The Call for Proposals for the 2023 Library Publishing Forum is closed.


Program

Notes: This is a preliminary program and subject to change. All times are Eastern Daylight Time.

Monday, May 8

12:00 p.m. to 1 p.m. | Keynote address by Dorothea Salo, Distinguished Teaching Faculty III in the University of Wisconsin at Madison’s Information School
She Can’t Say That, Can She?

1 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. | Break

1:15 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.
FULL SESSION

A Continuum of Library Publishing in Music: First-time Musical Score Publishing to Establishing a Music Label
Anita Walz, Assistant Director of Open Education and Scholarly Communication Librarian, Virginia Tech; Kindred Grey, OER and Graphic Design Specialist, Virginia Tech; Derek Shapiro, Director of Bands and Assistant Professor of Music, Virginia Tech; Jonathan Caldwell, Director of Bands and Assistant Professor of Conducting, University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Kathleen DeLaureni, Director of the Peabody Institute of the Arthur Friedheim Music Library, Johns Hopkins University

PANEL
Law Library Faculty Publication Services
Liz Parker, Publication Services Librarian, Legal Research Center, University of San Diego School of Law; Sasha Nunez, Research Assistant, Legal Research Center, University of San Diego School of Law

The Pittsburgh Novel: An Interactive Bibliography 3 Years in the Making
Angel Peterson, Open Publishing Production Specialist, Penn State University

Turning Gray Literature into Gold
Zoe Wake Hyde, Community Development Manager for Humanities Commons, Michigan State University

2:15 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. | Break

2:45 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
ACTIVE SESSION
Let’s Chat! How Do You Support Student Journals to be Sustainable and Ongoing?
Kristin Hoffmann, Research & Scholarly Communication Librarian, Western University; Emily Carlisle-Johnston, Research and Scholarly Communication Librarian, Western University; Noah Churchill-Baird, MLIS Student, Western University

FULL SESSION
A Model for Diversifying and Expanding Digital Publishing: Brown University Library’s National Endowment for the Humanities Institute
Allison Levy, Director, Brown University Digital Publications; Cosette Bruhns Alonso, Contemporary Publishing Fellow, University of Pennsylvania Libraries & Penn Press (LPC DEI Committee Member, 2022-2024); Emily Lynell Edwards, Assistant Professor of Digital Humanities and Educational Technologist, St. Francis College; Warren Harding, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Diversity in Digital Publishing, Brown University; Ashley Robertson Preston, Assistant Professor of History, Howard University

3:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. | Break

4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. | TBD Social Opportunity


Tuesday, May 9

12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
ACTIVE SESSION
A Toolkit for Disability Equity in Scholarly Communications
Karen Stoll Farrell, Head of Scholarly Communication, Indiana University – Bloomington; Simon Holt, Head of Central Strategies, Content Acquisition at Elsevier; Erin Osborne-Martin, Associate Director, Strategic Analytics at Wiley; Sylvia Hunter, Marketing Manager at Inera
NOTE: Because attendance for this session is capped at 40, attendees must “purchase” a free ticket when registering in Eventbrite.

PANEL
A Fresh Take on JATS: Book Reviews as a Simple, Immediate, and Accessible Gateway to Full-Text Publishing
Matthew Vaughn, Open Publishing Librarian, Indiana University; Richard Higgins,  Software Engineer, Indiana University

Curing Law Review Link Rot with DOIs
Valeri Craigle, Head of Technical Services, James E. Faust Law Library, University of Utah

Thoth: Open and Trusted Metadata for Open Access Books and Book Chapters
Rupert Gatti, Fellow, Trinity College, Cambridge

1:00 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. | Break

1:15 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.
ACTIVE SESSION
Collaborative Administration of DIY Publishing Tools
Corinne Guimont, Digital Scholarship Coordinator, Virginia Tech; Caitlin Bean, Publishing Services Specialist, Virginia Tech; Anita Walz, Assistant Director of Open Education and Scholarly Communication Librarian, Virginia Tech

FULL SESSION
Consortium Models for Open Education Resource Publishing
John D. Morgenstern, Copyright and Scholarly Communications Librarian, Emory University; Jeff Gallant, Program Director, Affordable Learning Georgia; Ellan Jenkinson, Member Engagement & Training Librarian, Partnership Among South Carolina Academic Libraries; BJ Robinson, Director, University of North Georgia Press; Yang Wu, Open Education Resources Librarian, Clemson University

2:15 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. | Break

2:45 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
PANEL
Listening to Our Community: What Does DEI in Library Publishing Look Like to You?
Shannon Kipphut-Smith, Scholarly Communications Liaison, Rice University

The Gender Gap in Job Status and Career Development of Chinese Publishing Practitioners
Yawen Li, School of Journalism and Communication, Beijing Normal University

Reintroducing the Ethical Framework for Library Publishing, V2.0
Joshua Neds-Fox, Coordinator for Library Publishing, Wayne State University Library System

FULL SESSION
Building a Publishing Platform Crosswalk: A Documentation Month Case Study
Corinne Guimont, Digital Scholarship Coordinator, Virginia Tech; Cheryl E. Ball, Independent Consultant; Matthew Vaughn, Indiana University

