LPC New Membership Special for 2026-2027

LPC membership is already a bargain, with full institutional membership and unlimited community participation for under $3k/year, but we are always striving to make membership more affordable and accessible. 

NEW MEMBER SPECIAL

Understanding that many libraries are facing tight budgets, and given LPC’s solid financial position, we are foregoing our scheduled annual dues increase for next year. LPC membership dues for 2026–2027 will remain frozen at the 2025-26 rate. 

Dues for regular membership

• 2025-2026 program year dues: $2,756 USD
• 2026-2027 program year dues: $2,894 USD $2,756 USD

And here’s the best part: new members can join for the 2026–2027 program year for even less.

NEW MEMBERSHIP RATE: $2000.00
Regular rate: $2756.00

Don’t forget – we also have a consortial membership option!

HOW TO APPLY

We hope you’ll take advantage of this special offer and become part of the Library Publishing Coalition. We would love to welcome you to the LPC community. Fill out the appropriate membership application or email us with questions. See all the details here.

DEIA Committee Report on the LPC Volunteer Demographic Survey

Authored by the Library Publishing Coalition DEIA Committee

Background 

While the Library Publishing Coalition (LPC) has assessed the demographics of its Library Publishing Forum attendees and presenters since 2022, it has never before done so with its volunteers. In 2025, the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Committee (DEIA) decided to document a baseline for LPC community volunteers in an effort to evaluate progress toward the Roadmap for Anti-Racist Practice and potentially identify opportunities for more strategic outreach and engagement. Inspired by adages like “you can’t address what you don’t assess” and “you can’t manage what you don’t measure,” which is often attributed to Peter Drucker, LPC’s 2025 volunteer demographic survey was the first of its kind for the coalition. It will be disseminated regularly to identify demographic changes and trends over time. (more…)

Save the Date: Library Publishing Showcase Week is February 23-27, 2026!

The LPC Showcase Week Task Force is excited to announce that the inaugural Library Publishing Showcase Week will be February 23–27, 2026! Library Publishing Showcase Week is a celebration of the creativity, innovation, and significance of library publishing programs.

Throughout the week, LPC will spotlight how library publishing supports authors, students, researchers, and scholarly communities by featuring impactful publications, partnerships, and services. Participants were selected from submissions across the LPC community.

This inaugural Library Publishing Showcase Week will happen alongside the launch of our forthcoming library publishing advocacy website, which will also host the Library Publishing Showcase Week content.

Even if you are not highlighted through LPC, we encourage you to celebrate Library Publishing Showcase Week! Share your project or program and highlight how it creates impact, learning opportunities, cost savings, and responsive services through local blog posts and social media using #libpubweek or #libpubshowcase. We’ve also created some badges you can use in your publicity.

We hope you’ll save the date and plan to celebrate library publishing with us!

Warmly,
The LPC Showcase Week Task Force

From Forum to Open Access: Stories, Strategies, and Shared Successes

by Jonathan Grunert, University at Buffalo

For the past few years, I’ve been working on developing Library Publishing: How to Launch, Enhance, and Sustain Your Program. It’s been a great experience, and its creation is in no small part a credit to the Library Publishing Coalition. At the 2022 Library Publishing Forum in Pittsburgh, several folks talked about the need for a book or other project that could lay out parts of the process for developing a library publishing program. Over the course of a few days, I chatted with others who identified some specific needs— among them, a glossary of terms that could be useful to administrators new to the world of library publishing. My edited volume stemmed from these conversations, and I was able to work with ACRL to make it available as an open access resource for the community.

The book is a collection of essays from many library publishers in the United States. Their experiences as librarians, administrators, and teaching faculty formed a narrative that touches on important aspects of library publishing, such as valuing labor, providing access, collaborating across departments and fields, and promoting student success. Some of these issues are more frequently discussed in academic institutions, while others, such as labor in libraries, are only whispered while making a coffee run.

Many of the authors who contributed to Library Publishing come from LPC member institutions: Virginia Tech, George Mason University, Adelphi University, University of Delaware, Temple University, SUNY Geneseo, Columbia University, University of Maryland, University of Georgia, Atlanta University Center, Indiana University, University of Minnesota, and the University at Buffalo. That’s more than half of this book’s authors, and certainly, other LPC members institutions have librarians who could contribute to another volume.

As mentioned in the book’s introduction, for two years I was concurrently editing this volume while launching a new library publishing program at the University at Buffalo. (Side note: UB ScholarWorks is entering its second year of active publications, with four issues published in 2025!) I learned a lot while reading the contributed chapters, especially in the diversity of content produced in library publishers and the variety of practices employed by them. Valuing the non-prescriptive narratives became forefront in my editing process, as the success of a library publishing program depends a lot on institutional culture, goals of the library, and support and direction from library leadership. Working with these authors also affirmed that we at the University at Buffalo were doing things right, a helpful encouragement when launching the program seemed far off.

From the process of editing, I learned that editing can be fun! Full disclosure— this was my first editorship, and I hope the process was as smooth for authors as it was for me. I also recognized through this process that an edited volume is only as good as the authors and their lines of communication. I’ve heard stories of editors who have to track down their authors for months, and I am very glad to report that no authors let communication run dry.

