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LPC Forum 2020
September 1, 2019

Registration, Venue & Travel Information 2020

March 31 Update on the 2020 Library Publishing Forum and COVID-19

In light of ongoing developments surrounding COVID-19, including increasing travel restrictions, the Library Publishing Coalition Board and Program Committee have made the difficult decision to cancel the in-person Library Publishing Forum. We feel that the community- and people-centered spirit of the LPC is reflected by this decision to support public health initiatives and maintain the safety of the larger community. We took this step in consultation with our local host, the University of Massachusetts Medical School, to whom we are deeply grateful for their diligent work on behalf of the community of library publishers. 

We will instead be holding a Virtual Library Publishing Forum on May 4-8. Announcements about the Virtual Forum will be made via LPC’s public news list, which you can sign up for on our homepage. 

***We are leaving this page up on this page as a record of our planning for this year. See the main Forum page for information about registering for the Virtual Forum.***

Registration

Registration rates

2020 registration rates are:

  • Standard: US$400
    Check out the LPC membership opportunity for Forum attendees!
  • LPC member (limit two per member institution): US$200
    Contact your voting representative for the code to use when registering.
  • Students (limited quantity available): US$50
  • Low- and middle-income countries (limited quantity available): US$50

The registration deadline for presenters (to have a guaranteed spot) is March 13. General registration is open through April 10.

Note: After keeping Forum registration rates stable for a number of years, we have raised the standard rate from $300 to $400. This is due to the addition of a third day of the Forum, and replaces the separate registration fee for the preconference. We have also added an LPC membership opportunity that allows non-member institutions that register an attendee at the standard rate to apply a portion of their registration fee to a new LPC membership for 2020-21.  For details, see the blog post.

Meals: Registration includes breakfast, lunch, and morning and afternoon coffee/snack breaks on May 4-6, as well as an evening reception (heavy hors d’oeuvres) on Monday and a Med Moth event and small reception on Tuesday. (See the Program page for more information.)
Registration Page

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 event will not be eligible for a refund.
  • No-shows will not be refunded conference fees.

 

Host

The 2020 Forum is hosted by the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

Venue

University of Massachusetts Medical School
Albert Sherman Center
55 Lake Avenue North
Worcester, MA 01655

Travel

Please see our customized “Welcome to Worcester” Google map for getting around town!

For your convenience, we have set up a Google doc for those interested in sharing a car hire from Logan Airport to Worcester. We provide this posting board to make it easier for you to find colleagues who might share a car hire, but doing so is up to you. We are not able to coordinate transportation for you. Note: After the Forum begins, we will take down this Google doc and put up another to coordinate car hires from the Forum back to Logan Airport.

By Air

There are multiple airports serving Worcester:

Knight’s Airport Limousine Service (508-839-6252 or toll-free 800-822-5456) is based in nearby Shrewsbury, MA, and provides one-way or roundtrip shared van or private shuttle service from all three airports to Worcester area locations. Reservations are required and make sure to book at least 24 hours in advance. Estimated fee is US$55 (one-way). 

Check with each airport for additional ground transportation options to Worcester.  These include:

  • Peter Pan Bus tickets must be purchased in advance online, on the Peter Pan Bus Mobile App, or by calling 1-800-343-9999. Estimated fee from Logan Airport or Green Airport to Union Station in downtown Worcester is $US24 one way.
  • MBTA Silver Line from Logan Airport to South Station (free) and then connecting to the Framingham/Worcester Commuter Rail to Union Station in downtown Worcester (US$12.25 one way or $24.50 roundtrip)
  • Car rentals
  • Uber and Lyft ride apps
  • Taxi (estimated US$100 one way)

By Train or Bus

Union Station in downtown Worcester has regular commuter rail service to and from Boston, MA, with connecting Amtrak service throughout the U.S.  Both Peter Pan and Greyhound offer bus service to Union Station.

By Car

Being centrally located in Massachusetts, Worcester is near several major travel routes:

  • Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90); Interstates I-290; I-190; I-395 and I-495. 
  • Also close to Interstates I-91 and I-95

UMass Medical School is located at 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655. (Directions and campus maps)

Parking

Parking for visitors to UMass Medical School is most convenient in the South Road Garage (campus maps). Valet parking is also available from the entrance to the Remillard Family Pavilion (main hospital entrance).

