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SSP On-Demand: Webinars

The Evolving Role of Academic Libraries in Scholarly Publishing

How can journal and society publishers bring value to researchers and remain relevant in 2026? Start by knowing your audience. Join SSP for a webinar on January 28th to hear from a panel of librarians across a range of academic institutions discussing the challenges and opportunities they currently face. Over the hour, expect to step into the shoes of the community you serve, with key takeaways including: · Budget cuts, and how libraries are making do with less · How AI is affecting research and its role in the library · The benefits and challenges faced in the pursuit of open science · What we can all do to support peer review Come to just listen, or get your own questions answered during the Q&A. Either way, you will walk away with a better understanding of how the evolving relationship between academic libraries and scholarly publishing fits into your 2026 plans.

Publication Date

January 2026

Jade Li

Open Science Librarian , UC Santa Barbara

Xiuqi "Jade" Li is the Open Science Librarian at UC Santa Barbara. In this role, she promotes open science principles and practices across the research lifecycle, from data to dissemination. Trained as a biomedical scientist at Yale and as an educator at Harvard Medical School, she brings a practitioner’s perspective to emerging trends in research data and scholarly communication.

Melissa Chim

Scholarly Communications Librarian, Excelsior University

Melissa Chim is the first Scholarly Communications Librarian at Excelsior University where she both created and manages the university’s scholarly publishing platform and institutional repository. She holds an MLIS from St. John’s University and an MA in History from Queen Mary, the University of London, and hold certificates in open education and Creative Commons licensing. She was a SPARC Open Education Leadership Fellow for their 2022-23 cohort, a Society for Scholarly Publishing Fellow for 2024, an ASAPbio Fellow for 2024, and a member of the Fulbright Specialist Roster from 2024-2027.

Miranda Phair

Publishing & Open Scholarship Librarian, Towson University

Rochelle Lundy

Director, Office of Scholarly Communications, Stanford University

Rochelle Lundy is the Director of the Office of Scholarly Communications at Stanford University Libraries. She coordinates services related to scholarly publishing, copyright, and open access, including implementation of Stanford University’s open access policy and support for public access to funded research outputs. Prior to her career in academic libraries, she worked as an attorney specializing in copyright and media litigation.