NOTE: This event will be held VIRTUALLY due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Date and time to be determined soon.

Career Development Lab: Professional Development and Transferable Skills in Scholarly Publishing

John W. Warren, George Washington University, Moderator

Kyle Gipson, Assistant Acquisitions Editor, Johns Hopkins University Press

Gita Manaktala, Editorial Director, The MIT Press

Hanni Nabahe, Resident Librarian, Scholarly Resources and Content Strategy, University of Virginia Library

Elizabeth Scarpelli, Director, University of Cincinnati Press & CLIPS

Laurie N. Taylor, Senior Director for Library Technology and Digital Strategies, University of Florida; Editor-in-Chief, LibraryPress@UF

The Career Development Lab provides discussion, strategies to employ, and possible answers to the following questions: What are the key skills needed for successful careers in library publishing in the next ten years? Has scholarly and academic publishing shifted from a ‘trade’—an apprenticeship, learned mostly on the job—to a ‘profession’—learning and applying a body of relevant skills and best-practices? What is the value of a master’s degree in publishing master’s in library and information science, MBA, or other graduate degree? How can we be inclusive of diverse voices and perspectives, so that they integrated seamlessly into the fabric of library and academic publishing, and what can individuals in the profession do to welcome new voices? We will engage audience participants in some of these questions in an interactive format, and will actively seek input and comments from participants. This event welcomes early career professionals as well as those further along in their publishing career.

https://librarypublishing.org/program/