The Call for Proposals is closed. Below are tentative schedules for the virtual Forum event on May 18 and 19 and the in-person Forum in Pittsburgh on May 25 and 26.
Virtual Preconference, Online, May 18
12:00pm – 12:15pm | Welcome and Opening Remarks
12:15pm – 1:15pm | Keynote address by Janne Pölönen, Secretary General, Publication Forum, Federation of Finnish Learned Societies 
[video]
1:15pm – 1:30pm | Break
1:30pm – 2:30pm | Concurrent Sessions
FULL SESSION
Inclusive Approaches to Open Access monograph funding: beyond the book processing charge [video]
Professor Martin Paul Eve, COPIM Opening the Future lead, & Birkbeck (University of London); Dr Judith Fathallah, COPIM Open Book Collective, & Lancaster University; Rupert Gatti, Open Book Publishers; Lidia Uziel, COPIM & Associate University Librarian for Research Resources and Scholarly Communication, UC Santa Barbara
FULL SESSION
Assessing Library Publishing Programs
Johanna Meetz, The Ohio State University; Ellen Dubinsky, University of Arizona
2:30pm – 2:45pm | Break
2:45pm – 3:45pm | Concurrent Sessions
FULL SESSION
Where are all the books? Why OA ebook authors don’t get the recognition they deserve and how we can fix the situation [video] [slides]
Rebecca Bryant, Senior Program Officer, OCLC Research Library Partnership; Terri Geitgey, Program Manager, Lever Press; Jeff Edmunds, Digital Access Coordinator, Penn State University Libraries
PANEL
Our first publishing project: Lessons learned about ourselves and our work [video]
Donna Langille, Community Engagement and Open Education Librarian, University of British Columbia Okanagan; Amanda Brobbel, Senior Manager, Writing & Language Learning Services, University of British Columbia Okanagan
Identifying Smaller Publishers with Values-Aligned Practices through Library Partnership Certification [video]
Rachel Caldwell, Scholarly Communication Librarian, University of Tennessee; Robin N. Sinn, Director of Collections and Open Strategies, Iowa State University
Critique of “Transformative” Reasons [video]
Brianne Selman, University of Winnipeg
3:45pm – 4:00pm | Break
4:00pm – 5:00pm | Concurrent Sessions
FULL SESSION
NGLP: Pilot implementations have launched! [video]
Kate Herman, NGLP; Dave Pcolar, NGLP; Andy Byers, Janeway; Catherine Mitchell, CDL; Clay Farr, Longleaf Services
PANEL
Houghton St Press: Student-led publishing at the London School of Economics [video]
Lucy Lambe, Scholarly Communications Officer, LSE Library, London School of Economics and Political Science
Leveraging the flexibility of library publishing to deliver an accessible, media-rich ultrasound field guide to the world [video]
Michael Schick DO, UC Davis Health; Rebecca Stein-Wexler MD, UC Davis Health; Yamilé Blain, University of Miami Health System; Justin Gonder California Digital Library
Can THAT have an ISSN? A guide to the wide range of resources covered by ISSN [video]
Regina Romano Reynolds, director of the U.S. ISSN Center, Library of Congress
Virtual Preconference, Online, May 19
12:00pm – 1:00pm | Keynote address by Dr. Jane Anderson, NYU, co-director, Local Contexts [video]
1:00pm – 1:15pm | Break
1:15pm – 2:15pm | Concurrent Sessions
FULL SESSION
Openness is not enough: Dismantling structural inequities on our quest for public knowledge
Kate Shuttleworth, Public Knowledge Project and Simon Fraser University; Amanda Stevens, Public Knowledge Project; Patricia Mangahis, Public Knowledge Project
PANEL
Out in the Open: Launching a Diamond Open Access Book Hosting Service [video]
Rebecca Wojturska, University of Edinburgh
Swift: A Case Study in Publishing Fiction [video]
Maria Aghazarian, Scholarly Communications Librarian, Swarthmore College (she/her); Braulio Muñoz, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Swarthmore College (he/him)
Book Publishing by University Libraries in Brazil [video] [slides]
Lucas dos Santos Souza da Silva, Bachelor’s degree on Library Science, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO); Dayanne da Silva Prudencio. Professor of the Library Science Department, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro
2:15pm – 2:30pm | Break
