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The Benefits of Working with a University Press to Establish a Library Publishing Program: Case Studies from Temple University and the University of Delaware
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2025
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The Association of University Presses (AUP) is a community of publishing professionals with over 150 global members. AUP is a strategic affiliate of the Library Publishing Coalition, and the two organizations regularly communicate with one another and attend each other’s annual meetings. The strong ties between these organizations make sense, in part because over the past fifteen years a growing number of university presses have begun reporting to their institution’s library. While more publishers reporting to libraries has led to some notable collaborations, ongoing working relationships and joint services are still not the norm. This is unfortunate, because university presses and libraries are part of a vital campus-based knowledge infrastructure that serves faculty, students, and the public, and working together has the potential to benefit both groups. This chapter argues that library publishers, and libraries wishing to start a library publishing program, should look to their institution’s university press for help along the way. Simple knowledge sharing about workflows and documentation is one way in which the press could support a burgeoning library publishing program. Shared work on publishing projects such as open educational resources and journals is another. To illustrate this point, case studies of library publishing programs at two R1 universities, Temple University and University of Delaware, are presented. At both institutions, library staff lacked expertise in publishing yet wanted a high level of quality in their publishing output. Collaborating with their institution’s university press made this possible. Although at both Temple and the University of Delaware, the library’s motivations for working with their press were similar, the exact approach taken by each institution has been different.
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Pucci, Alicia, and Annie Johnson. "The Benefits of Working with a University Press to Establish a Library Publishing Program: Case Studies from Temple University and the University of Delaware." In Library Publishing: How to Launch, Enhance, and Sustain Your Program, edited by Jonathan Grunert, 67-76. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2025.
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Chapter appears in: Grunert, Jonathan, ed. Library Publishing: How to Launch, Enhance, and Sustain Your Program. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2025.
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