Public Transit

Locally, the Worcester Regional Transit Authority‘s #24 bus (Belmont Street/Lake Avenue) provides service to the UMass Medical School Campus. Please call the WRTA at 508-791-9782 for the route and schedule.

Additionally, both Red Cab (508-792-9999) and Yellow Cab (508-754-3211) provide taxi services, and Uber and Lyft are available.

More information about Worcester is available at http://www.worcesterma.gov/getting-around-the-city.

Accommodations

Please see our customized “Welcome to Worcester” Google map for locations!

For your convenience, we have set up a Google doc for those interested in sharing rooms. We are providing this posting board to make it easier for LPForum participants to find potential roommates, but doing so is up to you. The Program Committee is not able to help make connections or find accommodations for individuals.

Conference Hotels

The following two hotels are offering group rates for the 2020 Library Publishing Forum. Rates apply from Sunday, May 3, to Thursday, May 7, and rooms must be booked by April 3, 2020. We expect the blocks to fill up early, however, so please book as soon as possible.

  • Residence Inn Worcester, US$149 per night
    (located ~ 0.5 mi from the Albert Sherman Center at UMass Medical School)
    503 Plantation Street
    Worcester, MA
    Tel: 508-753-6300
     Book your group rate at the Residence Inn Worcester
  • Beechwood Hotel, US$172 per night
    (located ~ 0.3 mi from the Albert Sherman Center at UMass Medical School)
    363 Plantation Street
    Worcester, MA
    Guests must call the hotel (800-344-2589 or 508-754-5789) and reference the “Library Publishing Forum” for the group rate.

Other Hotels

The following hotels are located in downtown Worcester, about 5-15 minutes by car (about 2.5 miles) from UMass Medical School. Plans for some shuttle availability from downtown Worcester will be finalized at a later date, with transport scheduled before and after conference hours.

The following hotels are further away; appropriate for those who will be driving.

Additionally, other hotel options in the Worcester area can be found at hotel-rates.com.

Local Information

The UMMS local team has put together an excellent guide to visiting Worcester. Check it out!

Accessibility

The Library Publishing Coalition is committed to providing an inclusive environment at the Library Publishing Forum, and we will do our best to accommodate requests for special assistance. Detailed information is available on the Accessibility F.A.Q.s page.

LPC Forum 2020
September 1, 2019

Accessibility F.A.Q.s

The Library Publishing Coalition is committed to providing an inclusive environment at the Library Publishing Forum, and we will do our best to accommodate requests for assistance. This page describes the accessibility features of the Forum venue to help you make an informed decision about whether the Forum will be accessible for you. Please contact us if your question is not answered here or if the arrangements, as described, are not enough to allow you to attend. We will work with you to the best of our ability to make the Forum accessible.

How do I communicate accessibility needs to Library Publishing Forum organizers?

If you are ready to register for the Forum, please note on the registration form where it states, “Please indicate any accommodations you require to participate fully in the Forum.” Please let us know how we can make the Forum accessible to you.

If you aren’t yet ready to register, or are determining whether attendance is feasible for you, please email us at contact@librarypublishing.org. The earlier we know what kind of support you need to attend, the more likely it is that we will be able to provide it. Please reach out as soon as possible!

Who do I ask if my question is not answered here?

Email contact@librarypublishing.org with questions and accommodation requests.

Will sign language interpretation or captioning be available? What about an induction loop in the meeting rooms?

As a small conference (around 200 people), we do not routinely provide sign language interpretation and other accommodations for hearing impairments. However, we may be able to do so with enough notice! Please reach out to us as early as possible and let us know how we can support your attendance.

Will there be a dedicated lactation space?

Yes! UMASS Medical School has several private lactation spaces. Please let us know if you will require access to these rooms and we will make sure they are available to you.

Will there be a prayer/meditation space available?

Yes! UMASS Medical School’s campus is in close quarters with the UMASS Memorial Health Care facility, and a short walk away from Forum proceedings is a dedicated worship space that has prayer rugs available.

