Abstract
Key points Around 30% of campus‐based members of the Association of American University Presses now report to libraries, more than double the number 5 years ago. Beyond reporting relationships, physical collocation and joint strategic planning characterize the most integrated press/library partnerships. The main mutual advantages of deep press/library collaboration are economic efficiency, greater relevance to parent institutions, and an increased capacity to engage with the changing needs of authors in the digital age. There is emerging interest in collaboration at scale among libraries and presses that may extend the impact of press/library collaboration beyond single institutions.
Highlights
In a 2013 post on the Society for Scholarly Publishing’s popular Scholarly Kitchen blog, consultant Joe Esposito explored “Having Relations with the Library: A Guide for University Presses” (Esposito, 2013)
In this article I argue the case for “marriage,” with its connotations of long-term, deeplyembedded partnership; a case that the rapidly growing number of university presses that report into libraries in North America will recognize
A survey of library publishing activity across a wide range of North American institutions conducted in 2010 found that fewer than 50 percent of the responding libraries that had access to a potential university press partner within their parent institutions were engaged in any form of collaboration (Mullins et al, 2012, 16), a number that had changed little from a similar survey three years earlier (Hahn 2008, 35)
Summary
Around thirty percent of campus-based members of the Association of American University Presses report to libraries, more than double the number five years ago. Beyond reporting relationships, physical collocation and joint strategic planning characterize the most integrated press/library partnerships. The main mutual advantages of deep press/library collaboration are economic efficiency, greater relevance to parent institutions, and an increased capacity to engage with the changing needs of authors in the digital age. There is emerging interest in collaboration at scale among libraries and presses that may extend the impact of press/library collaboration beyond single institutions
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