In President Jimmy Carter’s 1978 proclamation announcing the first University Press Week, he said this about university presses:
America’s colleges and universities have always met their responsibilities for preserving and enlarging the body of human knowledge. In our open society, they have an additional duty—that of making such knowledge available beyond the gates of the campus.
In the digital spaces we all must now occupy, this means university presses must ensure that we have a voice on the internet in addition to the books we publish. This week the diversity of voices from AAUP members (Association of American University Presses) have taken up Carter’s charge to go “beyond the gates of the campus” and are showing exactly why university presses continue to play such a vital role in our society. Take a look at the contributions below and we think you’ll agree.
(We will update this post throughout the week as links become available.)
Monday: The people in your neighborhood
- Northwestern University Press: “People in Our Neighborhood“
- Rutgers University Press: “A reflection on the past year’s conversations, celebrations, and the books that they inspired“
- Fordham University Press: “Before the Fires—A True Community Product“
- University of Toronto Press: “Shared Values: A Partnership between UTP and the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre“
- Seminary Co-op Bookstores: “The People in Your Neighborhood: A #UPWeek Reading List“
- Athabasca University Press: Slideshow and Q&A with AUP’s editorial committee
- University Press of Florida: Short profiles of UPF’s readers, authors, indie booksellers, sales representatives, editorial board members, and staff
Tuesday: Indie Bound
- University of Texas Press: “Find Community at Your Local Independent Bookstore“
- University of Calgary Press: Spotlight on Calgary’s Little Free Libraries
- Cornell University Press: “It Takes a Village: Eight Tips for Surviving in the Age of Amazon“
- University Press of Colorado: “Bookstores We Love“
- Seminary Co-op Bookstores: “Selections from The Front Table“
- McGill-Queen’s University Press: “let us now praise the booksellers“
- Duke University Press: “Governor Jerry Brown, City Lights Bookstore, and a Bulgarian Adventure“
- NYU Press: “Brooklyn Book Festival Recap“
- University Press of Kentucky: “IndieBound in Kentucky“
- University Press of Kansas: “An Ode to the Independents“
Wednesday: UP Staff Spotlight
- Seminary Co-op Bookstores: Playlist of books by sales rep John Eklund
- Wayne State University Press: Q&A with WSUP Senior Designer Rachel Ross
- University of Washington Press: Assistant editor, Niccole Leilanionapae‘āina Coggins, on community and food sovereignty
- University Press of Mississippi: UPM project editor Valerie Jones on her volunteer work as a spay/neuter advocate
- University of Wisconsin Press: Spotlight on production manager Terry Emmrich
- Johns Hopkins University Press: “Why I Work at a University Press“
- University of Chicago Press: “Levi Stahl on community and the Parker novels“
- Princeton University Press: “Behind the Scenes with Eric Henney“
Thursday: Throwback to the Future
- Yale University Press: “Mass Media and the Global Village“
- Indiana University Press: “The Bicentennial Bookshelf“
- Seminary Co-op Bookstores: Post on The Front Table newsletter from fall of 1983
- University of Michigan Press: Post on The Gabii Project (a video game platform developed by a team of archaeologists) and Fulcrum (a new digital publishing platform developed by UMP)
- IPR License: “How IPR License is working with and supporting university presses around the world“
- Columbia University Press: “The Prehistory of Brooklyn Bridge Park“
- University of Toronto Press Journals: “Out with the Old, In with the New: Throwing it Back to the Future of Online Scholarly Journals“
- University of Georgia Press: “#CharlestonSyllabus and Scholarship in the Age of the Hashtag“
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