But there remains more to do to complete this volume. Library Publishing is not— and cannot be— the last word on the topic, especially as new platforms develop, new journals launch, and new technologies are invented. But beyond expanding into *new* territories, library publishers can amplify conversations around labor in library publishing. This topic was central to much of the 2022 Library Publishing Forum, and it will be a perennial subject of conversation as librarians’ curiosity takes them into new areas outside their regular responsibilities. Additionally, the glossary of this book, though an important contribution, remains unfinished. Expanding the glossary to identify and correctly define and modify terms will help new library publishers and administrators develop a common vocabulary, which will help expand their programs. Finally, library publishers can take the contents of these twelve chapters and imagine their own programs. Changing practices to fit a local need helps to improve both the library and the publishing program, and it remains a best practice to learn from other librarians.

Application Timeline for 2026-2027 Consortial Membership

As part of our ongoing efforts to make membership as accessible as possible, LPC offers a consortial membership option. We have always had consortia as members, but until 2025 there wasn’t a mechanism for them to pass along their membership benefits to their own member institutions. This option streamlines billing for groups of libraries who come in under a consortial membership, allowing us to offer tiered membership dues based on institution size. See the membership page for more details and a breakdown of the dues. 

In June 2025, we welcomed VIVA!

“VIVA is excited to offer an affordable and inclusive avenue for all our members to join LPC’s vibrant, supportive community. The new partnership model developed with LPC makes broad participation possible—from small community colleges to large doctoral institutions, and from those just beginning to explore publishing to those with long-established programs. Having a community of practice for guidance and support, and for providing and establishing best practices is invaluable for everyone in library publishing, especially in today’s evolving landscape of new accessibility requirements, changing perceptions of publishing, and varying institutional expectations.”

To begin a consortial membership in July of 2026, a consortium would need to apply for membership, return a signed membership agreement, and indicate which of its members are joining as participating institutions for the coming year by March 1, 2026. (Consortial memberships can still be initiated after that date but may not be fully implemented by the beginning of the program year.) So, if you’re interested, please get the ball rolling as soon as possible! If you’re a consortium that already has a regular LPC membership, the process is slightly different – just email us to get started. 

Questions? Email contact@librarypublishing.org to get answers or set up a call to discuss. 

We look forward to welcoming new consortial memberships!

Elizabeth Schwartz and Wendy Robertson receive the 2025 LPC Award for Exemplary Service

The LPC Award for Exemplary Service recognizes substantial contributions by an LPC community member to advancing the mission, vision, and values of the Library Publishing Coalition. On behalf of the LPC Board, we are delighted to announce that the recipients of the 2025 award are Elizabeth Schwartz and Wendy Robertson, for their co-leadership of the Preservation Working Group. Together, they steered the group through complex decision-making and a challenging writing process to create the Quick Guides to Digital Preservation for Library Publishers. These guides are the realization of a goal set by the earlier Preservation Task Force: to break the complexities of digital preservation into manageable chunks that will support practice. The first set of guides was released in September, and is being used as a foundation for further development. 

A statement from Elizabeth:

“Winning the LPC Exemplary Service award is such an honor! When I began my career in library publishing, I found myself needing to preserve hundreds of digital publications our library had published over the past 20 years. My experience chairing the digital preservation working group with Wendy provided both much needed technical guidance and community in navigating the daunting task of preserving born digital library publications! I’m thrilled our quick guides are now available to all library publishers.” 

A statement from Wendy:

“I am truly honored and humbled to have received this recognition. I am proud we have been able to contribute to LPC through the Preservation Working Group. LPC is one of my favorite library organizations, full of brilliant, kind, and helpful people doing amazing things. To have our efforts on the committee recognized is a bit flabbergasting given what so many other people do for LPC. Knowing what an outstanding group of people are involved in LPC makes it mean so much to be recognized for our efforts. This is one of the nicest things that has ever happened to me in my career. Thank you.”

Elizabeth and Wendy will each receive a complimentary registration to the 2026 Library Publishing Forum and a $500 honorarium. 

Please join us in congratulating Elizabeth and Wendy!

On behalf of the LPC Board

Harrison Inefuku, President
Corinne Guimont, President Elect
Erin Jerome, Secretary
Annie Johnson, Treasurer
Sonya Betz, DEI Officer
Leigh-Ann Butler, Strategic Partnerships Officer
Liz Hamilton
Angel Peterson
Janet Swatscheno, Past President

LPC dues freeze for 2026-27 program year

LPC membership is already a bargain, with full institutional membership and unlimited community participation for under $3k/year, but we are always striving to make membership more affordable and accessible. 

Understanding that many libraries are facing tight budgets, and given LPC’s  solid financial position, we are foregoing our scheduled annual dues increase for next year. LPC membership dues for 2026–2027 will remain frozen at the 2025-26 rate. 

Dues for regular membership

• • 2025-2026 program year dues: $2,756 USD
  • 2026-2027 program year dues: $2,894 USD $2,756 USD

Even with this freeze, we understand that this is a challenging time for many libraries. If budget challenges have you thinking about ending your membership next year, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us. We would love to talk with you about options.