(Times shown in the program are all in Eastern Standard Time.)
Monday, May 5
12:00 p.m. to 1 p.m. | Keynote address by Jerome Offord, Jr., Associate University Librarian (AUL) and Chief Diversity Officer for Harvard Library
1 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. | Break
1:15 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.
ACTIVE SESSION
Library publishing: We can’t do everything, so should we just quit?
Rachel Molina (she/her), Digital Publishing and Repository Librarian, Indiana University Indianapolis; Olivia MacIsaac (she/her), Research Information Management Librarian, Indiana University Indianapolis; Jere Odell (he/him), Director of the Center for Digital Scholarship, Indiana University Indianapolis
INDIVIDUAL SESSION
Ensuring diversity in open access databases: the DOAJ Ambassador Programme Review
Ivonne Lujano, DOAJ Community Manager & Ambassador, Directory of Open Access Journals
Creating Inclusive OERs: Weaving Accessibility into Publishing Workflows
Karen Meijer (she/her), Scholarly Communication Librarian, Kwantlen Polytechnic University; Amanda Grey (she/her), Open Education Strategist, Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Implementing DEIA Training for Editors in a Library Publishing Program
Charlotte Roh (she/her), Publications Manager, California Digital Library, University of California; Catherine Mitchell, Director of Publishing, Archives, and Digitization, California Digital Library, University of California; Amanda Karby (she/her), Publications Manager, California Digital Library, University of California
2:15 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. | Break
2:45 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
ACTIVE SESSION
Leveraging Student Expertise: Collaborating with Graduate Assistants to Publish Open Educational Resources
Bailey Lake (she/her), Open Strategies Librarian, Eastern Kentucky University; Kelly Smith (she/her), Director of Collections & Discovery, Eastern Kentucky University
PANEL SESSION
Beyond Diamond: Exploring Dialectical Materialist Open Access
Dave Ghamandi (he/him), Open Publishing Librarian and Managing Editor, Aperio, University of Virginia; Brianne Selman (she/her), Scholarly Communications and Copyright Librarian, University of Winnipeg; Sam Popowich (he/him), Digital Infrastructure Librarian, University of Winnipeg
3:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. | Break
4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
ACTIVE SESSION
Managing relationships through boundaries: A library publishing discussion
Erin Jerome, Library Publishing & Institutional Repository Librarian, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Anne Cong-Huyen, Research & Engagement Librarian for Humanities & Social Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara; Esther Jackson, Scholarly Communication Technologies Librarian, Columbia University; Kathryn Pope, Digital Repository Manager, Columbia University
Note: capped at 40 attendees
PANEL SESSION
Exploring ways to increase global participation in a diamond open access journal: the case of the Special Issue at JLSC
Janet Catterall (she/they), Senior Project Officer, Open Access Australasia; Shenmeng Xu (she/her) Librarian for Scholarly Communications Digital Lab, Vanderbilt University; Andrea Quinn, Law Librarian for Digital Initiatives and Research Services, Emory University School of Law; Frances Andreu (she/her), Scholarly Communications Librarian, Rochester Institute of Technology; Janaynne Carvalho do Amaral (she/her), Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Samir Hachani, Professor, School of Library Sciences-University of Algiers; Eleanor Colla, University of Melbourne
5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. | Social Event: Joy Hour
Tuesday, May 6
12:00 p.m. to 1 p.m.
BOAF SESSION
Looking at Accessibility and Archiving of Open Access Books – A Copim Open Book Futures Workshop
Gareth Cole, Loughborough University Library; Joanne Fitzpatrick, Lancaster University Library; Dr Rupert Gatti,O pen Book Publishers, Thoth Open Metadata, Cambridge University
INDIVIDUAL SESSION
(This session includes two 15-minute presentations and three 2- to 3-minute lightning talks.)
Overdue Knowledge: Teaching & Learning via Student-led Journals in the Library
Rebecca Wojturska (she/her), Open Access Publishing Officer, University of Edinburgh
Building Bridges between Publishing and Teaching
Gabriela Mircea (she/her), Digital Project Librarian, University of Calgary
Undergraduate Journal Workflows Project 
[video]
Christopher A. Barnes (he/him), Assistant Professor and Digital Publishing Librarian, Adelphi University
Open Access to Publicly Funded Research in China: Policies, Platforms, and Accessibility
Feng Yang (he), Professor, Sichuan University
An Ultra-Brief Look at Aperio’s Platform Migration
Dave S. Ghamandi (he/him), Open Publishing Librarian and Managing Editor, Aperio, University of Virginia
1 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. | Break
1:15 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.
