Academic Publishing Newsletter

17th March 202123rd August 2022

Academic Publishing – March 2021

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New open access monograph initiative from MIT Press The MIT Press has launched a new sustainable framework for open access monographs. Direct to Open (D2O) is a collaborative, library-supported open ... Read more

17th February 202117th February 2021

Academic Publishing – February 2021

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New transnational pilot program from AUP The Association of University Presses has launched a new pilot program seeking to deepen transnational dialogue and collaboration among mission-driven scholarly publishers. The Global ... Read more

19th January 202119th January 2021

Academic Publishing – January 2021

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Applications open for Princeton’s new diversity initiative Princeton University Press has opened applications for its Diversify Publishing Fellowships, a new initiative intended to address a lack of diverse representation across ... Read more

17th December 202027th January 2021

Academic Newsletter – December 2020

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I4OA signs up 75th member The Initiative for Open Abstracts (I4OA) has signed up its 75th publisher member less than three months after launching this September. Oxford University Press has ... Read more

24th November 202024th November 2020

Academic Publishing – November 2020

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AUP seeks to raise university presses’ profile The Association of University Presses’ University Press week, which ran from November 9th-15th, focused this year on the role that university presses play ... Read more

28th October 2020

Academic Publishing – October 2020

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Cambridge University Press to be merged with Cambridge Assessment The University of Cambridge has announced that Cambridge University Press, the world’s oldest publisher, will be merged with the university’s international ... Read more

29th September 202020th October 2020

Academic Publishing – September 2020 (2)

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All shall have prizes! Scholarly publishers took this year’s Independent Publishing Awards by storm, as Emerald Publishing completed an impressive double by winning not only the title of PLS Academic ... Read more

2nd September 202020th October 2020

Academic Publishing – September 2020

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Academic presses in contention for awards Scholarly publishers are well represented on the shortlists for this year’s Independent Publishing Awards. In addition to the five publishers in the running for ... Read more

3rd August 202020th October 2020

Academic Publishing – August 2020

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Annual reports from Oxford and Cambridge In an otherwise relatively quiet month for academic publishing, the country’s two largest university presses have both released their annual reports. Overall, Oxford reported ... Read more

8th July 202020th October 2020

Academic Publishing – July 2020

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New board for the AUP The Association of University Presses – formerly the Association of American University Presses – elected Niko Pfund as its new president at its recent virtual ... Read more