Library Publishing Directory Survey

Responses to this survey will be used to create:

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

Information collected 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 platforms used, media types published, services provided, and preservation services

Please follow these guidelines when completing the questionnaire:

1. Do not include any information that you do not want to share with others.
2. If a university library contains both a library publishing unit and a university press unit, please submit answers separately.
3. Responses in English are strongly preferred; we may not be able to include responses in other languages.
4. Base your answers on the following definition of library publishing.

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

Please provide the following information for the Unit, Department, or Program:

Provide the following information for the PRIMARY CONTACT PERSON for your publishing activities:

List up to five disciplinary (subject) specialties of your institution/organization’s 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).