2024 Library Publishing Forum

May 15–16 | Minneapolis, MN




Keynote Speaker

Katherine Skinner

Katherine Skinner is an open knowledge researcher-activist with deep commitments to community building, organizational resilience, and systems thinking.  She currently serves as Research Lead at Invest in Open Infrastructure, a nonprofit organization that works to increase the investment in and adoption of open infrastructure to further equitable access to and participation in research. Prior to this post, her passion for facilitating, empowering, and cultivating communities led her to help found the Educopia Institute in 2006, where she served as Executive Director for 16 years, There, she provided scaffolding, training, and systems to support the founding and growth of such collaborative groups as Library Publishing Coalition, MetaArchive Cooperative, BitCurator Consortium, C4DISC, Software Preservation Network, and Maintainers. She also co-authored Community Cultivation: A Field Guide (2018) to provide an open, practical guide to this type of work.

She has co-edited three books and has authored and co-authored numerous reports and articles. She has served as Principal Investigator for 24 research projects funded by foundations and federal grants and awards on topics like education (Nexus LAB, Bitcurator.edu), digital curation (Chronicles in Newspaper Preservation, OSSArcFlow), and scholarly communication (Library Publishing Workflows, Mapping the Scholarly Communication Infrastructure). She lives with her family (partner, two teens, two felines, and a canine) in Greensboro, NC, in the US.

Keynote Title: Moments, movements, and momentum: What comes next?

Description: A decade ago, Educopia, together with 60 universities, seed-funded and hosted the inaugural Library Publishing Forum. In that formation moment, library publishers forged a collective identity and shared crucial information with each other about how their publishing ideas and experiments were becoming institutionalized as new scholarly publishing practices. Over the last decade, we’ve seen library publishing grow into a full-fledged movement that shares close ties to the open access, open source, and open infrastructure movements. This talk will take us back to revisit the vision and aims declared in the early years and look at the ways these have manifested since that time. Skinner will sketch out the story of how that initial moment has spurred the larger movement of “library publishing” and look at its connections to other social movements both past and present. Skinner will also challenge us to think together about our current momentum and plans and will ask us what stories we want to tell at the celebration in 2034 of our second decade together.

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Program

Schedule at a glance

Monday, May 13

Tuesday, May 14

Wednesday, May 15

  • 7:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.: Library Publishing Coalition (conference)
  • 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.: Reception (social)

Thursday, May 16

  • 8 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.: Library Publishing Coalition (conference)

Wednesday, May 15

7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. | Registration | Memorial Hall

7:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. | Breakfast | Memorial Hall

8: 30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. | Welcome Remarks | Memorial Hall

8:45 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. | Keynote address by Katherine Skinner, Research Lead at Invest in Open Infrastructure, Moments, movements, and momentum: What comes next? | Memorial Hall

9:45 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. | Coffee Break

10:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. | Concurrent Sessions

BIRDS OF A FEATHER SESSION | Memorial Hall
Are We a Publisher?
Jessica Kirschner (she/her), Digital Publishing Coordinator, VIVA

PANEL: OER AND COPYRIGHT | Heritage Gallery
“Author Name Removed at Request of Original Publisher”: an OER Adventure
Nancy Sims, any pronouns, Director, Copyright & Scholarly Communication, University of Minnesota Libraries; Shane Nackerud (he/him) Director, Affordable Learning and Open Education (ALOE), University of Minnesota Libraries

Rights Reversion to OER: Four Stories from the Field
Anita Walz, Assistant Director of Open Education and Scholarly Communication Librarian, Virginia Tech

PANEL: PRODUCTION WORKFLOWS | Ski-U-Mah Room
Single Source Publishing
Dione Mentis, COO and Senior Architect, Coko

Automating JATS XML Tagging With ChatGPT
Matthew Vaughn (he/him/his), Open Publishing Librarian, Indiana University

11:15 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. | Break

11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. | Concurrent Sessions

FULL SESSION | Memorial Hall
Stronger Together: Diamond OA in North America
Brad Hemminger (he/his), Associate Professor, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Jessica Clark (she/her), Senior Coordinator, Open Access Development, Érudit / Coalition Publica; Sharla Lair (she/her), Senior Strategist, Open Access & Scholarly Communication Initiatives, Lyrasis; Stacy Lavin (she/her), Journals Manager, University of North Carolina Press; Kate McCready (she/her), Visiting Program Officer for Academy Owned Scholarly Publishing, Big Ten Academic Alliance; Catherine Mitchell (she/her), Director of Publishing, Archives, and Digitization, California Digital Library, University of California

