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2026 Forum Friends

This year’s Library Publishing Forum is an in-person gathering, but we heard loud and clear at last year’s virtual conference that options for remote engagement are increasingly important. We will be back in a virtual format next year, but we have come up with a fun, lightweight way for folks who can’t travel to engage with this year’s Forum: the Forum Friends program!

A small selection of Forum sessions (mainly the keynotes) will be livestreamed at no cost, and the pre-recorded lightning talks will be available online to everyone, no sign-up required. Forum Friends is another layer on top of that freely available content. It only costs US$10, and includes: 

  • 💌Forum mail: Participants will receive a package including a printed schedule of online events, stickers, and more.
  • 💬Access to the Forum Discord: As usual, we will have a Discord server for the event that will host a mix of personal and program-related discussion channels. This will include a synchronous Q&A session with the lightning talk presenters, as well as plenty of asynchronous opportunities to chat. 
  • 🪩Access to sponsors: Opportunities to meaningfully engage with sponsors around shared library publishing project ideas.
  • 🥂Invitation to a Forum Friends virtual happy hour session!

We know it’s not the same as being there in person, but we hope that the Forum Friends program will help us all feel a little more connected.

Register for Forum Friends

Library Publishing Forum 2026 Program: Forum Friends Edition

Each day of the conference, Forum Friends can anticipate: 

  • Over two hours of livestreamed plenaries and watch parties for pre-recorded presentations
  • A virtual afternoon tea (or happy hour, depending on your time zone), hosted by LPC Senior Community Facilitator Melanie Schlosser
  • More conversation on Discord, where we will be discussing all things library publishing, connecting with conference sponsors, and sharing our favorite pet anecdotes.

Join Us on Discord

We’ll send registered attendees the QR code to navigate to the 2026 Library Publishing Forum Discord server, which brings together those attending in person with those of us engaging remotely. If you’re new to Discord, you’ll find helpful tips in your list of channels, under #welcome-and-rules and #using-discord.

Detailed Schedule

All times are in Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7) to align with the in-person LP Forum in Seattle. 

Day 1 (June 17, 2026)

8:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. | Opening Remarks

8:45 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. | Keynote

Heather Joseph, SPARC

10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. | Watch Party #1

Pre-recorded short presentations will be simultaneously watched on LPC’s YouTube channel by both online Forum Friends and  in-person Forum attendees. See the full list of presentations for day 1.

2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. | Virtual Afternoon Beverages

Day 2 (June 18, 2026)

8:45 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. | Plenary Panel

Melanie Walsh, University of Washington; Sandy Littletree and Carole Palmer, University of Washington; Tracie Hall, HBCU Library Alliance

10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. | Watch Party #2

Pre-recorded short presentations will be simultaneously watched on LPC’s YouTube channel by both online Forum Friends and  in-person Forum attendees. See the full list of presentations for day 2.

1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. | Virtual Pet Therapy

Bring your animal friends to the screen so we can all enjoy their comforting purrs, yips, barks, grunts, and chirps! 

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Responding to Universities in Crisis: A Summit for University-Based Publishing

Tuesday, June 16, 2026
Seattle, Washington

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The Association of University Presses, the Library Publishing Coalition, and the University-Based Publishing Futures community invite you to a first-of-its-kind event: Responding to Universities in Crisis: A Summit for University-Based Publishing

Details: The summit will take place from 10am-3pm on Tuesday, June 16 (between the AUPresses Annual Meeting and the Library Publishing Forum) at the University of Washington in Seattle. 

Agenda: The agenda for the summit includes brief presentations, small and large group discussions, and a hands-on advocacy workshop. 

Who should attend: The summit is for anyone involved in publishing in a university setting who wants to build their professional network and deepen their understanding of our shared values and interests. It is open to attendees of both conferences, as well as community members who want to participate just for the day.

Cost: Registration is $50, which includes lunch, coffee, and snacks.

How to register: Register on the Summit Eventbrite page.  

Questions? Email contact@librarypublishing.org.

Schedule

10:00 a.m. to 11 .00 a.m.: Welcome & Opening Session11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.: Birds of a Feather discussions12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.: Lunch [provided]1:00 p.m. to 2 p.m.: Advocacy workshop (organized by UPBF Advocacy Working Group)2:00 to 3:00 p.m.: Concluding session: The State of UBPF3:00 p.m.: optional tour of UW Press and UW Libraries’ new Open Scholarship Commons

Sponsors

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Keynote Speakers

Jerome Offord, Jr.

DEI Is NOT Dead: Reigniting the Flame for Equity and Inclusion in a Changing World

As organizations navigate cultural shifts, political pressures, and economic uncertainty, one critical truth remains: diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are not passing trends; they are essential pillars for sustainable leadership, innovation, and community impact. Amid debates and skepticism surrounding the future of DEI initiatives, this plenary session brings together thought leaders, change agents, and innovators to reaffirm and reimagine the role of DEI in today’s evolving landscape. The session will challenge the narrative that DEI has lost relevance, offering bold insights and data-driven strategies proving its continued importance across sectors. Through compelling storytelling, real-world examples, and interactive dialogue, this session will inspire attendees to move beyond performative practices and reignite authentic, purpose-driven engagement. This is not just a conversation; it’s a call to action. DEI is not dead. It’s being reborn. Be part of the movement.

Key Takeaways:

  • Understand the evolving landscape of DEI in a complex social and political climate.
  • Explore innovative and sustainable DEI strategies for long-term success.
  • Gain tools to respond to DEI fatigue and pushback with clarity, courage, and credibility.