Where can I find information about getting around in Worcester?

Worcester offers assisted public transportation via their PARATRANSIT program. If you plan on taking public transportation while you are in Worcester, please contact them to set up a trip.

What are the taxi and public transport options for getting to the Forum venue?

Locally, the Worcester Regional Transit Authority‘s #24 bus (Belmont Street/Lake Avenue) provides service to the UMass Medical School Campus. Please call the WRTA at 508-791-9782 for the route and schedule.

Additionally, both Red Cab (508-792-9999) and Yellow Cab (508-754-3211) provide taxi services, and Uber and Lyft are available.

More information about Worcester is available at http://www.worcesterma.gov/getting-around-the-city.

Is there accessible parking nearby?

Accessible parking for visitors to UMass Medical School is most convenient in the South Road Garage (campus maps). Valet parking is also available from the entrance to the Remillard Family Pavilion (main hospital entrance).

Who can I ask about accessibility in Worcester?

Please go to the City of Worcester’s Disability Services web page, http://www.worcesterma.gov/disabilities

University of Massachusetts Medical School contact: TBD

Can a volunteer assist me during the Forum?

Yes! We would be happy to match you up with a volunteer. As with other accommodations, the more advance notice we have, the better.

Are the entrances accessible for those with limited mobility?

All entrances to the UMASS Medical School Facilities are on the ground floor and have accessible door widths and automatic-opening capabilities. There are plenty of accessible elevators within the buildings to provide access to Forum proceedings on other floors of the Albert Sherman Center, where most of the Forum proceedings will take place.

What is the Forum space like? Will it be accessible by wheelchair or power scooter?

The majority of the LPC Forum will be held in the recently renovated Albert Sherman Center. This building has brightly lit and wide hallways, accessible entrances, and plenty of elevators. The space where meals will be held will be arranged to allow plenty of room for people using wheelchairs to navigate.

What are the restroom facilities like?

**There are accessible bathrooms located on every floor. Currently there are no designated gender-neutral bathrooms, but we are working with our facilities to provide them for the Forum. Progress on this front has been slow due to code restrictions within our university system.

What are the arrangements for presenters with accessibility needs?

We are happy to support our presenters who have accessibility needs. Please reach out to us as early as possible and let us know how we can support your participation and attendance.

Can I bring my guide dog?

All registered service animals are welcome anywhere on the UMASS Medical School and UMASS Memorial Health Care campus. Currently, emotional support animals need to go through an additional vetting process before being welcomed on campus. Please let us know if you have any questions.

Can I attend the Forum virtually?

We are planning to livestream many sessions via Twitter. Check back from more information about virtual participation.

How much walking or standing will be needed?

All Library Publishing Forum events will include ample seating, and elevators are readily available for transportation to other levels of the Albert Sherman Center, where the Forum will be hosted.

Will speakers and audience members be using a microphone?

Except in very small rooms (under 20 people), we will have microphones for presenters and audience members, and will encourage everyone to use them.

What food service will be provided? Can the Forum accommodate special dietary needs?

We will provide breakfast and lunch each day and heavy hors d’oeuvres at the reception. We always have lots of vegetarian options and regularly provide vegan and gluten-free meals for attendees who request them. We may be able to accommodate other dietary restrictions as well, but please let us know your needs as soon as possible. 

There is also a Cafeteria on site, on the first level of the Albert Sherman Center. It is located directly across from where our dining area will be. They are open 7am-10am for breakfast, 11am-2pm for lunch and regularly offer gluten-free and Halal options. There is also a café that serves Starbucks products open 7am-4pm in the same location.

Will the Forum be a smoke-free environment?

Smoking is not permitted on the UMASS Campus or within buildings. We cannot guarantee a scent-free environment, however.

What if I have a medical emergency or health problem during the Forum?

We are fortunate to be located mere buildings away from UMass Memorial Health Care hospital. Should you be involved in an incident where you or someone else require emergency assistance or medical attention, calling 911 will bring our emergency services to you.

FAQs based on: http://www.sigaccess.org/welcome-to-sigaccess/resources/creating-a-conference-accessibility-faq-page/

LPForum 2019 Vancouver
September 1, 2019

LPForum 2019

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.

