There's a pretty good argument for library-as-ISP in here, as well as library-as-publisher.

Public libraries have been publishers before, largely of annual reports, bulletins, and printed catalogs of special collections–items that are now integrated into the catalog itself or available online. More recently, libraries have facilitated the self-publishing efforts of their communities, such as Sacramento Public Library’s iStreet Press and Temecula Public Library’s Flash Books! And academic libraries have entered the scholarly publishing business in increasing numbers. But what might a publishing imprint run by a local library look like? Over the past two years, two public libraries have begun to explore that question.

At ALA Midwinter 2014, librarians were urged not to be satisfied by recent e-book developments, and to look more deeply at their digital future.

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A couple months ago, we featured Provincetown Public Press here on the Library as Incubator Project website, and got to hear from Matt Clark, who is Creative Director at Provincetown Public Library in Massachusetts about the groundbreaking initiative to create a library-based digital press. We can’t get enough of innovative ways to support and collect community-created content, so we invited Matt and Provincetown’s Executive Director, Cheryl Napsha, to write a series of posts on different aspects of the Press.  This week, we get a peek into the process of building Provincetown Public Press, PLUS the books they are publishing this year! Enjoy. ~Erinn Building Provincetown Public Press by Matt Clark, Creative Director + Cheryl Napsha, Executive Director The idea for the Provincetown Public Press emerged from collaboration between Matt and Cheryl, who were originally assembling a digital library portfolio.  Matt, who is extremely enamored with his new iMac, taught himself iBook creation one night, and the project went to the next level.  Soon after, Matt raised the idea of creating a digital publishing company.  Because Matt is not trained as a librarian, he is sometimes able to see the larger picture more clearly.  In watching publishing trends and marketing news, Matt came to believe […]

Libraries buy lots of books. Library patrons like to read bestsellers at the library.

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Librarians, publishers, and authors are all struggling with the burden of copyright, that being the exclusive right to copy in a digital wor...

Libraries have long provided an essential community service by making books and other information products freely available and accessible to local community p…

Librarians are accustomed to taking on new roles in response to shifts in scholarship, the economy, the academic environment, and technology. Digital publishing is a relative newcomer to the new su…

Children’s departments began to appear in public libraries around 1900. Today, it‘s hard to imagine a public library without one. In many libraries, children’s materials account for more than a third of circulation. Now we have dedicated children’s librarians, children’s acquisitions people, and children’s programming experts. We have a host of early literacy specialists using … Continue reading Wanna Write a Good One? Library as Publisher →

Kristen Nawrotzki and Jack Dougherty, co-editors of a born-digital, open-access, open peer-reviewed, and soon-to-be published digital humanities volume offer nuts-and-bolts advice on all aspects re…