2024-2025
Committee Roster
Jennie Collinson, Liverpool, Chair (jenniec AT liverpool DOT ac DOT uk)
Latrice Allen, Chicago
Maia Desjardins, Wilfred Laurier
Jessica Fiorillo, Harvard Education
Allison Levy, Brown
Alison Mero, Clemson
Kelsey Mrjoian, Michigan
Julia Oestreich, Delaware
Ann Snoeyenbos, Johns Hopkins
Board Liaison
John Sherer, North Carolina
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 and, if appropriate, the 2025 ACRL Conference.
- Further build relationships with library publishers and explore opportunities for collaboration with libraries, including proposing a session for the 2025 Library Publishing Forum and supporting Central Office efforts to advance the University Based Publishing Futures community formation statement.
- Organize appropriate programming throughout the year, including a session at the virtual annual meeting.
Common Charges to All Committees of the Corporation:
- Submit reports on Committee activities to the Association Board in time for its October, March, and June meetings. Interim reports are due on 24 October 2024, and 28 February 2025; final reports that recap all committee activities for the year and are shared with the membership are due 23 May 2025. 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, and any research or survey projects.
- Appoint a member of your committee 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.
- Review your General Objective and Specific Tasks at the end of the service year and recommend changes for next year to the Executive Director.