PANEL: OER PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT | Heritage Gallery
From Grantor to Reluctant Publisher: Adding Publishing to an Open Education Program
Jessica Kirschner (she/her), Digital Publishing Coordinator, VIVA; Stephanie Westcott (she/her/hers), Open and Sustainable Learning Coordinator, VIVA

PALSave Textbook Creation Grant Program: A Practical Open Textbook Publishing Case Study
Amanda Hurford, PALNI; Sylvia Yang, Music Librarian and Coordinator of the Music and Performing Arts Library, DePauw University

Defining Expectations and Programmatic Support for Creating OER
Ariana Santiago (she/her), Head of Open Education Services, University of Houston; Kate McNally Carter (she/her), Open Educational Resources Librarian, University of Houston

PANEL: POLICIES AND STUDENT ENGAGEMENT | Ski-U-Mah Room
Library Publishing Policy Writing: A Case Study of Challenges, Successes, and Student Engagement
Ally Laird (she/her/hers), Open Publishing Program Coordinator, Penn State University; Angel Peterson (she/her/hers), Open Publishing Production Specialist, Penn State University

My First Rodeo: Developing Publisher-Level Policy in an Emerging Library Publishing Program
Miranda Phair, Publishing & Open Scholarship Librarian, Towson University

Top 10 Reasons for and against Student-Based Press Operations: What We Learned in our First Seven Years at the Press at Cal Poly Humboldt
Kyle Morgan (he/him), Scholarly Communications and Digital Scholarship Librarian, Cal Poly Humboldt

12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. | Lunch

1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. | Concurrent Sessions

BIRDS OF A FEATHER SESSION | Memorial Hall
Scaling OER Publishing: Supporting Authors while Prioritizing Staff Well-being
Abbey K. Elder (she/they), Open Access & Scholarly Communication Librarian, Iowa State University

FULL SESSION | Heritage Gallery
Developing an Open Education Resource focused on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice
Allison Brown (she/her), Digital Publishing Services Manager, SUNY Geneseo; Cailyn Green Ph.D., CASAC-M (she/her/hers), Assistant Professor of Addiction Studies, Empire State University

PANEL: COLLABORATION | Ski-U-Mah Room
A Library + University Press Collaboration: Big Ten Open Books
Jason Colman (he/him), Director of Publishing Services, University of Michigan Library; Kate McCready (she/her), Librarian and Visiting Program Officer for Academy Owned Scholarly Publishing, University of Minnesota & Big Ten Academic Alliance

The Great Migration: A New Home for the Searchable Ornithological Research Archive
Jason Boczar (he/him), Digital Scholarship and Publishing Librarian, University of South Florida; Paul “Alex” Onac, Institutional Repository Manager, University of South Florida

The Power of Partnership: Reflections on Ten Years of Publishing a Novel Interdisciplinary Journal
Elizabeth Weinfurter, MLIS (she/her), Liaison and Instruction Librarian; Production Editor of the Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies; Health Sciences Library, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities; Teddie Potter, PhD, RN, FAAN, FNAP (she/her), Clinical Professor, Director Center for Planetary Health and Environmental Justice; Executive Editor of the Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies; School of Nursing, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities

2:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. | Break

2:45 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. | Concurrent Sessions

FULL SESSION | Memorial Hall
Library Publishing Collective Action at the Big Ten Academic Alliance
Kate McCready (she/her), Visiting Program Officer for Academy Owned Scholarly Publishing, Big Ten Academic Alliance; Jason Colman (he/him), Director of Publishing Services, University of Michigan Library; Catherine Mitchell (she/her), Director of Publishing, Archives, and Digitization, California Digital Library; Ally Laird (she/her), Open Publishing Program Coordinator, Penn State University Libraries

PANEL: MULTIMEDIA | Heritage Gallery
Beyond the Written Word: Fostering Inclusivity and Expression for Veteran Students with JIVE
Kristin Van Diest (she/her), Digital Publishing Librarian, Texas State University; Dr. Heriberto Arambula (he/him), Texas State University

What Does It Mean to Publish Digital Scholarship? (And How Do I Do It?): Case Studies in Publishing Services from Columbia Libraries’ Digital Scholarship
Michelle Wilson (she/her), Head, Open Scholarship Services, University of Maryland

