Welcome to the fifth and final day of the University Press Week (#UPWeek) Blog Tour. Today’s theme is “Science,” and we’re looking at the history of—and tension between—conservation and industry in the South. A piece of southern history that is often overlooked is the story of the South’s conservation efforts after the Civil War. William…
Today is day two of the University Press Week (#UPWeek) Blog Tour. The theme is “Politics,” and we are looking at two books that seek to define southernness in a time of political and social upheaval. By understanding the politics behind our history, we understand not only the politics of today but also the social,…
The Association of University Presses is celebrating the 7th Annual University Press Week with a blog tour! This year’s theme is #TurnItUP. University presses provide a critical role in publishing voices outside the mainstream, and we are turning up the voices that would normally be overlooked by the publishing community. Each day this week is going…
In January 2016 the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded a four-year, $682,000 grant to the University of Washington Press to create a pipeline program to diversify academic publishing by offering apprenticeships in acquisitions departments. The University of Georgia Press, the MIT Press, Duke University Press, and the AAUP signed on as partners, and the University Press Diversity…
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…
How many acquisitions editors does it take to change a light bulb? Only one, but she or he needs a group of expert advisers to help make the bulb bright enough, an editorial assistant to hold the ladder, and a faculty board to confirm the bulb is screwed in correctly. That’s my poor twist on…
The University of Georgia Press has a long history of award-winning book design. Our records indicate that since 1970, University of Georgia Press books, jackets, and covers have garnered 289 design awards from from such prestigious design competitions as Print Magazine’s Regional Design Annual, The Chicago Book Clinic, the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA),…
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