About the Speaker

Jerome Offord, Jr. is the Associate University Librarian (AUL) and Chief Diversity Officer for Harvard Library. Expanding upon the library’s strong record of diversity initiatives, the AUL and Chief Diversity Officer collaborates extensively to develop strategies for organizational change through the library’s workforce, services, collections, and spaces. Before joining Harvard, Jerome served as the Vice President for Business and Administration at DeEtta Jones and Associates. Jerome has held senior cabinet positions at Lincoln University of Missouri, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU), over a span of eight years. Initially hired as Dean of Library Services and Archives, he was soon asked to serve as Interim Provost and Interim Chief Information Officer. He was subsequently appointed Chief of Staff to the President, and then Dean of Administration and Student Affairs. Jerome’s other professional experiences include serving as Diversity Officer and Corporate Inclusion Manager at OCLC Online Computer Library Center; Director of Diversity Initiatives at the Association of Research Libraries; Director of Finance and Development at Us Helping Us, People Into Living; and in student affairs roles at Colorado State University, George Washington University, and American University. Jerome’s educational credentials include a Ph.D. in Library and Information Science, with an emphasis in Managerial Leadership, from Simmons University in Boston; master’s degrees in Library and Information Science from the Catholic University of America and in Student Affairs in Higher Education from Colorado State University; an Executive MBA from Washington University in St. Louis; and a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from Lincoln University.

Tim Ribaric and Cecile Farnum

Harvesting Library Labour in an AI World: The Grim Reaping of Library Work(ers) and What We Can Do About It

“You must give to get, You must sow the seed, before you can reap the harvest.” ~ Scott Reed

The growth of GenAI, LLMs, and chatbots threaten many established ways of performing academic work, and is already resulting in labour concerns for library workers.  This keynote considers the impact of AI on scholarly publishing work in academic libraries.

All aspects of the  scholarly publishing life cycle (Submit, Review, Decide, Edit and Preserve) have the potential for a deep impact from AI, and are therefore relevant for the library community to consider. Scholarly publishing work is also deeply intertwined with the open access movement, where processes and outputs are often done ‘out in the open’, and are therefore ripe for harvesting by A.I. for reuse. What are the potential consequences of this brand of cognitive offloading in the scholarly publishing process? And what are the labour implications for library workers, authors and publishers, when A.I. tools begin to do this work?

In this keynote, librarians Tim Ribaric and Cecile Farnum will consider the role libraries may play in both augmenting and striving against AI, using a critical lens that is skeptical of the difference between what the promise of AI is, compared to the reality of what it will bring.

About the Speakers

Tim Ribaric is the Scholarly Publishing and Platforms Librarian at Brock University. He is a Librarian IV, and a PhD Candidate. He has published on technology instruction in libraries, Marxism, and is currently teaching 3 Library Juice Academy classes. He has served in various roles on his union executive and was the chair of the Canadian Association of University Teachers Librarians’ and Archivists’ committee.

Cecile Farnum  (MA, MISt) is a liaison librarian at Toronto Metropolitan University Libraries. In this role, she supports specific academic programs, providing instruction, reference and research support to students and faculty.

Cecile actively participates in labour spaces,  having participated in several rounds of collective bargaining through her faculty association, as well as work on other  faculty association committees. Cecile also recently served on the CAUT Librarians’ and Archivists’ Committee, and the steering committee to organize OCUFA’s 2024 Bargaining Stronger Together Collective Bargaining Conference.

 

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Sponsorship Opportunities

Sponsors of the Library Publishing Forum demonstrate their commitment to the emerging community of library publishers, including their many affiliates and partners. By becoming a sponsor, you will reach a highly influential, international audience of potential new partners and clients.

The 2026 Library Publishing Forum will be an in-person event held June 17–18 at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. 

Sponsorship dollars help to fund the costs associated with hosting the conference. We are pleased to offer several sponsorship levels and new benefits for the 2026 Forum.

This year, we are also offering an add-on opportunity for the AUPresses joint summit on June 16.

See below for the full descriptions. 

Email contact@librarypublishing.org to get started or with any questions.

Forum Supporter

Amount: $500 and above

Benefits:

  • A logo/link on the Forum website and acknowledgement as a Forum Supporter
  • Access to the Library Publishing Forum Discord server, including dedicated sponsor channel
  • Slide featuring logo and short blurb (see example) to be included in a slideshow that will rotate on presentation screen in main room before the keynotes and presentations (This year we will also be including a QR code to your website)

Forum Sponsor

Amount: $1,000 and above

Benefits:

  • All $500 benefits
  • Exhibit space (a limited number of tables will be available, allocated in order of requests)
  • One complimentary Forum registration
  • Option to submit a 1-page PDF for inclusion in online program PDF (send to contact@librarypublishing.org by May 29, 2026)

Forum Sustainer 

Amount: $1,500 and above

Benefits:

  • All $1,000 benefits
  • Additional complimentary Forum registration
  • Option to showcase your product/service:choose your format(s):
    • A blog post on LPC’s website (we recommend a post that highlights pain points that library publishers may go through that you can solve/have solved for others: we’ll help by providing an outline)
    • A 30-second mp4 which can be included in the blog post and on the Forum Discord server for pre-viewing before the Forum
  • Option to participate in one-on-one personal consultations with library publishers, both in person at the Forum and virtually through the remote engagement program

Coffee Break Sponsor

Amount: $3,000 and above

Limit: 4

Benefits:

  • All $1,500 benefits
  • Room at Forum hotel for one person for two nights (June 16 and June 17). The deadline for signing up for this benefit is March 13, 2026.
  • Acknowledgment as the sponsor of one of the four coffee breaks during the in-person Forum, including signage

Reception Sponsor

Amount: $5,000

Limit: 1

Benefits:

  • All $1,500 benefits
  • Room at Forum hotel for one person for two nights (June 16 and June 17). The deadline for signing up for this benefit is March 13, 2026.
  • Acknowledgment as the sponsor of the in-person Forum reception, including signage

Summit Add-on

Background: In cooperation with the University-Based Publishing Futures (UBPF) community, the Library Publishing Coalition (LPC) and Association of University Presses (AUPresses) are hosting a joint summit on June 16 between the AUPresses Annual Meeting and the Library Publishing Forum. This event is titled “Responding to Universities in Crisis: A Summit for University-Based Publishing.” We expect the summit to draw attendees from both conferences, as well as single-day participants.  