#LPForum19

Keynote: Dr. Arianna Becerril-García

Photo of Dr. Arianna Becerril-Garcia

Dr. Becerril-Garcia has a Ph.D. in Computer Sciences from Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico, a Master in Computer Sciences from the same institution, and Computing Engineer from the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico (UAEM). She is a member of the International Advisory Board of the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and co-founder of the Mexican Network of Institutional Repositories (REMERI). She founded AmeliCA, a community-driven initiative for Open Knowledge in Latin America and the Global South. She has published numerous papers in research journals as well as three books. She has participated in more than 40 national and international conferences. Her research topics are open access, interoperability technologies, visibility of science, semantic web and linked data. Her recent works and international conferences are “A Semantic Model for Selective Knowledge Discovery over OAI-PMH Structured Resources”, Information (Switzerland, 2018); “The end of a centralized Open Access project and the beginning of a community-based sustainable infrastructure for Latin America: Redalyc.org after fifteen years.”, ELPUB (Toronto, 2018), “The Open Access Model in Latin America”, COASP (Washington, DC, 2016); “Redalyc – ORCID integration: Inserting Latin-American authors in the global scientific conversation”, ORCID (Washington, DC, 2016).

LPForum 2019 Vancouver
April 19, 2019

Library Publishing – What’s Our End Game? (Library Publishing Coalition Membership Meeting)

Friday, May 10, 8:30-9:30am
Room: Joseph & Rosalie Segal Centre (1400-1430)

Moderated by: Kate McCready (University of Minnesota), LPC Board President

Description: All LPC members and Forum attendees are welcome to join us for this discussion-based meeting. The last year has been an exciting one in scholarly communications, with funders pushing for open access, universities pushing back against harmful practices by commercial publishers, and libraries investing in community-owned infrastructure. These developments all present opportunities for library publishers, but they also raise some important questions, like…what’s our end game? What is the ultimate goal of library publishing, and what are we hoping to accomplish through our publishing activities? Join your fellow library publishers for a lively discussion to inform our work – both locally and at the field level.

Want to learn more about what’s happening at LPC? Check out our recent update on our progress on our strategic goals.

LPForum 2019 Vancouver
April 17, 2019

Keynote: Community-driven infrastructures leveraged with Semantic Web and Linked Open Data: A strategy for sustainability, visibility and discoverability of scholarly publishing in Open Access

Thursday, May 9, 8:30-9:30am
Room: Joseph & Rosalie Segal Centre (1400-1430)

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Arianna Becerril-García, co-founder and Executive Director of Redalyc.org (Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal)

Description: Latin America, like other regions of the world -especially from the Global South-, has remained outside the so-called “mainstream-science” which has become the traditional and legitimated circulation channel of knowledge. This situation has limited the international visibility and recognition of Latin American research, particularly of Social Sciences and Humanities. At the same time, a very robust ecosystem of science communication has been built in this region, a system that is intrinsically open and scholarly-owned. Nevertheless, an inclusive and global scholarly communication has not been achieved.

So, it is strategic for the research community and libraries to join forces, as well as share and connect individual efforts to build a cooperative infrastructure that guarantees both, publishing is led by the scholarly community and its openness could be sustainable. This strategy must be leveraged with technology to find more effective methods of communication and deployment of the knowledge generated by different regions, disciplinary fields or languages.

On the other hand, scholarly contents’ full-text could be granulated into pieces and relations to compose a structure that expresses the inherent knowledge and to be linked to a wider and unrestricted knowledge cloud, an upper layer of linked knowledge. In order to attain it, a transition to Semantic Technologies needs to be made. The Semantic Web and Linked Open Data could become important instruments to not only achieve a greater dissemination but also a more equitable participation of knowledge generated globally.

The need that arose in Latin America, due to the lack of economic resources, to make science visible has led this region to create cooperative initiatives such as Redalyc, AmeliCA, Latindex or CLACSO. However, this experience can be transferred to other scientific communities that wish to take back control of the scholarly publishing and in this way, return to the research community the missing link of the scientific communication that has been given to commercial industries.

