‘Free Books for All’ - Manchester/Middlesex/Plymouth model? Co-Creation.? But How? Where’s the Money.? ‘Library resources can be stretched at key times’.ġ8 What can we do about it? Some Thoughts: Buy more print? ‘In general, the library book stock needs to be increased, especially those that are recommended for particular modules.’ ‘Library resources are out-of-date and there are not enough of them.’ ‘Books are not available, limited copies or no copy at all.’ ‘The library is usually lacking in resources, providing only one (if that) copy of a text that is used by many and is otherwise too expensive to purchase’. Student Experience National Student Survey – ULMS and Lawġ7 Getting Better….
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Image: The Quarrymen plus their instruments, Ronald Saunders, Wikipediaġ6 How’s the perceived lack of textbooks impacting? What are our needs? Library- Books! Image: The Quarrymen plus their instruments, Ronald Saunders, Wikipediaġ4 Should we collaborate on or textbooks or monographs? Interdisciplinarity across the modern languages Gold Open Access under a CC-BY or CC-BY- NC licence Rigorous peer review pre-publication, interactivity post-publication International dissemination under the imprimatur of a university pressġ3 Moving it on… Informal Discussions Getting deeper into the Library “Liverpool University Press does a lot of things you wouldn’t expect from a university press and thinks outside the usual confines of publishing.” “This is a publisher that relishes a challenge.” “There’s a lot of dynamism and innovation around Liverpool University Press”ĩ Initial Partnership LUP Library Advisory Board Modern Languages Openġ0 We can work it out: the library/press advisory boardĭiscussion forum Ideas for collaboration An anthropological study Questions often lead to further questioning of our own processes Third Oldest in the UK – Founded in 1899 Reborn in 2004 Publishes approximately 70 books a year and 25 journals Specialises in Literature, Modern Languages, History and Visual Culture. The University of Liverpool is in a strong position to support and enhance scholarly communication because it has a Library and a Press. High Expectations! Open Access Demands! Suspicion! Photograph © Alison Whitehorn, 2015ĥ Come Together ? So why would University of Liverpool Library & Liverpool University Press want to collaborate? Photograph © Andrew Dunn, 25 December 2005
Subscription Prices! Lack of Availability of Key E-Textbooks! Licensing Issues! Photograph © Alison Whitehorn, 2015 Photograph © Andrew Dunn, 25 December 2005 with each one thinking the other is the dog. The relationship between librarians and publishers is often like that of a dog and a lamp post. Presentation on theme: "Library/Press Collaboration at Liverpool"- Presentation transcript:ġ Library/Press Collaboration at LiverpoolĪndrew Barker Head of Academic Liaison, Special Collections & Archives Some Context: Traditional Library Publisher Relations