2:30pm – 3:30pm | Concurrent Sessions
FULL SESSION
Inclusion and Representation in the Scholarly Ecosystem
Caitlin Tyler-Richards, Michigan State; Lea Johnston, Editorial, Getty Research Institute (GRI) Publications; Elizabeth Scarpelli, University of Cincinnati Press (Moderator)
PANEL & LIGHTNING TALKS
The BCcampus Open Publishing Suite: Guides for Your Open Publishing Initiative [video]
Arianna Cheveldave, BCcampus; Kaitlyn Zheng, BCcampus
Introducing Lantern: A Multiformat OER Publishing Toolkit [video]
Chris Diaz, Digital Publishing Librarian, Northwestern University; Lauren McKeen McDonald, Open Education Librarian, Northwestern University
Lightning Talks
- Can a Monthly Newsletter Increase Journal Publishing Best Practices? [video] | Kate Cawthorn, Digital Projects Librarian, University of Calgary Libraries and Cultural Resources
- Success, Failures, and the In-Between: Reflecting on a medical-student operated open access journal as it passes its third year in operation [video] | Benjamin Saracco, Research and Digital Services Faculty Librarian, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University; Amanda Adams MLS, Reference & Instruction Faculty Librarian, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
- Synchronizing the Asynchronous: Working through the Library Publishing Workshop as a Cohort [video] [slides] | Jill Cirasella, The Graduate Center, City University of New York; Gail Steinhart, Cornell University
- Inclusive Language in NIST Technical Series Publications [video] [slides] | Kathryn Miller, National Institute of Standards and Technology
3:30pm – 3:45pm | Break
3:45pm – 4:45pm | Concurrent Sessions
FULL SESSION
A library publisher, library consortium and library journal walk into a bar: A case study of adopting collaborative funding infrastructure to support library publishing [video]
Curtis Brundy, Iowa State University; Harrison W. Inefuku, Iowa State University; Sharla Lair, LYRASIS
FULL SESSION
The scoop on XML article-level metadata and why it’s critical to equitable research dissemination [video]
Alice Meadows, Director of Community Engagement at NISO; Brian Cody, Co-Founder and CEO of Scholastica
4:45pm – 5:00pm | Closing Remarks
In-person Library Publishing Forum, Pittsburgh, May 25
7:30am – 5:00pm | Registration
7:30am – 8:30am | Breakfast [Ballroom]
8:30am – 9:00am | Welcome and Opening Remarks [Ballroom]
9:00am – 10:00am | Keynote address by Christen Smith, Associate Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies and Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin [Ballroom] [video] [slides]
10:00am – 10:30am | Break
10:30am – 11:30am | Concurrent Sessions
FULL SESSION [Ballroom]
Let’s Talk! Building Library Support for Scholarly Societies Publications
Emma Molls, University of Minnesota; Lauren Collister, University of Pittsburgh; Harrison W. Inefuku, Iowa State University
PANEL [Dining Room A]
Let’s talk about academic labour: Changes in the academy and independent scholarly publishing
Jessica Lange, McGill University; Sarah Severson, University of Alberta
Should library publishers offer plagiarism screening? A pilot project at York University Libraries
Tomasz Mrozewski, Digital Publishing Librarian, York University
11:30am – 11:45am | Break
11:45am – 12:45pm | Concurrent Sessions
FULL SESSION [Ballroom]
Strategic Career Management [slides and other materials]
John W. Warren, Director and Associate Professor MPS in Publishing, George Washington University; Additional speakers TBD
FULL SESSION [Dining Room A]
Multimodal Monographs: Content, Collaboration, Community [video] [slides]
Allison Levy, Digital Scholarship Editor, Brown University; Sarah McKee, Senior Associate Director for Publishing, Emory University
12:45pm – 1:45pm | Lunch [Ballroom]
1:45pm – 2:30pm | Tours/Unscheduled networking time
2:30pm – 3:30pm | Concurrent Sessions (part 1)
WORKSHOP 1: A Focus Group on In-Progress Revisions to the Library Publishing Curriculum [Ballroom]
Cheryl E. Ball, moderator. Other Curriculum Board members TBA
WORKSHOP 2: Getting Started with Library Publishing Workflow Documentation [Dining Room A]
