From: Adrian Ho <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 11:46:57 -0400 Dear colleagues, There should have been embedded links in the announcement below. Please see this page for the links: http://www.librarypublishing.org/resources/directory-library-publishing-services Thanks. Adrian Ho On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 7:23 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > 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)