Webinar: Library as publisher, Part one

Current status and impact on scholarly communication

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.

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

Part two will take place on March 14, 2018.