From: Adrian Ho <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 4:46 PM
Subject: Announcing the 1st edition of the Library Publishing Directory

Sending a message on behalf of the Library Publishing Coalition.
Apologies for cross-posting.

Announcing the 1st edition of the Library Publishing Directory.

Published in October 2013, the Library Publishing Directory provides a
snapshot of the publishing activities of 115 academic and research
libraries, including information about the number and types of
publications they produce, the services they offer authors, how they
are staffed and funded, and the future plans of institutions that are
engaged in this growing field.

Download the Open Access version (PDF or EPUB) or order a print copy
via Purdue University Press. The Library Publishing Directory is also
available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other booksellers.

In documenting the breadth and depth of activities in this field, this
resource aims to articulate the unique value of library publishing;
establish it as a significant and growing community of practice; and
to raise its visibility within a number of stakeholder communities,
including administrators, funding agencies, other scholarly
publishers, librarians, and content creators.

Specifically it is hoped that this Directory will:

* Introduce all readers to the emerging field of library publishing
and help articulate its unique characteristics as a distinctive
"publishing field."

* Facilitate collaboration among library publishers and other
publishing entities, especially the university presses and learned
societies that share their values.

* Alert authors of scholarly content to a range of potential
publishing partners dedicated to supporting their experimentation with
new forms of scholarly communication and open access business models.

Directory Subcommittee

Marilyn Billings (University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
Stephanie Davis-Kahl (Illinois Wesleyan University)
Adrian Ho (University of Kentucky)
Sarah Lippincott (ex officio)
Holly Mercer (University of Tennessee)
Katherine Skinner (ex officio)
Elizabeth Smart (Brigham Young University)
Shan Sutton (Oregon State University)
Allegra Swift (Claremont University Consortium)
Beth Turtle (Kansas State University)
Charles Watkinson (Purdue University)