University-Based Publishing Futures

Annual Meetings, General, University-Based Publishing Futures,

An Update

University-Based Publishing Futures (UBPF) is a multi-community coalition of professionals who work at university presses, library publishers, and other academy-affiliated programs that support the infrastructure of scholarly publishing. The group recently offered an update on its activities since its founding last year:

  • welcoming of 26 new signatories, including 11 AUPresses members,
  • reporting on initial work of its Knowledge Sharing and Advocacy Working Groups, as well as its ad-hoc signatories working group,
  • launching a UBPF Group Hub in Knowledge Commons, and
  • looking forward to a UBPF-themed day of joint programming to be held between the 2026 AUPresses Annual Meeting and the 2026 Library Publishing Forum in Seattle, Washington, in June.

AUPresses is proud to be a cofounder and supporter of this initiative, along with the Library Publishing Coalition. If your press, library, or organization is not yet a signatory, you can become one by filling out the Organizational Support Form.