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IFLA 2016 Satellite Meeting Proceedings
Libraries as Publishers: Building a Global Community
Volume 20, No. 2
Summer 2017Understanding the Vision
This session focused on patterns internationally in the growth of library publishing, with speakers asked to reflect on broader patterns in their regions as well as presenting illustrative case studies. The focus was on understanding common themes and motivations behind why libraries are becoming more and more engaged with publishing, exploring these issues through a uniquely diverse global lens appropriate to an IFLA satellite meeting.
Approaches to Library Publishing Services in Latin America
Julio Santillán-Aldana
Library as Publisher: From an African Lens
Reggie Raju and Jeremiah Pietersen
Implementing the Vision
This session illustrated the range of different types of libraries in which publishing activities are flourishing, and the different institutional contexts that library publishers are working in. Given their different origins, can we talk about these library publishers as representing a coherent group? Or are their ambitions and programs shaped by entirely local considerations?
Small Public Libraries as Publishers
Dijana Sabolović-Krajina
Sustaining and Growing the Vision of an Academic Library’s Fine Press
Emily Tipps and Crane Giamo
Using Skyepack Technology to Deliver an Interactive Parasitology E-Textbook
Heather Todd and Elena Danilova
Sustaining the Vision
As library publishing matures, issues around how to financially sustain and expand programs are coming to the fore. As well as exploring new business opportunities on their own campuses, libraries are collaborating to build larger cooperative organizations to better serve the needs of scholars and students across institutions.
Sowing the Seeds of Journal Success: Cultivating Relationships with Journal Editors and Staff
Marianne A. Reed and Brian L. Rosenblum
Volume 20, No. 1
2017By supporting self-publishing initiatives in their communities, public libraries can promote standards of quality in self-publishing.
Enhancing Metacognition: Nursing Faculty’s Perceived Usage of Interactive E-Book Technologies
Boas J. Yu and Mary E. Wombwell
May 2017An assessment of the likelihood of classroom e-book adoption by faculty and learners.
A study to illuminate the differentials in book pricing by format, which can appear arbitrary and unpredictable.
Peer reviewing: a private affair between the individual researcher and the publishing houses, or a responsibility of the university?
Leif Longva, Eirik Reierth, Lars Moksness, and Bård Smedsrød
May 2017An argument for improving the quality of published research by making peer review a priority for universities.
Counting research ⇒ directing research. The hazard of using simple metrics to evaluate scientific contributions. An EU experience.
Kai A. Olsen and Alessio Malizia
May 2017Careful considerations on how we measure and prove the value of research.
Reassembling Scholarly Communications: An Evaluation of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s Monograph Initiative
John W. Maxwell, Alessandra Bordini, Katie Shamash
April 2017A review of thirteen projects in the monograph ecosystem funded by the Mellon Foundation.
A note from our editor as JEP transitions to a rolling issue format.
