Library Publishing Directory Survey | Library Publishing Coalition

Complete this questionnaire by February 9, 2026 to be considered for inclusion in the 2026 Library Publishing Directory, published by the Library Publishing Coalition.

A version of the Directory will be openly available online. The questionnaire takes between 20 and 30 minutes to complete. You can save your progress and return later, but we recommend previewing the questions before you begin.

If your library has had an entry in a previous edition of the Directory, you should have received an email with information on submitting this year. Email contact@librarypublishing.org with questions.

NOTE: If you need to save your progress and complete your submission later we recommend that you copy the link provided when you click on the “Save and continue later” button. You may also opt to have the link emailed to you but there have been instances when the email has been blocked and not received, so please copy the link first.

Library Publishing Directory 2026

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Guidelines

Responses to this survey will be used to create:

The Library Publishing Directory (maintained by the Library Publishing Coalition)
A Global Library Publishing Map (maintained by IFLA Library Publishing Special Interest Group)

Information collected covers January through December 2025 and includes:

General information about the library publishing initiative and sponsoring institution
Contact information for a program representative
Information about staffing and organization of the program
Publication types and numbers
Information on policies, platforms used, media types published, services provided, and preservation

Please follow these guidelines when completing the survey:

Responses to many questions are optional; please include only information that you want to share publicly.
Responses in English are strongly preferred; we may not be able to include responses in other languages.
Any publisher based within a library is welcome to complete the survey, as long as publishing activities align with the following definition of library publishing.

Library publishing services are defined here as:

… the set of activities led by academic and research libraries and library consortia to support the creation, dissemination, and curation of scholarly, creative, and/or educational works.

Generally, library publishing requires a production process, presents original work not previously made available, and applies a level of certification to the content published, whether through peer review or extension of the institutional brand.

Based on core library values and building on the traditional skills of librarians, it is distinguished from other publishing fields by a preference for open access dissemination and a willingness to embrace informal and experimental forms of scholarly communication and to challenge the status quo.

For example, an institutional repository containing only previously published materials, or digitization of previously published materials, would NOT be counted as library publishing for the purposes of this questionnaire.

For example, production and/or hosting of journals and monographs, hosting of original datasets, and an ETD (electronic theses and dissertations) program WOULD be considered library publishing for the purposes of this questionnaire.

Based on this definition, does your library currently provide library publishing services?*

Yes

General Information

Institution or Organization Name*

Library Name (consortia may list member libraries)

Institution Type*

**A library consortium is any local, statewide, regional, or interstate cooperative association of libraries that provides for the systematic and effective coordination of the resources of schools, public, academic, and special libraries and information centers, for improving services to the clientele of such libraries. -USAC

Location*

Library Publishing Coalition Membership*

If you're not sure, check the list of current LPC members.

Unit Information

Please provide the following information for the unit, department, or program:

Unit Name

Unit Email

Unit Website

Please enter URL of primary web page for publishing program

Social Media - Facebook

Social Media - YouTube

Social Media - Instagram

Social Media - Blog

Social Media - Other

Please specify platform:

Contact Information (optional)

Provide the following information for the PRIMARY CONTACT PERSON for your publishing activities. By providing this information you are giving permission for this contact information to be published and made available in the Library Publishing Directory and the Global Publishing Map in online and print formats.

Contact Name

Contact Job Title

Contact Phone

Contact Email

Program Overview

In what year did your publishing activities start?

What is the mission statement of your publishing program, or the objectives of your publishing activities?

Which stage best describes your library publishing efforts?

Additional comments on the stage chosen above:

How central is open access to your publishing program’s mission?

What portion of your publications is open access?

Which languages do you publish in?

Would you like to submit the summary information or continue to complete the additional questions?*

Information collected thus far will be used in the IFLA Library Publishing Special Interest Group's Global Library Publishing Map of global library publishing initiatives. Respondents who choose to continue with the questionnaire will be included in the PDF, ePUB, online, and print versions of the Library Publishing Directory and will be eligible to receive a print copy of the Directory. The remaining questions in the survey collect additional details about the library publishing program, including program organization, staffing, and funding; publication activities; platforms; services; and preservation.

