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Illinois Wesleyan UniversityDigital Commons @ IWUNews and Events University Communications2013Illinois Wesleyan Joins Project to Create LibraryPublishing CoalitionStephanie Davis KahlIllinois Wesleyan UniversityThis Article is brought to you for free and open access by The Ames Library, the Andrew W. Mellon Center for Curricular and FacultyDevelopment, the Office of the Provost and the Office of the President. It has been accepted for inclusion in Digital Commons @ IWU bythe faculty at Illinois Wesleyan University. For more information, please contact digitalcommons@iwu.edu.©Copyright is owned by the author of this document.Recommended CitationDavis Kahl, Stephanie, "Illinois Wesleyan Joins Project to Create Library Publishing Coalition" (2013). News and Events.Paper 2278.http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/news/2278Illinois Wesleyan Joins Project to Create Library Publishing Coalition  Jan. 16, 2013  BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – Illinois Wesleyan University, in collaboration with more than 50 other academic libraries and the  Educopia Institute, has joined a two-year project (2013-2014) to create the Library Publishing Coalition (LPC). The project  emerged from conversations between Purdue University, the University of North Texas, and Virginia Tech regarding the need  for a community dedicated to advancing the field of library publishing. Illinois Wesleyan University will play an integral role in  the design and implementation of the LPC as a contributing institution.   Academic libraries and the researchers and organizations they support are facing a new paradigm in scholarly publishing.  The web, information and social media technologies, and the Open Source and Open Access movements are changing the  framework in which scholarship is created, collected, organized, and disseminated. Yet, as shown by the highly regarded,  IMLS-funded Strategies for Success project, library-based publishing groups lack a central space where they can meet,  work together, share information, and confront common issues.  Through seed support from Educopia and participating institutions, the LPC project will engage practitioners to design a  collaborative network that intentionally addresses and supports an evolving, distributed, and diverse range of library  production and publishing practices.  During the first stage of the project, the LPC’s project team will document and evaluate how best to structure this initiative in  order to promote collaboration and knowledge sharing for this field. The project team will produce several concrete  deliverables, including:  • Targeted research, building on existing broader surveys, that will focus on topics of particular interest to the community, including costs, staffing, and how libraries are financing these ventures. • Compilation of a directory of existing library publishing services, providing details including staff contacts, types of  products produced, and software platforms utilized. • A forum for networking and sharing communications about library publishing services, including an annual event and  ongoing virtual training and community-building activities. • The design and implementation of the Library Publishing Coalition as an ongoing, institutionally owned organization  that serves the needs of this community.   Tyler Walters, Dean of University Libraries at Virginia Tech and one of the project’s initiators, called the formation of the LPC “ a significant occasion in the development of library services and community building in our profession.” He added, “One day,  through the community that is the LPC, new business and service models for library-based publishing will be formed, shared technologies brought about, and best practices documented, communicated, and learned. The LPC promises to advance  new forms of information services in the Digital Age and I’m looking forward to realizing the promise of what can be...  together.”   More information and a full list of participating institutions are available on the project website,  www.educopia.org/programs/lpc .  For more information about Illinois Wesleyan's participation, contact Scholarly Communications Librarian/Associate Professor Stephanie Davis-Kahl, (309) 556-3010. 

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