Amount: $100

Benefits:

  • Recognition as an event sponsor
  • Opportunity to send/leave brochures for registration desk (extras will not be returned by mail)
  • Slide show to be run between sessions/during lunch. (Template would be different but sponsor content would be taken from slide show option for Library Publishing Forum.)

About the Forum

The Library Publishing Forum is an annual conference bringing together representatives from libraries engaged in (or considering) publishing initiatives to define and address major questions and challenges; to identify and document collaborative opportunities; and to strengthen and promote this community of practice. The Forum includes representatives from a broad, international spectrum of academic library backgrounds, as well as groups that collaborate with libraries to publish scholarly works, including publishing vendors, university presses, and scholars. The Forum is sponsored by the Library Publishing Coalition, but you do not need to be a member of the LPC to attend.

Code of Conduct

All participation in the Virtual Library Publishing Forum is subject to the Library Publishing Coalition’s Code of Conduct.

 

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Program

Schedule is in progress and subject to change

Schedule at a glance

Tuesday, June 16

Wednesday, June 17

  • 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.: Library Publishing Forum
  • 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.: Reception

Thursday, June 18

  • 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.: Library Publishing Forum

Wednesday, June 17

7:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. | Registration | North Ballroom

7:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. | Breakfast | North Ballroom

8:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. | Opening Remarks | North Ballroom

8:45 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. | Keynote | North Ballroom
Heather Joseph, SPARC

9:45 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. | Break

10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. | Concurrent Sessions

WATCH PARTY #1 (pre-recorded presentations) | North Ballroom
The ZTC Buzz: Sharing our Zero Textbook Cost Campus Tour
Michelle Brailey, University of Alberta Library

Publishing OER that Further Student Belonging: Insights and Questions
Sarah Hare, she/ her, Open Educational Resources Librarian, UC Santa Cruz; Alexandra Marcaccio, she/they, AtlanticOER Lead, Council of Atlantic Academic Libraries (CAAL-CBPA)

From classroom to publication: Supporting course books through library publishing
Ioana Liuta, Digital Publishing Librarian, Simon Fraser University; Jennifer Zerkee, Copyright Specialist, Simon Fraser University

Scholarly Publishing Partnerships Through Book Proposal Development
Agnes Gambill, Head of Scholarly Communications, Appalachian State University

IFLA LIBPUB
Ann Okerson, IFLA LIBPUB

FULL SESSION | HUB 250
Oh No, a Table! Library Publishing Experiences in PDF Accessibility and Remediation Work at Large Universities
Angela Watters, she/her, Digital Publishing Specialist, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Angel Peterson, she/her, Production Specialist & Accessibility Coordinator, Penn State University; Iliana Cosme-Brooks, she/her, Open Publishing Coordinator, Virginia Tech Publishing & Press; Kate Sheridan, she/her, Publishing Librarian, University of Minnesota

HANDS ON | HUB 214
Putting Open Values to Work: Collaborations between Library Publishers and Open Infrastructures to Sustain Open Workflows in OA Book and OER Publishing
Toby Steiner (he/his), Thoth Open Metadata; Harrison Inefuku (he/his), Iowa State University Digital Press; Vincent van Gerven Oei, Thoth Open Metadata; Andy Byers, Janeway [to be confirmed]; Steel Wagstaff, Pressbooks [to be confirmed]

11:00 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. | Break

11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. | Concurrent Sessions

INDIVIDUAL | North Ballroom
Do As I Say, Not As I Do: How Scholarly Publishers’ Disclose Their Use of Artificial Intelligence
Teresa Schultz, she/her/hers, Scholarly Communications & Social Sciences Librarian, University of Nevada, Reno

Establishing an Advisory Board: Process, Practice, and Lessons Learned
Corinne Guimont (she/her), Director, Virginia Tech Publishing & Press, Virginia Tech; Patrick Tomlin (he/him), Associate Dean, Academic and Creative Engagement, Virginia Tech

Building a Publishing Program with AI Assistance: A Case Study from Access Services in Libraries, Inc.
Karen Glover, Associate Dean for Research and Scholarly Access, Georgia Institute of Technology Library

FULL SESSION | HUB 250
We Make the Rules: Rewriting Norms in Library-Based Journal Publishing
Amanda Larson, AERI Program Coordinator, She, Her, Hers, The Ohio State University; Kristina Clement, Assistant Director of Academic Engagement and Instruction, Collegiate Librarians, Kennesaw State University, she, her, hers; Chelsee Dickson, Assistant Director of Academic Engagement and Instruction, Scholarly Publishing & Research, Kennesaw State University, she, her, hers; Sabrina Davis, Access & User Services Librarian, Texas Tech University, she, her, hers

FULL SESSION | HUB 214
Libraries and Publishers in Support of Black and Indigenous Voices
Tracie D. Hall, Executive Director, Historically Black Colleges and Universities Library Alliance; Victoria-Lola Leon Guerrero, Director, University of Guam Press; Allison Levy, Director, Brown University Digital Publications (chair)