BOAF SESSION
Structuring Library Publishing Programs One Step At A Time
Jordan Pedersen (she/her), Research & Scholarship Librarian, University of Guelph
ACTIVE SESSION
Open Access, Open Metadata, Open Archiving: How to Liberate Metadata Flows across the OA Landscape
Toby Steiner (he/his), COO, Thoth Open Metadata; Vincent van Gerven Oei, punctum books & Thoth Open Metadata; Hannah Hillen, Thoth Open Metadata
2:15 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. | Break
2:45 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
PANEL SESSION
A Student-Centered Approach: How to Build Inclusive and Effective Digital Publishing Teams
Lindsey R. Peterson (she/her), Digital Humanities Assistant Professor of Practice, University of South Dakota; Mariah Cosens (she/her), CWRGM Researcher and History MA student, University of South Dakota; Alessandra Diaz (she/her), CWRGM Researcher and History BA student, Columbia University; Amiracle Funches (she/her), BA, History, CWRGM Researcher and Historic Objects Collections Contract Cataloger, Mississippi Department of Archives & History; Amanda Patrick (she/her), MLIS, CWRGM Researcher, University of Southern Mississippi
BOAF SESSION
Enhancing Accessibility in Library Publishing: Challenges, Best Practices, and Sustainability
Valrie Minson (she/her), Associate Dean of Research and Executive Director of LibraryPress@UF, University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries; Tracy E. MacKay-Ratliff (she/her), Director of LibraryPress@UF, University of Florida Smathers Libraries; Kat Nguyen (she/her), Publications Editorial Coordinator, University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries; Ella Terran (she/her), Design and Publishing Assistant for LibraryPress@UF, University of Florida Smathers Libraries
3:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. | Break
4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
BOAF SESSION
Exploring the Landscape of Peer Review Models
Iliana Cosme-Brooks (she/her), Open Publishing Coordinator, Virginia Tech; Corinne Guimont (she/her), Associate Director, Publishing and Digital Scholarship, Virginia Tech; Patrick Tomlin (he/him), Associate Dean, Academic and Creative Engagement, Virginia Tech; Cheryl Ball, Executive Director, Council of Editors of Learned Journals (CELJ); Eugenia Zuroski (she/they), Professor of English and Cultural Studies, McMaster University, President of CELJ; Sarah Salter (she), Professor of Pedagogy, English Dept Emory University, Vice-President CELJ
PANEL SESSION
Accessibility metadata: challenges and ways forward
Katherine Klosek, Director of Information Policy and Federal Relations, Association of Research Libraries (ARL); Julie Cardinal, retired Associate University librarian Cataloging and Metadata, Université de Montréal; Katherine McColgan, Manager, Administration and Programs, Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL); Chris Oliver, Librarian Emeritus, University of Ottawa; Victoria Owen, Information Policy Scholar-Practitioner, University of Toronto; Pascal Calarco, Systems Librarian and Scholarly Communications Librarian, University of Windsor
Wednesday, May 7
12:00 p.m. to 1 p.m.
PANEL SESSION
Removing barriers: how libraries and university presses collaborate to effect change
Jennie Collinson (she/her), Director of Sales & Marketing, Liverpool University Press; Allison Levy (she/her), Director, Brown University Digital Publications; Mary Rose Muccie (she/her), Executive Director/Scholarly Communications Officer, Temple University Press; Jessica Fiorillo, Harvard Education Press (Moderator)
INDIVIDUAL SESSION
A Global View on the Evolution of Open Book Publishing
Zoe Wake Hyde (she/her), OMP Coordinator, Public Knowledge Project
Beyond Journal Publishing: Adapting OJS for internal grant applications [video]
Priscilla Carmini (she/her), Digital Repositories Librarian, University of Waterloo; Israel Cefrin (he/him), Information Technology Specialist / Developer, University of Waterloo
Taming the Beast: Leveraging A Large Scale Platform Migration for Strategic Program Goals
Lisa Schiff (she/her), Associate Director, Publishing, Archives, and Digitization, California Digital Library, University of California; Justin Gonder, Senior Product Manager, Publishing, California Digital Library, University of California
1 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. | Break
1:15 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.
