The Partnership for Academic Library Collaboration and Innovation (PALCI) and Authors Alliance have announced a new consortium-wide partnership scheduled to launch in 2026, marking Authors Alliance’s first engagement at a consortium scale. The initiative establishes a shared framework to support academic libraries and authors as they respond to ongoing changes in scholarly communication, copyright, and information policy.
The partnership has been enabled through financial commitments from PALCI and 26 member libraries, including four institutions participating at the Leadership Circle level. This funding structure introduces a consortium-based model for accessing national policy expertise, providing shared benefits across the membership while allowing institutions with deeper involvement to help guide and shape the work.
Under the agreement, PALCI and Authors Alliance will collaborate to strengthen institutional capacity and develop a sustainable community of practice focused on publishing, copyright, and information policy. PALCI member institutions will receive access to expert consultation, analysis of legal and policy developments affecting higher education, shared learning opportunities on emerging issues such as artificial intelligence and open licensing, and coordinated engagement on law and policy priorities impacting research libraries.
The partnership is also intended to expand Authors Alliance’s engagement with libraries as institutional leaders in scholarly communication, aligning policy expertise with the shared priorities of a diverse academic consortium. The collaboration is designed to support collective learning across institutions while strengthening libraries’ role in navigating increasingly complex legal and policy environments.
A subset of PALCI institutions—Allegheny College, Lehigh University, New York University, and the University of Pittsburgh—have elected to participate at the Leadership Circle level. These institutions will contribute to shaping the partnership’s early direction and support a collaborative approach that combines shared access with leadership-driven innovation across the consortium.
As part of the launch, PALCI and Authors Alliance will also establish a new consortium-wide discussion forum and community of practice dedicated to scholarly communication, information policy, copyright, and library publishing. The forum will serve as a central hub for engagement, shared learning, and direct interaction with Authors Alliance staff.
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