12:15 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. | Lunch | North Ballroom

1:15 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. | Concurrent Sessions

INDIVIDUAL | North Ballroom
Media-Neutral Publishing Enabled by the OS-APS Single-Source Workflow
Dominik Baumgartner, Managing Director of FAU University Press, University Library at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg

Building Scalable Library Publishing Through Shared Infrastructure: Updates on Meru and the Next Generation Library Publishing Project
Sarah Lippincott, she/her, Product Owner, Next Generation Library Publishing; Zach Davis, he/him, Founder and CEO, Cast Iron Coding

Platform Postmortem: Learning from Ten Years of Publishing Digital Scholarship with an Out-of-the-Box Tool
Daniel G. Tracy, Head, Scholarly Communication and Publishing, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

HANDS ON | HUB 250
Constructive Conversations with Authors
Angela Watters (she/her), Digital Publishing Specialist, Illinois Open Publishing Network, University Library, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Corinne Guimont (she/her), Director of Virginia Tech Publishing and Press

BOAF | HUB 214
Getting Up to Speed with Journal Hosting in the Library
Nancy Foasberg, she/her, Scholarly Communication Librarian, Villanova University

2:15 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. | Break

2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. | Concurrent Sessions

HANDS ON | North Ballroom
Altered State Publishing: Workshop on Designing Workflows for Alternative Publishing
Mackenzie Salisbury, (she/her) Curriculum Innovation Librarian, Northwestern University; Basia Kapolka, (she/they), Digital Humanities Librarian, Northwestern University

FULL SESSION | HUB 250
Sustaining Scholarly Texts: A Collaborative Approach to TEI Publishing
Anna Siebach-Larsen, She/Her, Director, Rossell Hope Robbins Library and Koller-Collins Center for English Studies, University of Rochester; Chad Nelson, Technical Team Manager, California Digital Library, University of California; Zach Davis, Partner, Cast Iron Coding; Dana Johnson, Frontend Team Lead, Cast Iron Coding

BOAF | HUB 214
The Contract as Compliance: Negotiating Privacy and Accessibility in Library Publishing
Ellen Dubinsky (she/her), Scholarly Communication Librarian, University of Arizona; Michele Gibney (she/her), Visiting Program Officer – Privacy & Surveillance, SPARC / Head of Publishing and Scholarship Support, University of the Pacific

3:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. | Break

4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. | Reception

Thursday, June 18

7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. | Breakfast | North Ballroom

8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. | Plenary Panel | North Ballroom
Melanie Walsh, University of Washington; Sandy Littletree and Carole Palmer, University of Washington; Tracie Hall, HBCU Library Alliance

9:30 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. | Break

9:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. | Concurrent Sessions

WATCH PARTY #2 (pre-recorded presentations) | North Ballroom
From Vulnerabilities to Verification: Implementing Multi-Factor Authentication in OJS
Brianna Calomino (she/her) Digital Projects Librarian, Scholarly Publishing, University of Calgary; Gabriela Mircea (she/her), Digital Projects Librarian, University of Calgary

Understanding the Labor Behind Library-Published Scholarly Journals in the United States
Karen Bjork (she/her) Head of Digital Libraries and Publishing, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU); Annie Johnson (she/her) Associate University Librarian for Research, Teaching, and Technology, University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press; Johanna Meetz (she/her), Publishing & Repository Services Librarian, The Ohio State University

Books & More: An update from PKP on bibliodiversity and OMP
Zoe Wake Hyde (she/her), OMP Coordinator, Public Knowledge Project

Making the Invisible Visible: Using Open Data to Surface Diamond Journals in Canada
Jeanette Hatherill, she/her, Senior Coordinator, Coalition Publica; Simon van Bellen, Érudit

Leveraging consortial infrastructure to sustain open publishing: The STORK case study at the University of Ottawa
Leigh-Ann Butler (elle | she/her), University of Ottawa; Bart Kawula, Web and Discovery Services Librarian, Scholars Portal

BOAF | HUB 250
From Practice to Profession: Advancing Open Education’s Place in Scholarly Publishing and Academic Recognition
Amanda Larson, AERI Program Coordinator, She, Her, Hers, The Ohio State University; Chelsee Dickson, Assistant Director of Academic Engagement and Instruction, Scholarly Publishing & Research, Kennesaw State University, she, her, hers

FULL SESSION | HUB 214
From Growing Pains to Sustainability: Proven Strategies for Maturing Library & OER Publishing Programs
Lauren Ray, they/them, Open Education Librarian at University of Washington Libraries, University of Washington; Kate McNally Carter, Coordinator of Open Education Services, University of Houston Libraries; Pamela Herrington-Moriarty, Alamo Colleges District; Steel Wagstaff, Customer Experience Lead, Pressbooks

10:45 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. | Break

11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. | Concurrent Sessions

FULL SESSION | North Ballroom
Introducing Digital Press Plus: A Press/Vendor Collaboration for Supplementary Teaching Materials
Harrison W. Inefuku, Digital Press Lead, Iowa State University; Andy Byers, Director of Publishing Technology, Birkbeck University of London; Abbey K. Elder, she/they, Open Education Services Librarian, Iowa State University

HANDS ON | HUB 250
Mapping the Research Nexus: A Hands-on Guide to Retrieving Relationship Metadata
Shayn Smulyan (he/him), Technical Support Specialist, Crossref; Jason Portenoy (he/him), Data Scientist, Crossref

