New, Special Issue of Learned Publishing Devoted to University Press Publishing
A new issue (Volume 31, Issue S1; all articles are open access) of Learned Publishing is titled, The University Redux II.
Here’s a list of all articles and opinion pieces in this issue.
Links to both HTML and PDF versions of all articles can be found here.
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‘Feisty and febrile academic publishing’: The University Press Redux II
by Anthony Cond and Lara Speicher
The academic eBook ecosystem reinvigorated: A perspective from the USA
by Charles Watkinson
African university presses and the institutional logic of the knowledge commons
by Thierry M. Luescher and François van Schalkwyk
‘Publication favela’ or bibliodiversity? Open access publishing viewed from a European perspective
by Pierre Mounier
Embracing change: The MIT Press and the future of university‐based publishing
by Amy Brand
Let’s stay together: A survey of relationships between American university presses and their host institutions
by Lisa Bayer
Edinburgh University Press: From a department to a subsidiary business
by Timothy E. Wright
Opinion Piece: What does an author want from a university publisher?
by Jane Winters
Opinion Piece: Decoupling the academic book
by Steven A. Hill
Links to both HTML and PDF versions of all articles can be found here.
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About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.