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Library As Publisher, Part One: Current Status and Impact on Scholarly Communication

Webinar

About The Webinar

An increasing number of university libraries have assumed responsibility for scholarly communication activities and university presses. This event will bring together professionals from a variety of institutions, asking them to address what the challenges have been for them, name their successes, and articulate their vision for the future.

Confirmed Speakers: Carol Ann Davis, Director of Digital Scholarship Services, University of South Florida Libraries;  Andrew Wesolek, Head of Digital Scholarship, Clemson University Libraries; Johanna Meetz, Scholarly Communications and Publishing Services Librarian and Associate Director of Pacific University Press, Pacific University

Event Sessions

Growing a Library Publishing Operation: Some Tips and Tools

Speakers

Carol Ann Davis

Director of Digital Scholarship Services
University of South Florida

Johanna Meetz

Scholarly Communication & Publishing Services Librarian & Associate Director of Pacific University Press
Pacific University

Libraries face many challenges when initiating library publishing operations. This relatively new aspect of librarianship is not yet part of library school curricula, and some are still struggling to determine the skills needed for this area. The three speakers will discuss their experiences in library publishing at their separate institutions with distinct publishing environments. The University of South Florida published their first open access journal in 2007 and has no university press. Clemson University Libraries began publishing operations in 2013 and has some joint publishing efforts with Clemson University Press, which is administratively distinct from the Libraries.  Pacific University Press was founded in 2015 by the Libraries as a hybrid open access publisher, and librarians perform both traditional university press and library publishing operations. The speakers will share successes and challenges they have encountered in initiating their publishing operations and their vision for the future. They will also discuss the NASIG Core Competencies for Scholarly Communication Librarians and the upcoming Library Publishing Curriculum from Educopia and the Library Publishing Coalition. They will offer suggestions on how these tools can be applied to organize a new publishing operation, create job descriptions, and train new employees.

Additional Information

  • Cancellations made by Wednesday, February 28, 2018, will receive a refund, less a $35 cancellation. After that date, there are no refunds.

  • Registrants will receive detailed instructions about accessing the virtual conference via e-mail the Friday prior to the event. (Anyone registering between Monday and the close of registration will receive the message shortly after the registration is received, within normal business hours.) Due to the widespread use of spam blockers, filters, out of office messages, etc., it is your responsibility to contact the NISO office if you do not receive login instructions before the start of the webinar.

  • If you have not received your Login Instruction e-mail by 10 a.m. (ET) on the day before the virtual conference, please contact the NISO office at nisohq@niso.org for immediate assistance.

  • Registration is per site (access for one computer) and includes access to the online recorded archive of the conference. You may have as many people as you like from the registrant's organization view the conference from that one connection. If you need additional connections, you will need to enter a separate registration for each connection needed.

  • If you are registering someone else from your organization, either use that person's e-mail address when registering or contact nisohq@niso.org to provide alternate contact information.

  • Conference presentation slides and Q&A will be posted to this event webpage following the live conference.

  • Registrants will receive an e-mail message containing access information to the archived conference recording within 48 hours after the event. This recording access is only to be used by the registrant's organization.

For Online Events

  • You will need a computer for the presentation and Q&A.

  • Audio is available through the computer (broadcast) and by telephone. We recommend you have a set-up for telephone audio as back-up even if you plan to use the broadcast audio as the voice over Internet isn't always 100% reliable.

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Fees

Registration for Part 1 only

If paying by credit card, register online for Part 1 only.

NISO Voting Members

  • $100.00 (US and Canada)
  • $110.00 (International)

NASIG Member

  • $100.00

Non-Member

  • $135.00 (US and Canada)
  • $159.00 (International)

Student  $49.00