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A Librarian’s Guide on How to Publish

Srecko Jelusic and Ivanka Stricevic, University of Zadar, Croatia

Chandos Information Professional Series

 - enables librarians to undertake successful publishing projects
 - helps librarians to avoid professional mistakes which can be a challenge for library image and cause financial loses
 - equips managers with the skills for supervising the main publishing process outcomes
 - provides practical solutions to real job requirements

A Librarian’s Guide on How to Publish discusses the publishing strategies needed for the development of skills that are essential for successful job requirements and the production of quality print and electronic publications. The book serves as a useful guide indicating the main principles of professional library publishing activities in both print and virtual environments. A number of library activities are, in fact, publishing, and requires librarians to have the knowledge and skills in order to manage it. With the wide use of web sites, these competencies are becoming indispensable. Whether it is publishing catalogues of their collections, selected bibliographies, exhibition catalogues, or journals. The Internet has transformed libraries’ web pages into real publishing projects.

ISBN 1 84334 619 2
ISBN-13: 978 1 84334 619 7
March 2011
166 pages  234 x 156mm  paperback  
£47.50 / US$80.00 / €55.00

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About the authors

Srećko Jelušić is currently vice rector in charge of international relations, publishing and the library at the University of Zadar, Croatia. He is an expert in research methods, information society issues, publishing and bookselling processes and the sociology of a book. Previously he managed the University library in Rijeka and worked as independent publisher. He has been editing books and magazines for many years.

Ivanka Stričević is assistant professor at the University of Zadar, Croatia, The LIS Department. She is an expert in information systems in education, literacies in the digital age and the library users' needs. Before teaching at the University she worked as the manager of library services for youth in public libraries. She has wide expertise in editing professional books and journals and managing national and international LIS associations and projects.

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Contents

Introduction
 - The aim of the book
 - Background
 - Organisation of the book

Brief overview of the history of publishing
 - Clay tablets
 - Scrolls and codices
 - Print

Technology-driven publishing and libraries
 - Publishing and technology
 - The e-transition in publishing
 - E-publishing and libraries

An overview of publishing fields and publishing capital
 - Economic capital
 - Human capital
 - Symbolic capital
 - Intellectual capital

Basics of the library publishing chain
 - Where to start and how to manage the process
 - Why publish?
 - Who is the audience for library publications?
 - What do libraries publish?
 - Print or electronic?
 - Why is an editorial board important?
 - The publishing plan
 - Manuscript selection
 - Authors’ contracts
 - Layout
 - Print publishing
 - Electronic publishing
 - Distribution by the library
 - Distribution by a retailer

Basic professions in publishing applied to library publishing
 - Publishing as adding value
 - Publisher
 - Editorial board
 - Editor
 - Graphic editor
 - Rewriter
 - Reviewer
 - Translator
 - Language (copy) editor
 - Proofreader
 - Designer
 - Statement of responsibility
 - Final notes on basic professions in library publishing

Variety in library publishing
 - Library types
 - Digital libraries
 - National libraries
 - Research and university libraries
 - Special libraries
 - School libraries
 - Public libraries
 - Library associations as publishers
 - Concluding remarks concerning all types of library

Relations with other publishers
 - Co-publishing
 - Libraries as partners in co-publishing

Conclusions

Appendices
 - 1: Checklist for library strategic plan development
 - 2: What to consider for future publishing projects