Library Publishing Coalition honors Corinne Guimont for exemplary service
The international Library Publishing Coalition (LPC) awarded Corinne Guimont, University Libraries at Virginia Tech’s associate director of publishing and digital scholarship, the coalition's 2024 Award for Exemplary Service. According to the coalition, the award “recognizes substantial contributions by an LPC community member to advancing the mission, vision, and values of the Library Publishing Coalition.”
Guimont served as a member of the coalition’s research committee and program committee, co-authored the digital preservation model policy to support publishers in the creation of preservation policies, and represented coalition on the NASIG digital preservation model license subgroup. She was also a key author of the 2023 Platform Crosswalk, a case study comparing 10 publishing platforms that are academy-owned and open source.
The Library Publishing Coalition is a network of more than 60 libraries committed to advancing the field of library publishing and marked its 10th anniversary this year. University Libraries Dean Tyler Walters was one of three library deans who were instrumental in launching the coalition in 2014, and Virginia Tech has been involved ever since.
Guimont values the professional development opportunities and the ability to make a difference in the library publishing industry through the coalition.
“The LPC community is full of some amazing people who are all incredibly supportive and knowledgeable,” said Guimont. “It’s been a pleasure and an honor to be a part of this community throughout my career and to work with so many folks at different institutions.”
Guimont looks to the future and the impact the Library Publishing Coalition will continue to have on the changing publishing landscape in higher education.
“I hope to help grow and expand publishing and open access through libraries and other university-based publishers, whether this be through larger initiatives in advocacy and resource development, or through the nitty gritty pieces like preservation and research,” said Guimont. “I believe there continues to be space to advance and grow our publishing efforts both at our own institution and as a profession. By connecting and collaborating with organizations like LPC, we can make a broader impact on the future of scholarly publishing.”
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