Hello Colleagues, Does your library publish books? Journals? Blogs? Does your library offer support to writers and others to self-publish? Does your library create multimedia or digital content? We want you to tell your story. Abstract: Public and Academic libraries have long been the curators of information and are now adding content creation to their services. Each type of library has unique users and content creators, and the process for creating and distributing the content has numerous new electronic publishing and print on demand services. Libraries are seeking advice on how to choose, implement, and support these new endeavors. The forthcoming open access publication Library Publishing Toolkit will share a broad range of publishing strategies and projects from both academic and public libraries for libraries of various types to to get started or improve efficiency with publishing services. It will provide snapshots of libraries' publishing and digital content creation projects, identify successful strategies and workflows, and provide general guides to available resources and platforms. Editorial Board: Allison Brown, SUNY Geneseo Library Publishing Services Researcher Cyril Oberlander, SUNY Geneseo Library Director Kate Pitcher, SUNY Geneseo Head of Technical Services and Collection Development Patricia Uttaro, Monroe County Library System Director Publisher: IDS Project Press in collaboration with Rochester Regional Library Council, the Rochester Public Library, and Milne Library at SUNY Geneseo Expected Publication Date: June 30 2013 Guidelines: We seek papers that detail a library publishing service or library publishing project's progression from early planning and strategy stages to implementation, techniques, and project completion. Desired topics include but are not limited to: * Examples or case studies of specific publishing and digital content creation projects * Publishing service models * Strategies and workflows for publishing, self-publishing, electronic publishing and digital content creation * Experiences with publishing tools and platforms * Design of space dedicated to end-user publishing activities Submit a 300-500 word abstract or proposal to [log in to unmask] Proposals should include: Title Author Institution Email Address 300-500 word abstract introducing your library and the publishing project you wish to write about. Deadline for proposals is February 15th, and writers can expect to receive notification by February 22nd. Selected papers of 2-5 pages due by April 22nd. Timeline: Proposals due: February 15th, 2013 Author notification: February 22nd, 2013 Papers due: April 22nd, 2013 Final Edits due: June 1st, 2013 Publication: June 30, 2013 Further information about ourselves and our project can be found at our <http://publishingtoolkit.org/> website. Best wishes, Allison, Cyril, Kate, Patty, Cyril Cyril Oberlander, Director, Milne Library SUNY College at Geneseo 1 College Circle, Geneseo, NY 14454 Email: <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] - TEL: 585-245-5528 - FAX: 585-245-5769 - Skype: cyriloberlander