2024 Library Futures Research Network Award

Jessica Farrell’s “How to Publish Your Academic Paper without Publishers, Bosses, Gods, or Masters” based on her experience and expertise in community-led academic publishing. Her DIY approach leads academic authors through collaborative research, writing, and editing; community peer review, selecting a publishing platform, and promotion–all without relying on the typical masters of academic publishing.  We are pleased to support work that expands how scholars can create, produce, and share their research.

Funding for this project was provided by the Richard Lounsbery Foundation. Library Futures is proud to support the work of our community and to amplify the voices of those doing crucial work on equitable access in the digital age. We are grateful to the members of our research network for being a part of it.

About the Grantee

Jessica Farrell, sole proprietor of Redstart Works, is a facilitator, educator, archivist, and consultant who takes on projects that shift power and resources to archivists, archives, maintainers, and the commons. Before founding Redstart Works, she worked in public, private, and corporate archives as a digital archivist, and as a project manager and community facilitator for a library research nonprofit. She has helped sustain several born-digital archiving and preservation communities.