INDIVIDUAL | HUB 214
From Research to Publication: Building an Integrated Pipeline for Undergraduate Scholarly Communication Through Journal Publishing and Pedagogy
Reya Saliba, Instruction & Outreach Librarian, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar; Kira Dreher, Associate Dean, Community Excellence / Associate Teaching Professor, English, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar; Jeffrey Squires, Associate Teaching Professor, English, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar

Collaborating to Build an Undergraduate Publishing Certificate: Library-English Partnerships Centering Student Experience and Workforce Readiness
Kathy Essmiller, Ph.D. Associate Professor. OSU Libraries, Coordinator | OpenOKState, Oklahoma State University; Aimee Parkison, Professor, OSU English Department; Veronica Cabellero, Student, OSU

Teaching Publishing Literacy to New Authors: Benefits of OER as a Course-Agnostic, Point-of-Need Tool
Martha Stuit, she/her, Scholarly Communication Librarian, University of California, Santa Cruz; Sarah Hare, she/her, Open Educational Resources Librarian, University of California, Santa Cruz

12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. | Lunch

1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. | Concurrent Sessions

HANDS ON | North Ballroom
Unearthing Diamond OA: Mapping U.S. Diamond Open Access Publishing
Sharla Lair, Lyrasis; Catherine Mitchell, she/her, Director of Publishing, Archives, and Digitization, California Digital Library; Emily Goff, she/her, President, Goff Group LLC; Kate McCready, she/her, Program Director for Open Publishing, Big Ten Academic Alliance

INDIVIDUAL | HUB 250
‘Infrastructuring’ inclusive open access: the case of DOAJ journal indexing criteria
Ivonne Lujano, Commuity Manager, She/her, Directory of Open Access Journals

We Are the Stories we Tell Ourselves: Articulating Impact and Value When Downloads Mean Nothing
Dylan Mohr (he/him), Open Scholarship Librarian, Syracuse University

Analyzing Disparities and Trends in Article Processing Charges Publishing: A Case Study of the University of Houston
Xiao Zeng (she/her) Open Publishing Librarian, University of Houston

INDIVIDUAL | HUB 214
From Archives to Wikipedia in the Classroom: A CUNY Library Partnership Case Study
Jojo Karlin (she/her), Scholarly Communications Manager, City University of New York (CUNY); Krystyna Michael, Assistant Professor, CUNY Hostos Community College and the CUNY Graduate Center

Accessibility Success through CPACC Certification: A Penn State Case Study
Angel Peterson, she/her, Production Specialist and Accessibility Coordinator, Penn State University Libraries; Jules Luck, they/them, Accessibility and Production Specialist, Penn State University Libraries

1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. | Therapy Dogs | TBD

2:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. | Break

2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. | Concurrent Sessions

HANDS ON | North Ballroom
Finding Your Place in Open Source Software: A Hands-on Workshop for First-Time Contributors
Steel Wagstaff, he/him, Customer Experience Lead, Pressbooks; Zach Davis, President, Cast Iron Coding (Manifold); Adam Hyde, CEO, Kotahi Foundation (Ketty/Coko); Alec Smecher, Development Associate Directory, Public Knowledge Project

HANDS ON | HUB 250
Measure What Matters: A Workshop on Developing Rubrics for Journal Evaluation and Growth
Justin Gonder, Senior Product Manager, Publishing, California Digital Library; Charlotte Roh (she/her) Publications Manager, California Digital Library; Amanda Karby, Publications Manager, California Digital Library

INDIVIDUAL | HUB 214
Testing Community-Owned Infrastructure: Lessons from the Open Education Network’s Ketty Pilot
Karen Lauritsen, Senior Director, Publishing, Open Education Network, Open Education Network, University of Minnesota; Bailey Lake, she/her, Open Strategies Librarian, Eastern Kentucky University Libraries

Staffing Survey Task Force Results & Report
Miranda Phair, Publishing & Open Scholarship Librarian, Towson University; Melissa Chim, Excelsior University; Michelle Brailey, University of Alberta; Lauren Collister, Invest in Open Infrastructure; Heather Hankins, Kennesaw State University; Alyssa Huffman, Wayne State University; Bailey Lake, Eastern Kentucky University; Barbara Loomis, Cleveland State University; Donna O’Malley, University of Vermont; Anita Walz, Virginia Tech

OPEN FL Publishing Program: An OER Win
Rebel Cummings-Sauls, Director, Digital Services + OER, Florida Virtual Campus (FLVC); Elisabeth Ball, Program Manager, Digital Services + OER, FLVC

3:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. | Break

3:45 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. | Concurrent Sessions

FULL SESSION | North Ballroom
From Librarians to Authors: Revising Pub101 to Expand Open Publishing Support
Karen Lauritsen, she, her, hers, Senior Director – Publishing, Open Education Network; Amanda Larson, AERI Program Coordinator, The Ohio State University, she, her, hers

BOAF | HUB 250
What Works at Scale? A Conversation on Consortial Library Publishing
Jessica Kirschner, she/her, Digital Publishing Coordinator, VIVA, Virginia’s Academic Library Consortium; Amanda Hurford, she/her, Scholarly Communications Director, PALNI

HANDS ON | HUB 214
Bring Levity by Leveraging Zines and Hands-on Publishing
Allison Brown (she/her), Digital Publishing Services Manager, SUNY Geneseo; Francis Harte, SUNY Geneseo

4:50 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. | Closing Remarks | North Ballroom

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Registration & Travel

Registration

Registration rates

  • Standard: US$400
  • LPC member (limit two per member institution): US$250
  • Students (limited quantity available): US$50
  • Low- and middle-income countries (limited quantity available): US$50

Registration includes breakfast, lunch, and coffee/snack breaks on both days as well as a reception (light hors d’oeuvres) after the day’s sessions on June 17.