If you want to be included only in the IFLA Library Publishing Special Interest Group's Global Library Publishing Map of global library publishing initiatives, click Submit. To be included in the Library Publishing Directory, click Continue.

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Please note: You are submitting an entry to the IFLA Library Publishing Special Interest Group's Global Library Publishing Map. If you would also like your library to be included in the Library Publishing Directory, please select "Continue with survey" on the question above.

Agreement:*
I understand that summary entries will not be included in the Library Publishing Directory.

Program Organization
Which best describes the organization of publishing services at your institution?

Centralized library publishing unit/department

Services distributed across library units/departments

Services distributed across campus

Services distributed across several campuses

Organization (e.g., non-profit association, library consortium) that provides or supports library publishing activities on behalf of its library members
Does your library have an advisory/editorial board for its publishing program (i.e., NOT for individual journals)?

Yes

No
Staff
What is the total number of staff supporting publishing activities, expressed in full time equivalents (FTE)? Do not include student positions.
How many individual people are represented in this number?
In the past year, have you employed students? [select all that apply]
Graduate student(s)
Undergraduate student(s)
In the past year, have librarians, faculty members, or other individuals worked at your program as volunteers or as part of their service work?

Yes

No
Funding
Which sources of funding supported your program over the past year? Consider costs including staff, services (e.g., peer review, translation), and memberships or technology purchased specifically to support your program. Check all that apply.
Author fees
Charge backs/cost sharing
Charitable contributions
Endowment income
Grants
Library materials budget
Library operating budget
Non-library campus budget
Sales revenue
State/government funding

Publishing Activities
Which types of content does your organization publish? Check all that apply.
Conference papers or proceedings
Databases
Datasets
Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)
Expansive digital publications
Grey literature
Journals
Monographs
Multimedia
Newsletters
Open educational resources (textbooks/course modules)
Posters
Publishing Activities - Journals
How many journals published an issue in the past year?
Of journals that published an issue in the past year, how many were campus-based and faculty-created?
Of journals that published an issue in the past year, how many were campus-based and student-created?
Of journals that published an issue in the past year, how many were contracted by external groups?
Of journals that published an issue in the past year, how many were peer-reviewed?
Of journals that published an issue in the past year, how many required an article processing charge or author fee to enable open access publication?
How many journals that your program has published are currently inactive or archived?
Publishing Activities - Monographs
How many monographs did your program publish in the past year?
Of monographs published in the past year, how many were peer-reviewed?
Of monographs published in the past year, how many required a book processing charge or author fee to enable open access publication?
Publishing Activities - Open Educational Resources
How many open educational resources did your program publish in the past year?
Of open educational resources published in the past year, how many were peer-reviewed?

Disciplinary Specialties
List up to five disciplinary (subject) specialties of your institution/organization’s publications.
Specialty 1
Specialty 2
Specialty 3
Specialty 4
Specialty 5
Top Publications
List the titles of your institution/organization’s top five publications, as you perceive them (i.e., measured by reputation, download count, significance to your institution/organization). Please list the type of publication in parentheses after the title, e.g., Journal Name (journal).
Publication 1
Publication 2
Publication 3
Publication 4
Publication 5

Partners
Which internal partners does your program work with in its publishing activities? Check all that apply.
Campus departments or programs
Individual faculty
Graduate students
Undergraduate students
Are there other publishing entities administered by your library?

Yes

No

I don't know
How do you work with them?
Are there other publishing entities within your library’s parent institution?

Yes

No

I don't know
How do you work with them?
Which best describes your program’s openness to working with external partners?

Only work with internal partners

Consider external partners if there is a tie to my institution (e.g., local editor of a journal for an external scholarly society)

Consider external partners but only if in our disciplinary specialty

Open to working with any external partner
What types of publications or authors should other publishers refer to your program? (e.g., monographs on history, authors wishing to publish using Manifold)
Are you part of a consortium that provides support for publishing? (e.g., platform, funding)

Yes

No
Are you a member of any other professional organizations supporting library publishing, such as the Association of University Presses or University-Based Publishing Futures?