 

LPForum 2019 Vancouver
March 29, 2019

2019 Library Publishing Forum Sponsors

The Library Publishing Coalition thanks the following organizations for their generous sponsorship of the 2019 Library Publishing Forum. Learn more about sponsorship.

 

Library Publishing Coalition Sponsor

Organization-level sponsors:

Library Publishing Forum Keynote Sponsor

In addition to hosting this year’s Forum, Simon Fraser University has generously sponsored our keynote address through its conference fund.

 

Library Publishing Forum Sponsor

Organizations that have sponsored the Forum at $1,000 and above:

Library Publishing Forum Supporter

Organizations that have sponsored the Forum at $500 and above:

LPForum 2019 Vancouver
March 27, 2019

Closing Plenary: Big Challenges in Library Publishing

Friday, May 10, 4:00-5:00pm
Room: Joseph & Rosalie Segal Centre (1400-1430)

Presenters: Melanie Schlosser, Library Publishing Coalition; Nicky Agate, Columbia University; Dave Ghamandi, University of Virginia; Inba Kehoe, University of Victoria

Description: This plenary session will close the Forum with an exploration of the big challenges facing library publishers from a variety of perspectives. It will be structured as a panel discussion, with LPC Community Facilitator Melanie Schlosser moderating. The panelists will share and discuss—based on their own experience and what they have heard at the Forum—what they feel are the most pressing issues for library publishers. This session will be both a culmination of the Forum and a call to action for the coming year.

LPForum 2019 Vancouver
March 27, 2019

Full Session: Aligning the Definition of Published Scholarly Products with Today’s Practices

Friday, May 10, 2:30-3:30pm
Room: RBC Dominion Securities Executive Meeting Room (2200)

Presenters: Brandon Butler, Director of Information Policy, University of Virginia Library; Chip German, Senior Director for Scholarly Communication, University of Virginia Library; Craig Van Dyck, Executive Director, CLOCKSS Archive

Description: Published products are key factors in the professional lives of faculty and core elements of scholarly communication. That said, how we should define a published scholarly product in our rapidly changing digital-information environment? Experiments of just a few years ago have now become standard means of presenting new knowledge, while increased emphasis on reproducibility in scientific research means that documented methodological steps in the research process are as important as the results themselves. Pre-prints are increasingly important factors in the rapid dissemination of discoveries.

Examples are everywhere. The interactivity that was novel in the Valley of the Shadow project at the University of Virginia in the 1990s surprises no one in more recent scholarly works such as Enchanting the Desert from Stanford University Press and A Mid-Republican House from Gabii and Animal Acts from the University of Michigan Press. Post-publication comments can add significant value in scholarly discourse, a point not lost on Rockefeller University Press and eLife, each of which formally enables them for journal articles. Code Ocean publishes software code in functional capsules, as data sets are increasingly considered just as important as the article. Jupyter Notebook has rapidly become a common tool for documentation of research processes.  Are results that support the null hypothesis disseminated as fully as they should be? Are all of these published scholarly products?  What characteristics should be considered in categorizing them as such? Who owns them? How is each uniquely identified? How do P&T committees value these faculty products? What responsibilities for discoverability and long-term access should their publishers assume? Should they be preserved with the same rigor we use in preserving other components of the digital scholarly record? How can recognizing the value of these kinds of products help overcome structural shortcomings in traditional scholarly publishing?

In the first half of our presentation, we’ll examine these questions from our different perspectives, and in the second half we’ll work with attendees to suggest a framework of analysis that helps us continuously update our definition of published scholarly products to reflect current academic practice.

 

LPForum 2019 Vancouver
March 27, 2019

Full Session: Kick-Start Your Digital Preservation Strategy

Friday, May 10, 2:30-3:30pm
Room: Canfor Policy Room (1600)

Presenters: Emma Molls, University of Minnesota; Emma DiPasquale, University of Michigan

Description: Library publishers continue to identify digital preservation as being a high priority, however, according to the 2019 Library Publishing Directory, a large number of libraries are still in the early planning stages of implementing a preservation strategy for publishing programs. Not only are more libraries venturing into publishing, but the type of content published by libraries is changing. Enhanced ebooks are moving from a sandbox into a production environment, presenting challenges in retaining rich content in new technologies, while journals are incorporating more content types beyond PDF and HTML. Preservation is a long-standing library value that promotes future access and collection development, but for library publishers, digital preservation can also have major implications when it comes to indexing, client expectations, and platform migration.