Registration for affiliated events is separate (see below).

Cancellation & refund policies

  • Registrations cancelled more than 60 days before the event will be refunded 80% of the registration fees.
  • Registrations cancelled less than 60 but more than 30 days before the event will be refunded 50% of the registration fees.
  • Registrations cancelled less than 30 days before the even will not be eligible for a refund.
  • No-shows will not be refunded.

Register for the 2026 Forum

Registration for affiliated events

Host

The 2026 Library Publishing Forum is hosted by the University of Washington.

Venue

University of Washington Husky Union Building (The HUB)
4001 E Stevens Way NE
Seattle, WA 98195

Travel and Transportation

Below you’ll find a variety of information and links: getting to the Staypineapple Watertown Hotel; getting to the HUB/UW Campus; getting around in general.

ARRIVING IN SEATTLE

Getting to Staypineapple Watertown Hotel  from SEA airport

The best way is to use Link light rail: 

To get to the Airport/SeaTac Link light rail station from baggage claim, head up to the fourth floor and cross the skybridge to the parking garage level. From there, follow the signs.

Purchase a ticket at one of the machines and get on Line 1 headed North (Lynwood City Center). You can purchase 1-way, full-day, or reusable ORCA passes (these can be used on light rail and bus). The UW campus area is about a 45-minute ride.

Exit at the U District stop, which is a 5-minute walk to Staypineapple Watertown Hotel. Here’s a map showing the walking route from U District to the hotel.

Note: Seattle does have both Lyft and Uber but the cost is high, with most estimates $40 to $70 (and likely to be higher during the World Cup). 

Getting to Staypineapple Watertown Hotel  from the train station (Amtrak/regional) 

After you exit the Amtrak King Street station, look for the skybridge towards the International District (go UP on an elevator or stairs outside of the Amtrak station). Once at the light rail station (entrances through Green Metal Structures), purchase a ticket using machines close to the entrance and escalators. You can purchase 1-way, full-day, or reusable ORCA passes (these can be used on light rail and bus). 

Exit at the U District stop, which is a 6-minute walk to Staypineapple Watertown Hotel. Here’s a map showing the walking route from U District to the hotel.

GETTING TO THE UW CAMPUS AND THE HUB

Walking to the HUB from the Staypineapple Watertown Hotel

You can walk from the hotel to the HUB in about 18 minutes. View a map that shows ways  to the HUB from the hotel.

Getting to UW Campus

If you’re taking the Link light rail, exit at the University of Washington stop, which is an 11 minute walk to the HUB. Here’s a map.

The HUB has a webpage with links to information about directions to the HUB, bus service, and parking. (This page also includes floor plans for the HUB.)

If you take a cab or other drop-off mode of transportation, HUB address is 4001 E Stevens Way NE.

Additional Info (3/24/2026): Seattle’s light rail and buses now accept payment on the bus/train with any contactless payment method, including credit/debit cards with chips, Apple Pay, Google Pay, or Samsung pay. Folks will no longer need to purchase an ORCA card or ticket.

Accommodations

Conference hotel

We have a very small block of rooms (50) for Forum attendees reserved through Staypineapple Watertown Hotel. The conference rate is $389/night, available for June 15, 16, and 17.

To reserve a room you can call 866.866.7977 before Friday, May 1st, 2026. Please reference “2026 Library Publishing Forum” to receive the Group rate. Reservations may also be made with the this booking link supplied by the hotel.

Affordability

We are excited to have the opportunity to co-locate with the Association of University Presses Annual Meeting and to host a day of joint programming (June 16), but the trade-off is that we will be in an already expensive city during a very busy time (Seattle is hosting some World Cup matches). And you may have noticed that registration fees have increased slightly (for the very first time). Please check out the related blog post for more information.

We are also providing a message board Google doc for Forum attendees who are interested in finding a colleague to share a room.

Local information

Food, Drink, etc. 

The west side of campus has lots of quick takeout options geared towards students, while the east side of campus has University Village, an outdoor mall with many restaurants. Some options for your food/drink:

If you should find yourself with some extra time …

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Forum Scholarships

About the Forum scholarships

The Library Publishing Coalition is offering scholarships to offset travel costs for first-time Forum attendees from the United States and Canada, with a focus on individuals who will bring new and diverse perspectives to the community. There are two scholarships available, each of which will cover up to $2,500 USD in travel-related expenses, including airfare, hotel, and meals. Scholarship awardees will have Forum registration fees waived and will be paired with a community mentor to help introduce them to the conference and the community. For awardees from non-member institutions, the award includes guest access to the LPC community for the year following the in-person Forum. This would include access to the listserv and service opportunities, and the opportunity to participate in the peer mentorship program. All recipients will also receive a waived registration to the virtual Forum planned for May 2027. (If you live outside the US and Canada, and are interested in travelling to the Library Publishing Forum, you can visit the IFLA International Scholarship site.)

Eligibility

  • This round of the scholarship program will only be open to applicants from the United States and Canada. 
  • Applications will be accepted from individuals at both Library Publishing Coalition member and non-member institutions. 
  • Anyone who has not attended a previous in-person Library Publishing Forum is eligible to apply. (Anyone who has -only- attended the Library Publishing Forum virtually is encouraged to apply for this scholarship for travel funding to the 2026 in-person Forum.)
  • Applicants new to their librarianship career (first 3–5 years), new to the field of library publishing, and/or who identify as members of a group (or groups) underrepresented among library and publishing practitioners will be given preference.  These groups include – but are not limited to – members of a racial/ethnic minority, first-generation college graduates, immigrants and refugees, persons with a disability, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. 
  • Applications from people who could contribute to the diversity of perspectives at the Forum in other ways are also warmly welcomed.