PANEL: OPEN ACCESS | Ski-U-Mah Room
Flipping to Diamond Open Access: Interviews with LIS Journal Editors
DeDe Dawson (she/her), Science & Scholarly Communication Librarian, University of Saskatchewan; Rachel Borchardt (she/her), Scholarly Communications Librarian, American University; Teresa Schultz (she/her), Scholarly Communications & Social Sciences Librarian, University of Nevada, Reno

Subscribe to Open (S2O) as a DEIA-Friendly Open Access Model
Elizabeth W. Brown, Publisher Relations Manager, Project MUSE, Project MUSE, Johns Hopkins University Press

Analyzing the Publishing Output of an R1 Research Institution: The First Four Years
Elaine Walker (she/her), Scholarly Communications Librarian, The University of Alabama

3:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. | Break

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

Thursday, May 16

8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. | Registration | Memorial Hall

8:00 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. | Breakfast | Memorial Hall

8:45 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. | Concurrent Sessions

FULL SESSION | Memorial Hall
From OER to Open Press and Open Impact: The Evolution of Large-Scale Open Education Initiatives
Stefanie Buck, Director, Open Educational Resources, Oregon State University; Anita Walz, Assistant Director of Open Education and Scholarly Communication Librarian, Virginia Tech; Allison Brown (she/her), Digital Publishing Services Manager, SUNY Geneseo; Abbey Elder, Open Access & Scholarly Communication Librarian, Iowa State University; Julie Curtis, VP Growth & Strategy (she/her), Pressbooks (moderator)

HANDS-ON SESSION | Heritage Gallery
Dive into Open Infrastructure with IOI’s New Discovery Tool
Lauren Collister (she/they), Engagement Coordinator, Infrastructure, Invest in Open Infrastructure; Katherine Skinner, Research Lead, Invest in Open Infrastructure
Participants should bring their devices (laptops or tablets ideally).

HANDS-ON SESSION | Ski-U-Mah Room
Library Publishing Coach-A-Thon!
Melanie Schlosser (she/her), LPC Community Facilitator, Educopia Institute; Rachel Mattson, Senior Consultant & Project Manager, Educopia Institute

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

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

FULL SESSION | Memorial Hall
‘Equitable Access:’ An Existential Threat to OER Publishing and Adoption?
Kelly Smith (she/her), Director of Collections & Discovery, Eastern Kentucky University Libraries; Edna Fugate (she/her), Director of Library Services, University of Pikeville

HANDS-ON SESSION | Heritage Gallery
Alan Smithee in the Libraries (Publishing): Attribution, DISattribution, and Other Complexities of Credit and Citation
Nancy Sims; any pronouns; Director, Copyright & Scholarly Communications, University of Minnesota Libraries

FULL SESSION | Ski-U-Mah Room
Strengthening Canadian Library Publishing Community Connections
Sonya Betz (she/her), Head, Open Publishing and Digitization Services, University of Alberta Library; Emily Carlisle-Johnston, Research and Scholarly Communication Librarian, Western Libraries; Jeanette Hatherill, Principal Coordinator, Coalition Publica

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

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

BIRDS OF A FEATHER SESSION | Memorial Hall
Student Publications
Charlotte Roh (she/her), Publications Manager, California Digital Library

FULL SESSION | Heritage Gallery
Growing OER Publishing Programs: Watershed Decisions that Drive Impact
Shane Nackerud (he/him), Director, Affordable Learning and Open Education (ALOE), University of Minnesota Libraries; Kathy Essmiller (she/hers), Coordinator, OpenOKState | OER Librarian, Oklahoma State University Libraries; Ryan Otto (he/him), Scholarly Communication and Digital Scholarship Librarian, Kansas State University Libraries; Julie Curtis (she/her), VP Growth & Strategy, Pressbooks

HANDS-ON SESSION | Ski-U-Mah Room
Reframing the Library Publishing Research Agenda
Karen Bjork (she/her), Head, Digital Libraries and Publishing, Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries; John Morgenstern (he/him), Copyright & Scholarly Communications Librarian, Emory Libraries

