CULTIVATING THE COMMONS
Library publishing creates impact through access. These examples all showcase libraries’ contributions to our shared knowledge commons.
Virginia Tech’s Rights Reversion Service breathes new life into out-of-print works, returning them to active use through open licenses that allow them to be freely shared with thousands of new readers. At CUNY, the Wikimedian-in-Residence program contributes to the ongoing cultivation and growth of the Internet’s original open encyclopedia, while at William & Mary Libraries’ W&M Press, important institutional and community history is made available to everyone. Library publishing practitioners share their expertise as well. Colleagues from MTSU Walker Library and Towson University Cook Library detail their experience cultivating a new OA journal, while the University of Alberta Library shares the community efforts needed to flip a journal from subscription to Open Access.
- Virginia Tech’s Rights Reversion Service, Anita Walz, University Libraries at Virginia Tech
- CUNY’s Wikimedian in Residence, Jojo Karlin, The City University of New York
- William & Mary Libraries’ William & Mary Press republish The College of William & Mary: A History, Vol.1 & Vol. 2, Mary Oberlies, W&M Libraries
- MTSU Walker Library and Towson University Cook Library share insights about growing a publishing program, MTSU Libraries
- University of Alberta Library’s Community Approach to Flipping a Journal, Katie Cuyler, University of Alberta Library