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Scholarly Communications & Digital Publishing Services

SCDPS offers copyright consultations, publishing support, access to the institutional repository, and Open Access (OA) digital publishing tools to the WashU community

Consultation Services

ScholPub can talk with you about your project even if you are not using a library platform. Initial support (overview but not training) may be available. Possible platforms include Omeka, PressBooks, PubPub, Scalar, and Wordpress using an individual account.

Omeka: open source web publishing platform for digital collections and exhibits

Pressbooks: open source platform for self-publishing books in multiple formats. Users can sign up for individual (self publisher) or Collaborate accounts for projects outside the scope of Open Scholarship Books 

PubPub: free open source community-led publishing platform

Scalar: free open source authoring and publishing platform

WordPress: Web hosting, building, and publishing platform