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

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

FULL SESSION | Memorial Hall
“Make it so”: Sustainable, Academy-Owned Publishing Infrastructure with CDL, Michigan, & Janeway
Amanda Karby (she/her), Publications Manager, California Digital Library; Jason Colman (he/him), Director of Publishing Services, University of Michigan Library; Lauren Stachew (she/her), Senior Digital Publishing Coordinator, University of Michigan Library; Andy Byers (he/him), Director of Publishing Technology, Open Library of Humanities; Katherine Parker-Hay (she/her), Publishing Development Officer, Open Library of Humanities

HANDS-ON SESSION | Heritage Gallery
Behind the Text: What Do YOU Think Faculty Should Know Before Diving into OER Textbook Creation
Amanda Larson (she/her/hers), Affordable Learning Instructional Consultant, The Ohio State University; Karen Lauritsen (she/her/hers), Senior Director, Publishing, Open Education Network, University of Minnesota

HANDS-ON SESSION | Ski-U-Mah Room
Hands-On Automated Typesetting: Create a Book with Ketty
Dione Mentis, COO and Senior Architect, Coko

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

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

FULL SESSION | Memorial Hall
Implementing DEIA in Library Publishing Practices
Charlotte Roh (she/her), Publications Manager, California Digital Library; Allegra Swift, Scholarly Communications Librarian, University of California San Diego; Annie Carter (they/them), Digital Publishing Coordinator, University of Michigan Press – Michigan Publishing Services; Harrison W. Inefuku (he/him), Scholarly Publishing Services Librarian, Iowa State University; Sarah Frankel (she/her), Open Access & Repository Coordinator, University of Louisville

PANEL: STUDENT PUBLISHING | Heritage Gallery
Publishing Pedagogy: How Institutional Repositories Empower Undergraduate Research
Dylan Mohr, Syracuse University

Dynamic Texts: Student Voices in Course Materials
Micah Gjeltema (he/him), Open Education & Affordable Content Librarian, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities

PANEL: WORKFLOWS AND TOOLS | Ski-U-Mah Room
Piloting Publishing Platforms for Infrastructure and Equity
Karen Lauritsen (she/her), Senior Director, Publishing, Open Education Network, University of Minnesota; Jamie Witman (she/her), Open Educational Practices Specialist, Open Education Network, University of Minnesota

One Path, Many Tools: Publishing Getty’s Open-Access Journal
Greg Albers (he/him), Getty

Platforms, Policies, and Formats of Undergraduate Journals in North America: Preliminary Results from a Systematic Analysis of 100 Journals
Christopher Barnes (he/him), Digital Publishing Librarian, Adelphi University

3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. | PAWS Therapy Dogs | Minnesota Room

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

4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. | Closing Plenary | Melanie Schlosser, LPC Community Facilitator; Elizabeth Bedford, University of Washington, LPC Program Committee Co-chair; Jennifer Coronado, Butler University (PALNI), LPC Program Committee Co-chair, Here’s to the Next 10 Years!: Developing a Community Vision | Memorial Hall

Committees

Program Committee

  • Elizabeth Bedford, University of Washington (co-chair)
  • Jennifer Coronado, Butler University (PALNI) (co chair)
  • Jason Boczar, University of South Florida
  • Corinne Guimont, Virginia Tech
  • Loftan Hooker, Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Alexandra Marcaccio, University of Guelph
  • Emma Molls, University of Minnesota (host liaison)

Library Publishing Forum Scholarships Committee

  • Laureen Boutang, University of Minnesota (chair)
  • Katie Cuyler, University of Alberta
  • Jordan Pedersen, University of Guelph
  • Joshua Neds-Fox, Wayne State University
  • Emma Molls, University of Minnesota (Board liaison)

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee

  • Cosette Bruhns Alonso, University of Pennsylvania
  • Jonah McAllister-Erickson, West Virginia University
  • Courtney Shareef, University of Louisville
  • Harrison Inefuku, Iowa State University (Board DEI Officer)

Affiliated Events

PKP Sprint and Pre-Conference Event

When: May 13 and May 14
Where: University of Minnesota Libraries, Wilson Library

Schedule

May 13, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. : PKP Sprint

PKP will host a full-day software sprint, where small, self-organized teams work together in an unconference-style event to solve common software issues or to make enhancements that benefit everyone.

May 14, 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.: PKP Pre-Conference

Join the Public Knowledge Project in Minnesota for a Library Publishing Forum pre-conference as we spotlight some of the ways we’re an interdependent ecosystem collaborating to enhance interoperability between PKP, our valued strategic partners, and foundational open infrastructures.