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Neste artigo analisa-se um conjunto de dinâmicas presentes no mercado editorial atual do livro universitário em Portugal. Apesar do atraso português na área da edição universitária, sobretudo por comparação com outros países como o... more
UPDATE (may 2023)
The new release of the glossary is available at:
https://doi.org/10.35948/CSP/978-88-6032-713-0
The new release of the glossary is available at:
https://doi.org/10.35948/CSP/978-88-6032-713-0
A brief glimpse at what the phenomenally successful TV show has in common with university presses.
This chapter, as part of the book Livros e Universidades (published in 2017 by Com-Arte, a São Paulo-based publisher), intends to explore recent dynamics within the Portuguese university book market. The activity of the university presses... more
While there are new and enabling conditions for university presses to increase production and to widen distribution, the question remains: How can African university presses make the most of these opportunities? Most likely, the answer... more
Sustainability of a university press is highly dependent on the availability of the manuscript. It happens because the script serves as the main raw material in the process of publishing. Without a script, it will be difficult for a... more
Resumen Se analiza la actividad editorial de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) desde una perspectiva organizacional para conocer su desempeño como sistema editorial de una Institución de Educación Superior (IES)... more
Scholarly book publishing is in trouble. Two contrary developments can be observed internationally. On the one hand, there are perceptions in academia of ‘robber capitalism’ on the part of the large commercial publishers as they protect... more
This paper presents the current status of university presses in India, and how they are interlinked with their prestigious fellowship programmes and academic research. Indian university presses were identified from DELNET union catalogue... more
Con un debate que pone especial énfasis en el papel de las nuevas tecnologías y la tendencia hacia el acceso abierto de la investigación académica, sobre todo la que es fruto de financiación pública. Por la tardenoche, se celebrará una... more
The arrival of printing in South Africa occasioned a great many social changes: it facilitated governance, participated in the production and propagation of anthropological and scientific ‘knowledge’ about the place and its peoples,... more
NOTA EXPLICATIVA: Como investigador espero que honesto, al colocar la noticia de este breve artículo, incluí el enlace que permite ir directamente a las páginas de Unelibros no. 36, dejando mi documento aquí en blanco. Con esa magia... more
This is an invited piece (solicited by Bob Nardini) for a special issue of Against the Grain on libraries and university presses. Bob writes: Wait till you read Paul Royster, of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Paul, in “A Library... more
Within the scholarly communications ecosystem, scholarly publishers are a keystone species. University presses—as well as academic societies, research institutions, and other scholarly publishers—strive to fulfil our mission of ‘making... more
Columbia’s Center for Digital Research and Scholarship (CDRS) and Fordham University Press (FUP) have combined forces in a library-press partnership to create online a book authored by Columbia anthropology professor Neni Panourgiá... more
Academia prizes interdisciplinarity. But what of publishing interdisciplinary journals? They hold the promise of appealing to two different disciplines yet run the risk of appealing to neither. Here we consider one interdisciplinary... more
Rebecca Kennison presents one of two talks -- the other by along with Helen Tartar -- about how Professor Neni Panourgiá, Columbia University’s Center for Digital Research and Scholarship, and Fordham University Press are collaborating... more
This essay traces how Neni Panourgiá, Professor of Anthropology at Columbia University, Fordham University Press and the Columbia Center for Digital Research and Scholarship worked together to produce an online book that strives not to... more
While there are new and enabling conditions for university presses to increase production and to widen distribution, the question remains: How can African university presses make the most of these opportunities? Most likely, the answer... more
A presente dissertação tem por objetivo investigar a Imprensa da Universidade do Recife (IUR), sua oficina gráfica e suas publicações. Através de uma abordagem histórica, o órgão é discutido desde o seu início, em 1955, até o final de seu... more
Garone Gravier, Marina, “La comunicación visual en la edición universitaria: elementos para su valoración”, Revista Trama & Texturas, n. 39, septiembre de 2019, pp. 49-61. ISSN: 1887-3669.
Revolutionary innovations in the technologies of producing manuscripts and of turning them into books have led to an explosion of new titles. They number millions globally each year. Tens of thousands in this ocean represent books in... more