Yes

No

Media Formats
Which media formats do you publish? Check all that apply.
Audio
Concept maps or other visualizations
Data
Images
Modeling
Multimedia/interactive content
Text
Video
Software & Platforms
Which software/platform(s) does your library use to provide publishing services? Check all that apply.
CONTENTdm
Dataverse
Digital Commons (bepress)
DSpace
Dynamica from SciFreeAB
Eprints
F1000
figshare
Fulcrum
Humanities Commons
Islandora
Janeway
Ketty
Kotahi
Locally developed software
Manifold
microPublication
Murkurtu
Octopus
Omeka
Open Conference Systems (OCS)
Open Journal Systems (OJS)
Open Monograph Press (OMP)
Pressbooks
Research Equals
Samvera (including Hyku or Hyrax)
Scalar
Ubiquity platforms
WordPress
Digital Preservation
Which of the following preservation systems or service providers (distinct from access platforms) do you use for the content your library publishes? Check all that apply.
Amazon Glacier
Amazon S3
AP Trust
ADPNet
Archive-It
Archivematica
ASERL Scholars Trust
bepress Archive
Bibliovault
CLOCKSS
COPIM
COPPUL
Digital preservation services under discussion
DPLA
DuraCloud
FCLA DAITSS
HathiTrust
In-house
Internet Archive
Keepers Registry
LOCKSS
MetaArchive
NASIG
Option 20
Permafrost
PKP Open Preservation Network
Portico
Preservica
Rosetta
UC3 Merritt
Other (please specify)
Other digital preservation:
Services
Which of these additional services does your library offer in support of library publishing activities? Include all services offered by your library, even if they are provided by departments other than those responsible for publishing. Check all that apply.
Analytics
Applying for Cataloging in Publication Data
Audio/video streaming
Author advisory - copyright
Author advisory - other
Budget preparation
Business model development
Cataloging
Compiling indexes and/or tables of contents
Contract/license preparation
Copyediting
Data visualization
Dataset management
Developmental and/or substantive editing
Digitization
DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
DOI distribution
Graphic design (print or web)
Hosting of supplemental content
Image services
Indexing services (e.g., assistance with journal application for DOAJ)
ISBN registry
ISSN registry
Marketing
Metadata
Open URL support
Outreach
Peer review management
Print-on-demand
Training
Typesetting

Policies
Which written policies or statements guide your publishing program’s work? These may be program-level policies or publication-level policies set, suggested, or drafted by the program for participating publications. Please check all that apply and provide a title and link for any that are publicly available.
Accessibility policy
Antiracism policy
Artificial intelligence policy
Author rights/copyright policy
Authorship/contributorship policy
Compensation/royalty policy
Conflict of interest policy
Diversity, equity, and inclusion statement
Editorial board policy
Ethics statement
Inclusive language policy
Name change policy
Open access policy
Peer review policy
Preservation policy
Privacy/confidentiality policy
Retraction/correction policy
Other (please specify)
Accessibility policy title:
Accessibility policy link:

Antiracism policy title:
Antiracism policy link:

Artificial intelligence policy title:
Artificial intelligence policy link:

Author rights/copyright policy title:
Author rights/copyright policy link:

Authorship/contributorship policy title:
Authorship/contributorship policy link:

Compensation/royalty policy title:
Compensation/royalty policy link:

Conflict of interest policy title:
Conflict of interest policy link:

Diversity, equity, and inclusion statement title:
Diversity, equity, and inclusion statement link:

Editorial board policy title:
Editorial board policy link:

Ethics statement title:
Ethics statement link:

Inclusive language policy title:
Inclusive language policy link:

Name change policy title:
Name change policy link:

Open access policy title:
Open access policy link:

Peer review policy title:
Peer review policy link:

Preservation policy title:
Preservation policy link:

Privacy/confidentiality policy title:
Privacy/confidentiality policy link:

Retraction/correction policy title:
Retraction/correction policy link:

Other policies:
Other policies link(s):
Are there other organizations whose policies you have adopted or are using as guidelines? If so, please list the organizations below.
Tell Us More
Describe any expansion, change in focus, or new directions of your library publishing services in the past year.
Describe any plans for expansion, change in focus, or new directions of your library publishing services in the future.
Is there anything else you would like us to know about publishing at your library?

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