ACTIVE SESSION
Challenges & Opportunities – GenAI & Open Educational Resources
Erin Fields (she/her), Open Education and Scholarly Communications Librarian, University of British Columbia; Will Engle (he, him) Open Education Stategist, University of British Columbia
INDIVIDUAL SESSION
“Reasonable costs” for publishing: what do we know now, and what can library publishers help us find out? [video]
Lauren B. Collister (they, she), Research Engagement Manager, Invest in Open Infrastructure
The Harvard Open Journals Program: A New Library Initiative to Support No-Fee Open Access Journals [video]
Colleen Cressman (she/her), Librarian for Open Publishing, Harvard Library; Yuan Li (she/her), University Scholarly Communication Officer and Director of Open Scholarship and Research Data Services, Harvard Library
On Building Transgeographic Teaching Networks: The Digital Library of the Caribbean Open Educational Resources in Caribbean Studies Development Program
Tania Ríos Marrero (she/her), Project Coordinator for the Digital Library of the Caribbean, University of Florida
2:15 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. | Break
2:45 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
ACTIVE SESSION
Defining Quality in OER Textbooks: Drafting a Guide
Stefanie Buck (she/her), Director, Open Educational Resources, Oregon State University; Karen Lauritsen (she/her), Senior Director, Publishing, Open Education Network
INDIVIDUAL SESSION
Library Publishing Perspectives from Brazilian academic libraries
Lucas dos Santos Souza da Silva (he/him), Post-Graduate Student/Researcher, Brazilian Institute of Information on Science and Technology (Ibict); Fabio Gouveia (he/him), Professor, Brazilian Institute of Information on Science and Technology (Ibict); Nanci Oddone (she/her), Professor, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO)
Stronger Together at the Big Ten: Library Publishing Collective Action
Kate McCready (she/her), Program Director for Open Publishing, Big Ten Academic Alliance; Ally Laird, Open Publishing Team Lead, Penn State University; Matt Vaughn, Open Publishing Librarian, Indiana University
3:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. | Break
4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. | Member Meeting
Thursday, May 8
10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. | Social Event: Coffee Hour
12:00 p.m. to 1 p.m. | Keynote address by Tim Ribaric, Scholarly Publishing and Platforms Librarian at Brock University and Cecile Farnum, Liaison Librarian at Toronto Metropolitan University Libraries
1 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. | Break
1:15 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.
INDIVIDUAL SESSION
An International Data Space for OA Book Usage Data Exchange Across Public and Private Stakeholders – Project Update
Ursula Rabar, Community Manager, OA Book Usage Data Trust / OPERAS
Collaborate with Creative Commons: open licensing training for all
Jennryn Wetzler (she/her), Director of Learning and Training, Creative Commons
ACTIVE SESSION
The Future of the Library Publishing Directory: Looking Backward and Forward
Allison Brown (she/her), Digital Publishing Services Manager, SUNY Geneseo; Angel Clemons (she/her), Electronic Resources Librarian, University of Louisville; Briana Knox (they/them), User Services Librarian, University of North Texas; Gina Genova (she/her), University of Louisville, Clinical Librarian; Matt Vaughn (he/him), Indiana University, Open Publishing Librarian
2:15 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. | Break
2:45 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
BOAF SESSION
So you’re new to library publishing… Me too!
Rachel Molina (she/her), Digital Publishing and Repository Librarian, Indiana University Indianapolis
INDIVIDUAL SESSION
Enhancing Discoverability of OER: Promoting Collaborative Repository Workflows
Xiao Zeng (she/her), Open Publishing Librarian, University Libraries, University of Houston; Kate McNally Carter (she/her), Open Education Librarian, University of Houston; Ariana Santiago (she/her), Head of Open Education Services, University of Houston
Leveraging Technology and Bite-Sized Projects to Drive OER Adoption
Yassin Nacer (he/him), Open Education Librarian, Utah State University; Kirsten Cox (she/her), Digital Scholarship Librarian, Utah State University
OA Math Textbook Publication with LaTeX [video]
Cale Erwin (he/him), Scholarly Communications Associate, Butler University
3:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. | Break
4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
BOAF SESSION
Inclusive Working: Teams in Library Publication
Dr. Linda Miles (she/her), Open Educational Resources Librarian, Michigan State University Libraries; Dr. Rajiv Ranjan (he/him), Associate Professor, Michigan State University, Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures
Note: capped at 50 attendees
INDIVIDUAL SESSION
Expanding Library Publishing Services Beyond Campus: Engaging the Greater Community Through Library Publishing
Kyle Morgan (he/him), Scholarly Communications and Digital Scholarship Librarian, Cal Poly Humboldt
Entangling Stories to Organize Digital Scholarship: Creating Generative, Community-Engaged Workflows
Mariam Ismail (she/they), Digital Projects Coordinator, Virginia Tech University Libraries; Jason Higgins (he/him), Digital Scholarship Coordinator, Virginia Tech University Libraries
From Locality to Decoloniality? The Role of Perpusnas Press in Knowledge Sovereignty in Indonesia
Zaki Fathurohman, Information System Analyst, National Library of Indonesia