This session will help attendees kick-start their digital preservation strategy and provide attendees with a custom digital preservation policy. The session will provide a brief overview of preservation for digital publications and present examples of existing digital preservation strategies. The presenters will guide attendees through a series of self-assessment exercises in order to give each attendee time for reflection on their own publishing program. Finally, attendees will map out their identified digital preservation goals with actionable next steps. Attendees will leave this session with a draft digital preservation statement ready for program adoption, and with concrete steps on implementing a digital preservation strategy.

LPForum 2019 Vancouver
March 27, 2019

Panel: Innovation in Meeting Needs

Friday, May 10, 2:30-3:30pm
Room: Barrick Gold Lecture Room (1520)

Supporting Journals to Assess and Improve Their Practices When Using a Library Hosted Editorial Initiative

Pierre Lasou, Université Laval

Description: Université Laval has more that 30 peer review scientific journals on campus. In 2017, a survey confirm that most journals on campus shared the same practices, workflows and challenges regarding peer review management. If all are published online, few works with an automated workflow management system. Most Journals are manage with part time resources at the scientific, strategic and operational levels. With scarce human resources, they must also face increasing requirements with regard to Copyright, dissemination, ethics, conflict of interest, and innovations. In order to support these journals, Université Laval library has launched a hosted editorial initiative in 2018 to manage peer review and production workflows and streamline processes. A longstanding journal, Laval théologique et philosophique, was integrated as a pilot. The pilot project reveals a major challenge: by itself, the technology will not change the way journal staff manage their workflows. It appears that for a journal participating in a hosted editorial initiative the benefits lie as much in providing an opportunity to assess, revise and perhaps improve its practices as in using the automated journal management system itself. For library staff, offering basic training sessions on the platform itself is not enough. Journals need strong commitment on coaching on processes (how to interact through the system with reviewers and authors? How to redistribute task and roles?). All those aspects require skills from library staff that are far from traditional core competencies of librarians. This presentation will outline the measures Université Laval Library implemented to assist journals in redesigning their practices when participating to a hosted editorial initiative.

Bridging the Gaps: Finding Creative Solutions to Unmet Needs in a Growing Library Publishing Program

Julia Lovett, Associate Professor, Digital Initiatives Librarian, University of Rhode Island; Andrée Rathemacher, Professor, Head of Acquisitions, University of Rhode Island

Description: With six peer-reviewed open access journals under our belt, our library publishing program at the University of Rhode Island is modest but growing. As the library has expanded and streamlined library publishing services in the past few years, we have conducted a series of interviews with editors to identify successes, challenges, and unmet needs that editors have encountered in the publishing process. The program relies on a combination of in-house and outsourced library services (including our Bepress platform), editorial board contributions, and occasionally additional funding by the University. URI journal editors have found creative solutions to unmet needs, such as hiring student workers, obtaining small internal grants, and hiring freelance designers online. Our findings will be of interest especially to libraries with nascent publishing programs and limited resources to devote to publishing activities.

Supporting Monograph Creation: Creative and Scholarly Publishing at the University of Victoria Libraries

Inba Kehoe, Copyright Officer, Scholarly Communication & Research Repository Librarian, University of Victoria Libraries; Christine Walde, Grants & Awards Librarian, University of Victoria Libraries

Description: The University of Victoria Libraries offers 2 publishing streams—one devoted to producing limited editions of monographs showcasing the Libraries Archives and Special Collections and the other has a dedicated mandate towards publishing open access scholarly monographs and textbooks funded through research grants. Both streams have developed strategic partnerships with campus stakeholders and disseminate free PDF, EPUB, and print-on-demand versions. In tandem with these services the Libraries launched its Grants Menu in 2017 itemizing in-kind library services and contributions to assist researchers with grant applications—thereby, directly positioning the library within the research life cycle and enabling open access initiatives.

Participants will learn about the practical considerations for supporting and sustaining a digital monograph publishing service.