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Undergraduate JournalsPublishing with the University of Iowa Libraries

Wendy C RobertsonDigital Scholarship LibrarianDigital 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/mff/about.html

http://ir.uiowa.edu/ijcs/editorialboard.html

http://ir.uiowa.edu/pog/vol3/iss1/2/

http://ir.uiowa.edu/dadasur/vol19/iss1/4/

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…

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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 PressASERL Webinar: Library Publishing #2 -- Focus on Undergraduate Research

Journals http://vimeo.com/71461004 (about 10:50-11:30)

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Just the act of writing about a complex subject improves their research and writing skills.”

Charles Watkinson, Director of Purdue University PressASERL 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

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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 UniversityThe Value of Library Publishing & Undergraduate Education,

http://works.bepress.com/stephanie_davis_kahl/39/, slide 7

Benefits to the department and institution …

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It can help to showcase the intellectual 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 UniversityASERL 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/iowa-historical-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 Robertsonwendy-Robertson@uiowa.edu

Digital Research and Publishinghttp://www.lib.uiowa.edu/drp/

Subject specialistshttp://www.lib.uiowa.edu/services/subspecialists