Panel: The Case for University-Based Publishing--Models, Missions, and Momentum

Abstract

An Open Access Week 2025 event.

As commercial scholarly publishing consolidates and costs continue to rise, universities are working to regain control over how scholarship is disseminated, maintained, and acquired. This panel will examine the promise and challenges of university-based publishing—from university presses to library publishing programs and beyond.

Panelists will discuss: How university-based publishing differs from commercial models, and why this distinction matters for equity, sustainability, and the future of scholarship University presses today: challenges, opportunities, initiatives, and strategies for thriving What is library publishing, why libraries publish, and how library publishing advances access and equity Funding models and sustainability for university-based publishing How faculty, libraries, universities, and university presses can collaborate to build more equitable, community-owned scholarly communication systems

Panelists: Heather Akou (Professor, Fashion Design, IU) Annie Martin (Editorial Director, IU Press) Kate McCready (Program Director for Open Publishing, Big Ten Academic Alliance) Mary Rose Muccie (Executive Director, Temple University Press, and Scholarly Communications Officer, Temple University Libraries) Solimar Otero (Professor, Folklore and Ethnomusicology, Professor, Gender Studies, and Director, Latino Studies, IU) Moderator: Karen Stoll Farrell (Director, Scholarly Communication and Open Publishing, IU Libraries)