2024-2025
Committee Roster
Jessica Thompson, Harvard Education, Cair (j DOT collinson AT liverpool DOT ac DOT uk)
Jennie Collinson, Liverpool
Maia Desjardins, Wilfred Laurier
Allison Levy, Brown
Alison Mero, Clemson
Madison Mosely, Georgia
Kelsey Mrjoian, Michigan
Julia Oestreich, Delaware
Board Liaison
Catherine Cocks, Syracuse
Central Office Liaison
Annette Windhorn
Charge
General Objective:
- Expand communications and collaborations to promote mutual understanding between university presses and libraries, particularly academic libraries, paying attention to the wide range of relationships that exist between libraries and presses including as core customers, publishing partners, institutional reports, and project collaborators.
Specific Charges to the Library Relations Committee:
- Present information and stimulate conversation around libraries as customers for and supporters of university press content, with a particular focus on sharing the distinctive role of university presses and getting feedback from librarians at the 2024 Charleston Library Conference.
- Further build relationships with library publishers and explore opportunities for collaboration with libraries, including individual committee member participation in the grassroots University Based Publishing Futures community.
- Organize appropriate programming throughout the year, including a session at 2025 Charleston Library Conference, the 2026 annual meeting, and the UBPF event between the 2026 Annual Meeting and 2026 Library Publishing Forum in Seattle.
- To address scheduling challenges, begin process of organizing and proposing a session at the 2026 Charleston Library Conference, to be implemented by next year’s committee.
Common Charges to All Committees of the Association:
- Submit reports on Committee activities to the Association Board in time for its October, March, and June meetings. Interim reports are due on 10 October 2025, and 27 February 2026; final reports that recap all committee activities for the year and are shared with the membership are due 22 May 2026. Follow guidelines for preparing reports found in the Chair Handbook in the Committee and Task Force Chairs Group on UP Commons.
- Follow all guidelines and requirements published in the AUPresses Chair Handbook, including those regarding the use of UP Commons, inclusion of board and staff liaisons, scheduling webinars & hangouts, and any research or survey projects.
- Appoint a member of your committee, ideally not the chair or cochair, to serve as a liaison to the Equity, Justice, Inclusion, and Belonging Committee. This role provides updates on your committee’s efforts in support of equity and inclusion, seeks information, support, or guidance on EJIB matters as needed, and attends a Fall meeting for liaisons hosted by EJIB Committee.
- On or after the date of the first interim report, suggest one or more panel or speaker ideas to the Annual Meeting Program Committee
- Consider nominating a member of your committee, or a member of the community with whom your committee interacts, for the AUPresses Constituency Award when announced
- Review your General Objective and Specific Tasks at the end of the service year and recommend changes for next year to the Executive Director.