Allison Levy
Director, Brown University Digital Publications
Brown University
Sara Jo Cohen
Editorial Director, University of Michigan Press
University of Michigan
Victoria Hindley
Senior Acquisitions Editor, The MIT Press
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Victoria-Lola M. Leon Guerrero
Director of Publishing, University of Guam Press
University of Guam
Sheila Stuckey
Library Director
Kentucky State University
Brown University Digital Publications (BUDP) is a novel, library-based born-digital publishing program focused on robust author support and intentional content development. BUDP sees itself not as a publisher but rather as a producer, and relies on partnerships with scholarly presses to rethink publishing workflows and business models to broadly disseminate cutting-edge scholarship that is accessible, inclusive, and innovative. In addition to partnering with presses on works authored by Brown humanities faculty, BUDP has successfully expanded its support model for authors, spearheading new partnerships that elevate and amplify underrepresented voices: with University of Guam Press, a Mellon-funded infrastructure-building collaboration centered on Indigenous Micronesian knowledge; with University of Michigan Press and the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Library Alliance, an Institute of Museum and Library Services-funded training program for HBCU librarians and authors; and with MIT Press, a hybrid book series on visual literacy and underrepresented perspectives. This briefing presents three models for other libraries, presses, and similar organizations to build upon to advance access and equity for authors and readers alike.
https://library.brown.edu/create/digitalpublications/
https://library.brown.edu/advancing-hbcu-scholarship/
https://mitpress.mit.edu/mit-press-and-brown-university-library-launch-seeing-book-series-committed-centering/
