterrapin.umd.edu/
 The Ohio State University http://juros.osu.edu/
 University of Michigan http://umurj.org/
 Michigan State University http://www.recur.msu.edu/
 University of Nebraska Lincoln literary journal
http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/laurus/
 University of Wisconsin-Madison – international studies journal
http://juis.global.wisc.edu/
 University of Minnesota psychology journal
http://www.psych.umn.edu/sentience/
 University of Iowa history journal http://clas.uiowa.edu/history/iowahistorical-review
As with any new journal, make sure it fills a
gap in the publication landscape.
• Council on Undergraduate Research list of
undergraduate journals
• UNL’s information about undergraduate journals and
a topical listing
• The Undergraduate Journals and Conference
Directory
Thanks!
Wendy Robertson
wendy-Robertson@uiowa.edu
Digital Research and Publishing
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/drp/
Subject specialists
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/services/subspecialists