From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 09:43:46 -0500

Call for Papers: IFLA Satellite Meeting

Theme:  Libraries as Publishers: Building a Global Community

Sponsored by the IFLA Section on Acquisition and Collection Development
Co-sponsored by the IFLA Section on Serials and Other Continuing Resources
Collaborators:  Library Publishing Coalition and the University of
Michigan Library

Conference Website: http://iflalibpub.org/

Date:  August 10 (5 p.m.) -August 12, 2016 (concluding 2 p.m.)

Venue: University of Michigan; 190 miles from Columbus, Ohio.  This is
an easy drive, and various forms of transport are available, including
the Detroit airport, 30 minutes away.  Additional information provided
on request.

Call for Proposals and Papers:

Libraries are engaging, with increasing success, in the dissemination
of original scholarly and literary materials. Both public and academic
libraries are becoming publishers for their communities.  Over the
last few years, the number of libraries with a commitment to
publishing has grown substantially, with both academic and public
libraries finding a strong demand for their services.  The latest
Library Publishing Directory profiles more than 115 libraries with
active publishing programs, most in North America but an increasing
number in other continents.  A global community of library publishers
is forming, and this meeting provides the ideal opportunity to meet
with colleagues from around the world to identify common themes,
brainstorm about shared challenges, and identify future opportunities
for information exchange and collaboration.

The program will comprise three half-day sessions titled
"Understanding the Vision," "Implementing the Vision," and "Sustaining
and Growing the Vision."

We invite proposals in English (up to 300 words) for 10-15 minute
presentations addressing topics that align with one of the three
session themes. Examples of such topics might include (but are by no
means limited to):

●      Reflecting on the outcomes of a specific library publishing
program or project

●      The emerging impact/role of library-published work in
collection development

●      Launching a small, open-access journal from within a library

●      How a library publishing program or individual publication can
achieve financial sustainability

●      The role of the library in meeting scholars’ obligations to
freely disseminate their work

●      The role of the library in supporting innovation in digital
scholarship/publishing

●      Opportunities for collaboration between university libraries
and university presses

●      Case studies of existing projects

We welcome submissions from around the globe and particularly those
from outside of North America.

Important Dates:

●      4 March 2016: Deadline to submit paper proposals to:
https://iflalibpub.submittable.com/submit

●      31 March 2016: Notification to submitters

●      1 June April 2016: Deadline for authors to submit completed papers

Satellite Planning & Programme Committee:

Ann Okerson, Chair, IFLA Section on Acquisition and Collection Development
Sharon Dyas-Correia, Chair, IFLA Section on Serials and Other
Continuing Resources
Maria Bonn, Senior Lecturer, Graduate School of Library and
Information Sciences, University of Illinois
Sarah Lippincott, Program Director, Library Publishing Coalition
Charles Watkinson, Associate University Librarian for Publishing,
University of Michigan
Rebecca Welzenbach, Director of Strategic Integration and
Partnerships, Michigan Publishing

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