Katherine Skinner, Educopia Institute; Brandon Locke, Educopia Institute
WORKSHOP 3: Your Input Needed – An Interactive Session to Improve Usability and Findability of OJS Documentation [Dining Room B]
Mariya Maistrovskaya, Digital Publishing Librarian, University of Toronto Libraries; Amanda Stevens, Associate Director of Publishing Services and Support, Public Knowledge Project
3:30pm – 4:00pm | Break
4:00pm – 5:00pm | Concurrent Sessions (part 2)
WORKSHOP 1 (continued): A Focus Group on In-Progress Revisions to the Library Publishing Curriculum
WORKSHOP 2 (continued): Getting Started with Library Publishing Workflow Documentation
WORKSHOP 3 (continued): Your Input Needed – An Interactive Session to Improve Usability and Findability of OJS Documentation
6:00pm – 7:30pm | Reception [William Pitt Union Lower Lounge]
In-person Library Publishing Forum, Pittsburgh, May 26
7:30am – 5:00pm | Registration
7:30am – 8:30am | Breakfast [Ballroom]
8:30am – 8:45am | Welcome and Opening Remarks [Ballroom]
8:45am – 9:45am | Labor Panel | Marcia Rapchak, University of Pittsburgh; Chloe Mills, Robert Morris University; Rachel Masilamani, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh; Lauren B. Collister, University of Pittsburgh (moderator) [Ballroom]
9:45am – 10:15am | Break
10:15am – 11:15am | Concurrent Sessions
PANEL [Ballroom]
What it takes: Successful Open Publishing Programs [video] [slides]
Amy Song, Pressbooks
Conversations with OER Creators: Advice for Accessibility [video] [slides]
Elena Azadbakht, Health Sciences Librarian, University of Nevada Reno; Teresa Schultz, Social Sciences Librarian, University of Nevada, Reno
FULL SESSION [Dining Room A]
Discussion of University-based Publishing Infrastructure Virtual Convening
Ally Laird, Penn State University
11:15am – 11:30am | Break
11:30am – 12:30pm | Concurrent Sessions
FULL SESSION [Ballroom]
Maturing Our Program: Criteria for Selection, Content Advisories, and Celebrating Great Work [slides]
Laurie Taylor, University of Florida; Perry Collins, University of Florida; Chelsea Johnston, University of Florida; Tracy MacKay-Ratliff, University of Florida
FULL SESSION [Dining Room A]
Stepping Onto the Platform: Reflections on Michigan Publishing’s Switch to Janeway for OA Journal Publishing
Andy Byers, Senior Publishing Technologies Developer, Birkbeck, University of London/Open Library of Humanities; Jason Colman, Director, Michigan Publishing Services, University of Michigan Library; Mauro Sanchez, Senior Publishing Technologies Developer, Birkbeck, University of London/Open Library of Humanities; Lauren Stachew, Senior Digital Publishing Coordinator, Michigan Publishing Services, University of Michigan Library
12:30pm – 1:30pm | Lunch/LPC Members Meet-up [Ballroom]
1:30pm – 2:15pm | Birds of a Feather/Table Topics TBD [Ballroom]
2:15pm – 2:30pm | Break
2:30pm – 3:30pm | Concurrent Sessions
PANEL [Ballroom]
Student Journal Forum: From a local event to a Canada-wide movement [video] [slides]
Mariya Maistrovskaya, University of Toronto Libraries; Sarah Severson, University of Alberta Library
Using Open Access Publishing to Promote Undergraduate Research [video] [slides]
Brett Say, Director of Honor Research Programs, University of Pittsburgh Honors College; Angel Zheng, Undergraduate Student, University of Pittsburgh Honors College; Corey Schultz, Undergraduate Student, University of Pittsburgh Honors College; Samantha Kirschman, Undergraduate Student, University of Pittsburgh Honors College
PANEL [Dining Room A]
Making Open Access Books Work: A Library-Press Partnership Perspective [video] [slides]
Emma Vecellio, Library Relations Manager, Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library
The Challenge of Disseminating Metadata on Library Published, Open-Access Books [video][slides]
Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei, co-director, punctum books; COPIM (Community-led Open Publication Infrastructures for Monographs)
3:30pm – 4:00pm | Break
4:00pm – 5:00pm
PLENARY SESSION [Ballroom]
NGLP: Building in the Open, Building Together
Katherine Skinner, NGLP; Dave Pcolar, NGLP; Kate Herman, NGLP
5:00pm – 5:15pm | Closing Remarks [Ballroom]