This presentation was provided by Emma Molls of the University of Minnesota Libraries, during the NISO event "Content Presentation: Diversity of Formats." The webinar was held on February 10, 2021.

1. It’s not really a book or a
journal...
Emma Molls, Publishing Librarian
University of Minnesota Libraries

2. Publishing with UMN Libraries
● Member of Library Publishing Coalition
● Newer library service (started in 2014)
● Campus-based, campus-serving (faculty, researchers, students)
● Open access journals, monographs, conference proceedings, textbooks, and
digital works
● Connect with expertise Libraries-wide

3. Why researchers come to us?
● Desire to start an open access publication
● Looking for more control (including copyright)
● Related to student and/or course work
● Looking to publish a new content type
● Turned away from previous publishers

4. Consultation & selection process
● Mission and value alignment
● Impact of openly access content
● Publishing Services can support (technology & labor)
● Existing publications
Not considered:
● Market research
● Return on investment
● Publisher dictated measures of success

5. Build for issue one, grow for issue two
● Researcher-led builds focus on “innovation”
● Develop clear policies for authors, reviewers, and readers
● Site development does not end when first issue is published
● Develop roadmap or ‘wishlist’ --requires working with platforms
● Integrate other library services
● “Cross that bridge when we come to it”

6. English Heritage Music Series

7. Open Rivers

8. Smart Politics

9. Library publishers are librarians
Can we preserve the content? Will a user find the content?
● Work directly with in-house catalogers
● Follow standards, but push for change
Our publications serve the needs of specific communities. Publications define their
own success.

10. Emma Molls, Publishing Librarian
University of Minnesota
emolls@umn.edu / @emma_molls