Posts by Nancy Adams

September 26, 2024

Library Publishing Coalition Releases 2023–2024 Annual Report

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The Library Publishing Coalition is pleased to announce the release of its 2023–2024 Annual Report.

In addition to outlining LPC’s finances, membership, and ongoing inclusion efforts, the Annual Report highlights several programmatic milestones, including:

  • Launching LPC’s new Community Plan
  • Celebrating 10 years of LPC by the numbers
  • 10th Anniversary Service Leadership Award

LPC is thrilled to celebrate our community’s shared success. We especially want to acknowledge all the hard work that went into the new visioning process and Community Plan as highlighted in the annual report. LPC’s continued sustainability and effectiveness result from the work undertaken by LPC members, staff, our partners, and affiliate organizations. All the people involved in this work offered their time, energy, and expertise to fulfill our vision of an open, inclusive, and sustainable scholarly publishing landscape.

September 10, 2024

Launching the University-Based Publishing Futures Community

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Please join us on Monday, September 30, 1:00-2:00 pm EDT, for the launch of the University-Based Publishing Futures community.

Register here

In the spring and summer of 2022, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), Association of University Presses (AUPresses), and Library Publishing Coalition (LPC) convened a series of discussions to explore shared values and common interests related to academy-owned scholarly communications infrastructures. These conversations led to the development of a community formation document and proposed plan of action, including a statement of shared values and commitments that we are proud to share on September 30th. Come to this launch webinar to hear organizational and community leaders explain the history of the initiative, what we mean by university-based publishing, and how to participate in our inaugural projects. Presenters will include Peter Berkery and Brenna McLaughlin (AUPresses), Melanie Schlosser (LPC), Annie Johnson (U of Delaware), Kate McCready (BTAA), and John Sherer (UNC Press).

Agenda:

  • Welcome & Background

  • Importance of the University-Based Publishing Initiative

  • Overview of Community Statement

  • Call to Action

  • Questions

September 3, 2024

PKP implements the Library Publishing Curriculum Introductory Module as a PKP School course

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The Library Publishing Coalition, the Library Publishing Curriculum Editorial Board, and the Public Knowledge Project (PKP) are thrilled to announce the addition of the new Library Publishing Curriculum’s Introduction Module to the PKP School’s Getting Started in Library Publishing series. 

PKP’s new course is based on the Curriculum’s Introduction Module, which includes history, theory, and trends around library publishing as an introduction to the field. PKP writes: “The introduction provides a clear, entry-level overview of the basics, covering the essentials of who, what, when, where, and why in library publishing. It’s designed to give newcomers a solid foundation before diving into the more detailed aspects of the field. The Introduction Module was added to the Library Publishing Curriculum in 2024 and was adapted for PKP School in August of this year.”

The new module, alongside the rest of the Curriculum, is also available as a PDF from WSU’s institutional repository. 

PKP School is a collection of online, self-paced courses designed to enhance scholarly publishing practices globally. The courses cover a range of topics, and are available in English and Spanish.   

More details can be found in PKP’s announcement about the new course.

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August 27, 2024

Welcome to our new members!

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We’re thrilled to welcome these LPC members, who have joined or rejoined in the past few months under the 10th Anniversary Membership Special offer!

 

Brown University

Brown University Digital Publications — a collaboration between the University Library and the Dean of the Faculty, generously launched with support from the Mellon Foundation with additional support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Institute of Museum and Library Services — creates exciting new conditions for the production and sharing of knowledge. Brown partners with leading scholarly publishers to ensure that these groundbreaking works are validated via rigorous academic review and reach the broadest possible audience for the greatest possible impact. Widely recognized as accessible, intentional, and inclusive, Brown’s novel, university-based approach to digital content development is helping to set the standards for the future of scholarship in the digital age.

University of Maryland

The University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) is the flagship institution of the University System of Maryland. As the only public research university inside the Washington, D.C. beltway, UMD has forged strategic partnerships with national institutions and federal agencies to uniquely position the university’s faculty, researchers and students. Driven by its diverse and proudly inclusive community of more than 40,000 students, 10,000 faculty and staff, and 300 academic programs, UMD is fearlessly committed to addressing the grand challenges of our time and serving the public good.
UMD’s library publishing initiatives are developed by its Open Scholarship Services team, whose mission is to increase knowledge equity and to encourage inclusive and creative approaches to public scholarship. In addition to journals and open educational resources, UMD Libraries hope to support digital scholarship projects in collaboration with the forthcoming StoRI Lab, which will foster innovative research storytelling on our campus.

Adelphi University

Adelphi University is located in Garden City, New York, a short distance from New York City, with satellite campuses in the city, Hudson Valley, and Hauppauge. Adelphi offers a number of highly ranked degree programs for undergraduate and graduate students with particular strengths in psychology, nursing, business, and social work. The digital publishing program at Adelphi University Libraries, which began in 2022, currently publishes a peer-reviewed scholarly journal and an undergraduate magazine. The program is also responsible for managing Adelphi’s institutional repository, Scholarly Works, and using it to disseminate scholarly and creative content produced by the Adelphi community.

Tufts University 

Tufts University is a student-centered R1 research university, with 10 schools and colleges including Arts, Sciences & Engineering, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Medicine, Dental, Veterinary, and the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy. Tufts libraries currently support publishing activities through repositories, DOI minting, support for OER creation, and the Tufts Scholarly Communication Team. We’ve recently signed a hosting agreement with PKP/OJS and are excited to begin

 

VIVA

VIVA is the consortium of academic libraries in Virginia representing 71 institutions of higher education. Members include 39 public colleges and universities, 31 independent private non-profit institutions, and the Library of Virginia. Since 1994, VIVA has worked to build an equitable, accessible, and robust infrastructure of library resources and services for Virginia higher education students and faculty. VIVA Open Publishing is an Open and Affordable initiative providing centralized publishing support for VIVA Open Grant recipients and support for our member institution’s library publishing programs. For more information, please visit www.vivalib.org.