How to apply for a scholarship

To apply for a scholarship, please fill out the application form. Applications are due by December 12, 2025.

UPDATE: The deadline for applying for a Forum scholarship has been extended to January 5, 2026.

The Library Publishing Coalition’s Forum Scholarship Committee will review applications and notify applicants by Early February 2026.

Questions?

Email contact@librarypublishing.org. 

About the Library Publishing Forum

The Library Publishing Forum is an annual conference bringing together representatives from libraries engaged in (or considering) publishing initiatives to define and address major questions and challenges; to identify and document collaborative opportunities; and to strengthen and promote this community of practice. The Forum includes representatives from a broad, international spectrum of academic library backgrounds, as well as groups that collaborate with libraries to publish scholarly works, including publishing vendors, university presses, and scholars. The Forum is sponsored by the Library Publishing Coalition, but you do not need to be a member of the LPC to attend.

March 26, 2025

Individual Session: May 8, 4:00-5:00

Day/time: May 8, 2025, 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. EDT

Title: Expanding Library Publishing Services Beyond Campus: Engaging the Greater Community Through Library Publishing

Presenter: Kyle Morgan (he/him), Scholarly Communications and Digital Scholarship Librarian, Cal Poly Humboldt

Description: As universities have acknowledged their educational responsibilities beyond their campus borders, academic libraries have engaged the cause in a variety of ways. This presentation on the efforts of The Press at Cal Poly Humboldt details how opening library publishing services to the community has become one of the more effective outreach engagements in the library, all the while fostering student voices and skill development, advancing social and environmental justice issues, stoking fundraising, and broadening the university’s community integration and impact.

Title: Entangling Stories to Organize Digital Scholarship: Creating Generative, Community-Engaged Workflows

Presenters:

  • Mariam Ismail (she/they), Digital Projects Coordinator, Virginia Tech University Libraries
  • Jason Higgins (he/him), Digital Scholarship Coordinator, Virginia Tech University Libraries

Description: Digital humanities projects aim to bring together diverse stories, media, and knowledge. The support we often provide as practitioners is helping partners weave these elements together. This involves breaking things down, a deconstruction of the very smallest elements to aid in reconstruction of complex stories and collective narratives. This reconstructionist approach is rooted in social justice, ethical stewardship, and intersectional critical perspectives — with/in the various parts unfolds a more complete story. It is also firmly grounded in collaborative relationships with communities. Partners help us gather fragments and reorganize them into digital narratives, and the generative DH workflows enable us to brainstorm, interact, and envision possibilities. By sharing authority at every stage — the identification of research questions, thematic focuses, vetting and peer-review, project design, access, and preservation — we are fostering a culture in which partners contribute at critical stages of knowledge production and thereby participants see parts of their own lived experiences represented and feel pride towards their contributions. This process also creates replicable documentation throughout the steps of creation rather than treating digital preservation as an afterthought.

This proposal explores the implementation of this workflow for a DH project that navigates the potential mental health effects of learning about historical and ongoing racial trauma. In collaboration with the More Than a Fraction Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting education, research, and networks on the legacies of slavery and descendants of enslaved people in the United States, we have been collecting oral history interviews and creating a DH project that seeks to raise awareness of intergenerational trauma, records the collective memories of families of descendants, and advances new understandings of racial trauma. Also central to this process is an educational component that includes and immerses students in the experience of creation, allowing communities to share wisdom with young people and students to engage in experiential learning beyond classrooms and into communities.

Title: From Locality to Decoloniality? The Role of Perpusnas Press in Knowledge Sovereignty in Indonesia

Presenter: Zaki Fathurohman, Information System Analyst, National Library of Indonesia

Description:The disclosure of local knowledge is often mentioned as one approach to decolonization. Indonesia, as an archipelago with diverse ethnic groups spanning both land and sea,  covering an area two-thirds the size of Europe, is believed to possess its own wealth of knowledge. Since its establishment in 2019, Perpusnas Press, the publishing arm of the National Library of Indonesia (Perpusnas RI), has published nearly 1,000 book titles on its website. In addition to publishing ancient manuscripts, it has also released books that emphasize local themes. Beyond waiting at the downstream, Perpusnas RI actively organizes writing activities across various regions of the country, contributing to efforts to equalize literacy development in a nation as vast as Indonesia.

The question then arises: is the disclosure of locality part of a conscious decolonization effort? How does the discourse of decolonization appear in the publications, both written and audiovisual, managed by Perpusnas RI? Understanding the state of library publishing in a country that experienced colonization by the Portuguese, British, Dutch, and Japanese provides valuable context for assessing the role of Perpusnas Press in advancing knowledge sovereignty. Through an analysis of interviews, news websites, journal websites, and Perpusnas RI’s YouTube channel, it is revealed that the explicit decolonization discourse is still emerging. However, the access provided to ancient manuscripts through preservation by Perpusnas RI has proven to open avenues for researchers to conduct studies related to decolonization, particularly in understanding how historical texts illuminate the anti-colonial stance of national heroes.

This is exemplified by Arif (2024), who examined the biography and bibliography of Sheikh Yusuf Makassar, an anti-colonial figure who journeyed from Indonesia to South Africa and served as an inspiration for Nelson Mandela. Several books about Sheikh Yusuf Makassar have also been published by Perpusnas Press, highlighting the richness of content about local wisdom in Indonesia. Amid the potential gap between content on locality and the awareness of a decolonization agenda, there is evident potential for Perpusnas Press to optimize its role in knowledge sovereignty through synergy and collaboration with various partners.

