April 23, 2023
Meet the Educopians: Melanie Schlosser
Melanie Schlosser is Educopia’s Senior Community Facilitator, working with the Library Publishing Coalition and other communities and projects related to scholarly communications.
April 23, 2023
Meet the Educopians: Nancy Adams
Nancy Adams is the Program Assistant for the Library Publishing Coalition, one of Educopia’s community cultivation partners.
February 2, 2023
Meet the Educopians: Racquel Asante
In October 2022, Educopia moved to a new collaborative leadership model. Racquel Asante took on the role of Co-Executive Director along with Katherine Kim and Jessica Meyerson. Racquel’s focus as Co-Director is on finance and people operations.
February 1, 2023
Meet the Educopians: Jessica Meyerson
In October 2022, Educopia moved to a new collaborative leadership model. Jessica Meyerson took on the role of Co-Executive Director along with Katherine Kim and Racquel Asante. Jessica’s focus as Co-Director is on organizational development and community cultivation.
October 11, 2022
The DPSC Planning Project is Recruiting Stakeholders
The DPSC Planning Project is recruiting up to 30 individuals to serve on two stakeholder groups: the Service User Group and the Advisory Board. These stakeholders will serve as important sources of user requirements and expertise as we plan a robust service model for values-driven, community-supported distributed digital preservation. Service User Group (up to 20 … Continue reading The DPSC Planning Project is Recruiting Stakeholders
July 29, 2022
Reviews in the Digital Humanities
As a follow on to our Building Data Resilience through Collaborative Networks Symposium, we are publishing a blog series featuring each of our presenters. This is the first in that series. Founded in 2019 and launched January 2020, Reviews in Digital Humanities is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal facilitating scholarly evaluation and discovery of digital scholarship. … Continue reading Reviews in the Digital Humanities
May 9, 2022
Homeward Bound
Many community initiatives we work with at Educopia are initially funded and administered as university-hosted, grant-funded efforts, i.e. “sponsored” projects. Early in such projects, when scholars and university staff are testing new ideas and approaches using external funding sources, university hosting and “sponsorship” provides efficient and effective administrative management and support. But as a collaborative … Continue reading Homeward Bound
April 26, 2022
Longleaf Services: Building Consortial Journal Publishing Models that Empower Libraries as an NGLP Pilot Partner
Established in 2006 as a division of The University of North Carolina Press, Longleaf Services has built a strong reputation as a mission-aligned collaborator for the university press community, offering a suite of services for small publishers that take advantage of the Press’ expertise and economies of scale. As an NGLP pilot partner, Longleaf Services … Continue reading Longleaf Services: Building Consortial Journal Publishing Models that Empower Libraries as an NGLP Pilot Partner
September 7, 2021
Position Announcement: Educopia Business Manager
Educopia Institute is pleased to share a new job announcement! We are now hiring a Business Manager to oversee our financial systems and to support future business development.
July 13, 2021
Finding Connectedness, Inspiration, and Comfort at the 2021 Library Publishing Forum
About this series: The 2021 Virtual Library Publishing Forum was a huge success, combining excellent content with smooth facilitation and a liberal dose of whimsy and care. We decided to pull back the curtain on how it was run to support other organizations that are interested in hosting thought-provoking, humane events on a shoestring. Because … Continue reading Finding Connectedness, Inspiration, and Comfort at the 2021 Library Publishing Forum
May 9, 2021
Position Announcement: Project Manager for Research & Strategy
Educopia Institute is pleased to share a new job announcement! We are now hiring a Project Manager for Research & Strategy who will be responsible for supporting the extensive portfolio of research and consulting projects within Educopia’s Research & Strategy program.
February 16, 2021
Making Community Spaces Safer: On Being “Caring”
Over the course of 2020-2021, members of the Educopia staff will be contributing blog posts to the “Making Community Spaces Safer” series. Each post will explore one of our organizational values and describe our efforts to live into that value, including our successes, our failures, and the hard-won lessons that occur in between. We will announce new … Continue reading Making Community Spaces Safer: On Being “Caring”
February 4, 2021
Achieving Sovereignty for Data Curation and Preservation
Forging into 2021 marks an official full decade of work for me in the field of digital preservation, first with LOCKSS and Educopia (2010-2015), then with Grand Valley State University Libraries (2015-2019), and then back with Educopia and its MetaArchive and BitCurator communities (2019-2021). My how time flies! Reaching a decade milestone provides one with … Continue reading Achieving Sovereignty for Data Curation and Preservation
September 8, 2020
Making Community Spaces Safer: On Being “Open”
Over the course of 2020-2021, members of the Educopia staff will be contributing blog posts to the “Making Community Spaces Safer” series. Each post will explore one of our organizational values and describe our efforts to live into that value, including our successes, our failures, and the hard-won lessons that occur in between. We will announce … Continue reading Making Community Spaces Safer: On Being “Open”
April 27, 2020
Broadening Energy and Opportunities in the Library Publishing Coalition
The Acceleration Lifecycle Stage is punctuated by rapid increases in a community’s reach, activities, and impact. For the Library Publishing Coalition, opportunities have proliferated across committees, events, and research projects, all of which expanded in 2019 to encompass the community’s broadening energy and capacity.
December 16, 2019
Library Publishing Curriculum Virtual Workshops
The Library Publishing Virtual Workshop Series, taught by Dr. Katherine Skinner, is a set of free introductory training resources to empower librarians to meet local demands for launching and/or enhancing scholarly publishing activities. Based on the IMLS-funded “Developing a Curriculum to Advance Library Publishing” curriculum, which was developed by Educopia, in partnership with leaders in … Continue reading Library Publishing Curriculum Virtual Workshops
October 15, 2019
Nancy Adams
As Program Assistant for the Library Publishing Coalition, Nancy provides both program and administrative support to the LPC Community Facilitator and to the LPC board. Previously she worked at Boston College Libraries, most recently as Digital Publishing Specialist, and before that she spent many years writing and editing in the corporate world. Nancy holds an … Continue reading Nancy Adams
September 27, 2019
Sustaining Digital Curation and Preservation Training in the U.S.: Compiled Project Reports
This report serves as a compilation of two reports produced in a one-year project, “Sustaining Digital Curation and Preservation Training,” which was conducted from July 2018 to June 2019, through the generous funding of the Institute for Museum and Library Services. In this compilation, we document a critical problem area we have been researching – … Continue reading Sustaining Digital Curation and Preservation Training in the U.S.: Compiled Project Reports