3:45 to 4:00 p.m. | Break

4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. | TBD Social Opportunity


Wednesday, May 10

12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
ACTIVE SESSION
Book Usage Metric Sharing and Use Guardrails: Developing Ethical Principles and System Requirements to Protect Reader Privacy and Automate Multi-Publisher and Platform OA Book Usage Data Exchange and Aggregation
Ursula Rabar, OA Book Usage Data Trust Community Manager, OPERAS (Open Scholarly Communication in the European Research Area for Social Sciences and Humanities)

PANEL
Stronger Together: The Growth of Open Access Library Hosting in Scotland
Rebecca Wojturska, Open Access Publishing Officer, University of Edinburgh

Canada’s Library Publishers: Low-Key Load-Bearing
Mike Nason, Open Scholarship & Publishing Librarian, UNB Libraries; Sonya Betz, Head, Library Publishing and Digital Production Services, University of Alberta; Emma Uhl, Publishing Support Specialist, Public Knowledge Project

Scottish Universities Press: Collaborating across Scotland to Develop a Library-Led Open Access Press
Dominique Walker, Publishing Officer, Scottish Universities Press

1:00 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. | Break

1:15 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.
PANEL
Staffing and Services in Library Publishing Programs: A Data-Driven Report
Johanna Meetz, Publishing & Repository Services Librarian, Ohio State University; Jeff Story, Senior Software Engineer, Intel Corporation

Creating a Publishing Preservation Policy
Corinne Guimont, Digital Scholarship Coordinator, Virginia Tech

Connecting Institutional Repositories and University Presses to Open and Preserve Humanities and Social Sciences Scholarship
Annie Johnson, Associate University Librarian, University of Delaware; Alicia Pucci, Scholarly Communications Associate, Temple University

FULL SESSION
New Data Sharing Mandates and the Role of Academic Libraries
Michael Casp, J&J Editorial; Emma Molls, Publishing Services Librarian, University of Minnesota Libraries; Sarah Lippincott, Head of Community Engagement, Dryad; Alberto Pepe, Authorea

2:15 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. | Break

2:45 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
FULL SESSION
Practice What You Preach: A Conversation about Transparent Publishing with the Journal of Open Educational Resources in Higher Education
Kristina Clement, Student Outreach and Sponsored Programs Librarian and Librarian Assistant Professor of Library Science, Kennesaw State University; Hilary Baribeau, Scholarly Communications Librarian, Colby College

PANEL
Academy Owned Scholarly Publishing at the Big Ten Academic Alliance
Kate McCready, BTAA Visiting Program Officer for Academy Owned Scholarly Publishing, Big Ten Academic Alliance + University of Minnesota Libraries

The Role of Library Publishing in Making Non-Traditional Research Outputs Count
Christie Hurrell, Director, Lab NEXT, University of Calgary; Robyn Hall, Scholarly Communications Librarian, MacEwan University

Ethics, Epistemology, and Scholarly Communication: How Epistemic Injustice Emerges throughout the Scholarly Communication Lifecycle
Emily Cox, Collections & Research Librarian for Humanities, Social Sciences, & Digital Media, NC State University

3:45 to 4:00 p.m. | Break

4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. | TBD Social Opportunity


Thursday, May 11

12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. | Keynote address by Deborah Poff, retired Professor of Philosophy and Senior Academic Administrator

1:00 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. | Break

1:15 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.
PANEL
When Does Your OER Program Become a Library Publishing Program?
Stephanie Western, OER Program Manager, Utah State University Libraries; Becky Thoms, Head of Digital Initiatives, Utah State University Libraries; Erica Finch, Scholarly Communications Librarian, Utah State University Libraries

Indexing of Student Journals: Barriers and Opportunities for Discoverability
Mariya Maistrovskaya, Digital Publishing Librarian, University of Toronto Libraries

Going Wayback: Digitally Preserving a Defunct Student Journal
Noah Churchill-Baird, MLIS Student, Western University; Kristin Hoffmann, Research and Scholarly Communication Librarian, Western University; Emily Carlisle-Johnston, Research and Scholarly Communication Librarian, Western University

FULL SESSION
Making Beautiful Books and Articles: Lowering the Costs of Open Access and OER Publishing via Automated Typesetting
Dione Mentis, COO, Coko; Julie Blanc; Julien Taquet

2:15 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. | Break

2:45 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
ACTIVE SESSION
Discovering, Using, and Getting Involved with the Library Publishing Curriculum
John W. Warren, Director and Associate Professor, Publishing, MPS in Publishing, George Washington University; Johanna Meetz, Publishing & Repository Services Librarian, Assistant Professor, Ohio State University

PANEL
Metadata for Everyone: Identifying Metadata Quality Issues across Cultures
Julie Shi, Digital Preservation Librarian, Scholars Portal

Puppies as a Veneer for Cheering Genocide: How Should a Press React When an Accepted Manuscript is Problematic?
Abram Shalom Himelstein, Editor-in-Chief, University of New Orleans Press; Chelsey Shannon, Editor, University of New Orleans Press

3:45 to 4:00 p.m. | Break

4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. | TBD Social Opportunity