LPC is excited to announce the publication of our new Community Plan, which will guide our activities from 2024 to 2029. Based on deep engagement with the community over the last year, this brief document centers on four areas of focus:
- Support community members’ well-being and career longevity in the field of library publishing.
- Advocate for library publishers and give them the tools to advocate for themselves.
- Navigate changes in scholarly output, business models, and infrastructure, through a lens of ethics and collaboration.
- Continue to develop LPC as an inclusive professional space.
The plan also includes a set of “Principles of Action,” which, used alongside our Vision, Mission, and Values, will help us translate this flexible guidance into concrete action plans as needed.
Many thanks to our Board for their vision and writing, to LPC’s staff for guiding and supporting the process, to the LPC community for contributing the raw material for the plan, and to Kelly Pendergrast for the design.
Here’s to the next five years of community!