Stopwatch Session 6

Beth Bernhardt
Oxford University Press
Consortia Account Manager

Wendy Moore
Francis Marion University
Technical Services Librarian

Faye Christenberry
University of Washington
Collection Strategy & Licensing Librarian

Rebecca Doxford
University of Washington
Monographic Order Specialist

Sion Romaine
University of Washington
Director, Acquisitions & Rapid Cataloging Services

Barbara Albee
EBSCO Information Services
Account Services Manager

Morag Stewart
University of Washington
Acquisitions Librarian

2:30 PM - 3:10 PM EDT on Thursday, November 4

These short “pecha kucha-like” sessions will feature four presentations of 6 minutes and 40 seconds each. We will have time at the end of the session intended for Q&A for all presenters. Come for a lively, rapid-fire group of talks moderated by Beth Bernhardt, Consortia Account Manager, Oxford University Press and Conference Director.

1. Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: Black Librarians and the State of Publishing in Librarianship - Wendy Moore

"The library profession (and library information science programs) has often been accused of not being highly inclusive of Black/African Americans and other persons of color. Over the years, many initiatives have and continue to be implemented to reconcile this matter. Often, these practices are encouraged to bring more African Americans to the library field. Although this inclusivity has dealt with representation in libraries, there has not been much work done in the publishing of Black/African American librarians, primarily Black academic librarians. This paper attempts to discuss how Black/African American librarians are often excluded from the process of publishing and takes a look at how publishers arrive at what is publishable. It also provides some answers as to what has/can be done to enact more inclusivity of publishing in librarianship.

The library profession (and library information science programs) has often been accused of not being highly inclusive of Black/African Americans and other persons of color. Over the years, many initiatives have and continue to be implemented to reconcile this matter. Often, these practices are encouraged to bring more African Americans to the library field. Although this inclusivity has dealt with representation in libraries, there has not been much work done in the publishing of Black/African American librarians, primarily Black academic librarians. This paper attempts to discuss how Black/African American librarians are often excluded from the process of publishing and takes a look at how publishers arrive at what is publishable. It also provides some answers as to what has/can be done to enact more inclusivity of publishing in librarianship.



2. Streaming Media Acquisition in Times of COVID: Adapting on the Fly - Faye Christenberry, Rebecca Doxford, Morag Stewart

At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, requests for streaming media sky-rocketed as faculty and library staff shifted to remote work and support of online-only instruction in the spring of 2020. This transition prompted acquisitions and collections staff at the University of Washington Libraries to scale up and adjust processes to support demand in the rapidly evolving library and vendor environments. These changes highlighted issues with hosted streaming processes, digital storage capacity, and support for accessibility, among others, and revealed opportunities to improve cross-departmental workflows and model licensing language. This presentation will describe the UW Libraries' response to these and other challenges and opportunities COVID presented and thoughts on post-COVID management of streaming media acquisitions.



3. The reality about serials inflation and the 2021 Periodicals Price Survey - Barbara Albee, Sion Romaine

"Budget planning for library materials has always been both a science and an art. But economic shocks, new pricing models and a preference for funding new services over collections are making it increasingly difficult for collections librarians to practice their budget science, no matter how artful they may be.

Since 1993, the annual Library Journal serials pricing article has been a trusted tool in library budget forecasting as well as a key benchmark for evaluating current funding. In this session, two of the authors of the 2021 article share their methodology for gathering the data and writing the article and discuss how the statistics and trends identified in the article may be applied in your library.

Learn about the effects of the pandemic on library budgets, open access, the 2022 serials marketplace forecast, and more.

Drawing upon the research for the 2021 article this program will also discuss the current scholarly publishing and library landscapes, the emerging issues and trends driving journal pricing and will offer insight into what to expect for 2022. The opportunity for questions and discussion will be provided."