Journal Article: Publications Produced and Services Offered by Library Publishing Programs in the United States and Canada: A Data-Driven Analysis

The article linked below was published today by the Journal of Librarianship and
Scholarly Communication.

Title

Publications Produced and Services Offered by Library Publishing Programs in the United States and Canada: A Data-Driven Analysis

Authors

Johanna Meetz
The Ohio State University

Jeff Story|
Intel Corporation

Source

Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication
14(1), eP20194 (2026)

DOI: 10.31274/jlsc.20194 

Abstract

Introduction: Using the Library Publishing Coalition’s (LPC) Research Dataset, this paper focuses on the type and number of publications as well as services offered by library publishing programs at colleges, universities, and consortia in the United States and Canada from 2014 to 2022.

Methods: In order to transform the data into a consistent format and write it into a single table as a CSV file, we created a program written in C# and executed it on Windows 10. We narrowed the dataset to focus on just library publishing programs from the United States and Canada, and those that responded to the survey in early and later years. We also analyzed the data by enrollment and used the findings from our previous paper on staffing of library publishing programs to add context.

Results: From 2014 to 2022, the average library publishing program published mostly open access facultycreated journals, about three textbooks per year, and less than one monograph per year. On average, fewer journals were published in 2022 than in 2014. In 2022, the average library publishing program offers about one more service than it did in 2014.

Discussion: The average number of publications and services both peaked in 2020, while the average number of staff peaked in 2019. As of 2022, staff, services, and the number of journals published have not rebounded since their respective peaks.

Conclusion: From 2014 to 2022, the number of journals and monographs published by the average library publishing program decreased, while the number of textbooks published and services offered increased. Also, though there are certainly general conclusions or trends, there are also opportunities for additional quantitative and qualitative research to be done in this area.

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