March 26, 2025

BOAF Session: Inclusive Working: Teams in Library Publication

Day/time: May 8, 2025, 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. EDT

Title: Inclusive Working: Teams in Library Publication

Cap: 50 attendees

Presenters: 

  • Dr. Linda Miles (she/her), Open Educational Resources Librarian, Michigan State University Libraries
  • Dr. Rajiv Ranjan (he/him), Associate Professor, Michigan State University, Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures

Description: The topic for this discussion emerged from the intensive teamwork approach to creation and support for Open Educational Resources at MSU, but it is also highly relevant to other publication contexts.The session will begin as we collaborate to develop a working definition of some framing concepts and set expectations for each other and our work together. Among the team-related concepts to be introduced, we will discuss the idea of “inclusive teaming,” an approach to teamwork that relies on specific strategies to counteract intrinsic bias and draw out diverse perspectives.

Participants will rate their level of experience working in well-functioning teams on a simple scale, and this information will be used to constitute breakout groups that include both teamwork veterans and relative novices. We will be considering application of strategies within publishing teams, specifically, although participants’ teamwork experiences from other varied contexts will of course enrich the discussion. Prompts will be designed to encourage both questions and responses from participants, further encouraging productive and diverse cross-pollination.

Together participants will explore team culture, with some discussion prompts related to very practical concerns such as communication, engagement & empowerment, social motivation, and shared decision-making. We will also touch on self-knowledge and the arts of leadership, followership, and more fluid collaboration. There will be a general focus on best practices to address shared challenges and concrete strategies for moving toward an inclusive and empowered model of teamwork.

March 26, 2025

Individual Session: May 8, 2:45-3:45

Day/time: May 8, 2025, 2:45 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. EDT

Title: Enhancing Discoverability of OER: Promoting Collaborative Repository Workflows

Presenters:

  • Xiao Zeng (she/her), Open Publishing Librarian, University Libraries, University of Houston
  • Kate McNally Carter (she/her), Open Education Librarian, University of Houston
  • Ariana Santiago (she/her), Head of Open Education Services, University of Houston

Description: Depositing open educational resources (OER) in repositories is essential for promoting the discovery of course materials with the broader educational community. At the University of Houston, we have developed a workflow that formalizes our process for depositing OER into our institutional repository, ensuring our materials are archived consistently and discoverable by our community. However, taking this a step further by depositing materials in major OER repositories and referatories—where many open education advocates are actually looking for OER materials—has been an ongoing objective for us. The purpose of this presentation is to share our workflow for depositing materials in the institutional repository, and to discuss challenges and best practices for depositing materials in various OER repositories and referatories. Specifically, we will address the challenge of ownership in maintaining accurate and current records for our faculty- and student-created materials; should this process be led by the Libraries, the faculty creators themselves, or should this be collaboratively driven by both? We will discuss how this consideration is informing our planned approach for sharing our OER materials.

Title: Leveraging Technology and Bite-Sized Projects to Drive OER Adoption

Presenters:

  • Yassin Nacer (he/him), Open Education Librarian, Utah State University
  • Kirsten Cox (she/her), Digital Scholarship Librarian, Utah State University

Description: Creating Open Educational Resources can feel like a daunting task for faculty, especially when it comes to developing large-scale resources such as textbooks. To address these concerns, our library developed a targeted workshop for faculty at our university, focusing on two key strategies: leveraging technology to ensure OER are accessible and encouraging the conversion of smaller, already existing resources, such as assignments, lesson plans, and student projects, into OER. These approaches not only make the creation of OER more accessible but also help lower the barriers to entry, fostering broader faculty engagement.

In this session, librarians will explore how to leverage campus technology and develop effective outreach strategies to support the creation of accessible Open Educational Resources (OER). By focusing on small-scale projects, such as assignments, lesson plans, and student-created works, attendees will learn how to encourage faculty to contribute to the growing OER movement, lowering barriers to creation and increasing access to educational materials.

The session will also emphasize the importance of accessibility in OER creation, focusing on how librarians can support faculty in making OER materials usable by all learners, including students with disabilities. By the end of the session, attendees will have actionable strategies for using technology to support OER creation and promoting small-scale OER projects that lower barriers to participation and enhance access to learning materials for diverse student populations.

Title: OA Math Textbook Publication with LaTeX

Presenter: Cale Erwin (he/him), Scholarly Communications Associate, Butler University

Description: This individual presentation provides an overview of aiding in publishing an open-access textbook, Linear Transformations on Vector Spaces that began in 2021 and ended in 2023. The presentation provides an overview of the project and documents the successes and challenges of publishing an open-access mathematics textbook in LaTeX. LaTeX is an open-source typesetting system commonly used to produce scientific and technical documents. LaTeX is widely used in mathematics, physics, computer science, and engineering due to its unique capability to present complex mathematical equations, symbols, and notations using a specific markup language. The book’s publication is part of a larger effort by the Private Academic Library Network of Indiana (PALNI) consortium and their publishing platform, PALNI Open Press, to further the mission of expanding open-access resources for affiliated institution’s faculty. Because of this unique relationship between PALNI, this presentation also touches on the importance of the librarian’s role in facilitating collaborative academic publishing. Furthermore, librarians and professional staff act as project managers, aiding authors by managing workflows and ensuring compliance with accessibility standards to navigate copyright considerations and dissemination strategies. In this role, the librarian becomes central in coordinating the technical and administrative dimensions of the publication process.