Lived Places Publishing at the 2024 Charleston Conference

Lived Places Publishing will be represented at The Charleston Library Conference on Tuesday and Thursday:

SESSION: How Book Publishers Use Analytics to (Try and) Do Good

David Parker will be presenting on a panel in the ANALYSIS & ASSESSMENT track:

Thursday, November 14, 2024
11:20 am – 12:00 pm
Grand Ballroom 2, Gaillard Center

Session Description:

Usage counts, indicators of engagement, demographics, impact metrics… deeper data collection across big tech has raised increasing levels of concern in librarianship about the use and potential misuse of analytics by publishers. Strict privacy legislation such as GDPR has been established in Europe and is becoming tighter in many U.S. states. The need to protect patron privacy has never been greater in a politically charged environment where books are banned and marginalized identities are targeted. Over-metricization of research assessment has led more and more signatories to DORA. The concerns are real, but not all data are bad.

In this session, three publishers from both the non-profit and commercial sectors share how they use data to advance more equitable and inclusive publishing models. The session has several particular focuses:

How faculty engagement with a content strategy focused on DEI-centered topics can inform a publisher’s acquisition strategy and the launch of new books and collection;
How usage data helps enlist financial support from libraries and other stakeholders for open access programs that don’t require author payments;
How quantitative as well as qualitative information can be used to communicate impact, especially in an open access environment.

Speakers:

Charles Watkinson, Michigan Publishing, Associate University Librarian for Publishing / Director, University of Michigan Press
Emily Farrell, Taylor & Francis, Global Commercial Director, Open Research
Kelsey Mrjoian, Michigan Publishing, Library Relations Manager
David Parker, Lived Places Publishing, Co-Founder/Publisher

VENDOR SHOWCASE: Lived Places Publishing

Stephen Belcourt will be on hand for the Charleston Vendor Showcase:

Tuesday, November 12, 2024
10:00 am – 5:30 pm
Grand Ballroom, Gaillard Center

We are offering Conference Promotional Pricing for our Intersections Collection of 105 titles. Please see Stephen (in the bright orange polo shirt) in Booth 21 for details. Or to set up a meeting in advance, please EMAIL STEPHEN directly.

About the Publisher

Lived Places Publishing (LPP) is building a catalog of applied and concise course reading material in interdisciplinary collections. Each title we publish explores the intersection of identity and place, humanizing an issue through lived experience(s).

Our Intersections Collection is 105 titles, designed with libraries in mind:

Intersections is a DRM-free, one-time acquisition with no ongoing fees.
Unlimited user access and unrestricted PDF download of titles.
Whole ebook ILL is permitted (one partner institution at a time).
5% of all sales are set aside to fund open access publishing based on our average production cost. To date, we have published three Open Access ebooks; we invite you to add these to your holdings today

See complete information about all of the above here in our Librarian Resource Center, including MARC & KBART records.

Each LPP book includes learning objectives, recommended assignments and discussion guides, and is written at a length (100-150 pages) to be completed in 2-3 weeks of a course. Lived Places Publishing books are written to bring theory and concept to life and to illustrate the theories and concepts that underpin the curriculum in each discipline we publish to.

The rapid adoption of the Intersections Collection by institutions both large and small showcases how these narrative works provide value within the classroom and increase the visibility of marginalized voices.

More info and title list: https://livedplacespublishing.com/intersections