Library Publishing

• Webinar—Libraries, Presses, and Publishing (SPEC Kit 357)

  SPEC Kit 357, Libraries, Presses, and Publishing, explores the variety of activities that are associated with library publishing, the level of library/publishing/press integration and collaboration with or creation of formal...

• SPEC Survey Webcast on Libraries, Presses, and Publishing

  The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is offering a series of webcasts that present the findings from the latest SPEC surveys and allow webcast participants to discuss trends with the...

• SPEC Kit 357: Libraries, Presses, and Publishing (November 2017)

  This SPEC Kit gathers information on the breadth of practice taking place at the intersection of research libraries, presses, and publishing, and on the blurring of boundaries as libraries engage...

• Across the Great Divide: Findings and Possibilities for Action from the 2016 Summit Meeting of Academic Libraries and University Presses with Administrative Relationships (P2L)

  The P2L Summit brought together 23 teams of university library and press directors with an administrative relationship (typically the press reporting to the library—“P2L”) on May 9–10, 2016, in Philadelphia,...

• Library Support for Faculty/Researcher Publishing, SPEC Kit 343, Published by ARL

  ARL has released Library Support for Faculty/Researcher Publishing, SPEC Kit 343, which explores ARL member libraries’ activities related to support of faculty and researcher publishing of scholarly works. The publication...

• SPEC Kit 343: Library Support for Faculty/Researcher Publishing (October 2014)

  By actively participating in the research and writing process, librarians can use their subject expertise to develop new roles for themselves and devise new modes of contributing to the scholarly...

• Press-Library Collaborations Explored in AAUP Report

  The Association of American University Presses (AAUP) surveyed its members and ARL libraries in 2012 to identify elements of successful collaborations. The survey included questions on operational and financial structures...

• Library Publishing Coalition to Host Inaugural Library Publishing Forum

  The Library Publishing Forum aims to bring together representatives of libraries engaged in or considering publishing activities. The first forum will be hosted by the Library Publishing Coalition in Kansas City,...

• Publishing Support for Small Print-Based Publishers: Options for ARL Libraries

  This report summarizes the results of a project to investigate options that research libraries have for providing publishing support to small, print-based publishers.  pub-support_7mar11.pdf

• Partnering to Publish 2010: Building a Scholarly Publishing Infrastructure at the University of Michigan: Challenges, Opportunities and First Moves

  This presentation reports on the University of Michigan's early experiences with formally creating a Publishing Division and illustrates them with discussion of projects that implement new approaches to management and...

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