A Vision for an Integrated System for Open-Access Regional Publishing

This essay explores the potential for building a system for open-access regional publishing from the ground level of local his- torical societies and public libraries working with citizens in their area, up through a state university library and press collaborating on publication of scholarly research in books and journals, onto the national level of the Digital Public Library of America, and eventually worldwide. The idea is based on experience in running the Of ce of Digital Scholarly Publishing at Penn State University.