The Kudos program recognizes impactful work done by community members on behalf of the Library Publishing Coalition community.
This Kudos recognizes the 2024-2026 Staffing Survey Task Force, the group charged with carrying out LPC’s first ever Directory off-year deep-dive survey! Melissa Chim, Miranda Phair, Michelle Brailey, Lauren Collister, Heather Hankins, Alyssa Huffman, Bailey Lake, Barbara Loomis, Joseph Muller, Donna O’Malley, and Anita Walz devised and tested a survey of staffing practices in library publishing, gathered responses, analyzed the survey data, and drafted an interesting and informative report. This was a substantial undertaking, and will contribute significantly to our understanding of how library publishing programs are staffed.
We’re happy to include comments from some of the task force members.
“I really enjoyed the opportunity to be able to contribute to an LPC initiative (and the inaugural deep-dive topic for directory off years) especially as I come from a non-member institution. Many thanks to my fellow committee members for all of their enthusiasm and hard work in completing the project.”—Miranda Phair (co-chair)
“It was a pleasure to work with this group on this timely and important topic. We addressed a big, broad question, and learned a lot from each other and our participants along the way. It’s my hope that this work will be a first step towards improving our understanding and advocacy for staffing and capacity, and that this knowledge can be built upon in the years to come.”—Lauren Collister
“Working on the Staffing Survey Task Force has been an incredibly rewarding experience. It provided a wonderful opportunity to connect with talented colleagues across the field and to learn more about the library publishing climate. I’m excited to see how the data gathered will benefit library publishing programs moving forward! Thank you to the Library Publishing Coalition for putting this task force together!”—Bailey Lake
This Kudos was submitted by Melanie Schlosser.