Athabasca University Press
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The Athabasca University Press (or AU Press) is a publishing house, and a division of Athabasca University
that engages in academic publishing
. The Press was founded in 2007.
AU Press allows users to freely access all publications from their website. All words are licensed under the Creative Commons
license.
Athabasca University
Athabasca University is a Canadian university in Athabasca, Alberta. It is an accredited research institution which also offers distance education courses and programs. Courses are offered primarily in English with some French offerings. Each year, 32,000 students attend the university. It offers...
that engages in academic publishing
Academic publishing
Academic publishing describes the subfield of publishing which distributes academic research and scholarship. Most academic work is published in journal article, book or thesis form. The part of academic written output that is not formally published but merely printed up or posted is often called...
. The Press was founded in 2007.
AU Press allows users to freely access all publications from their website. All words are licensed under the Creative Commons
Creative Commons
Creative Commons is a non-profit organization headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright-licenses known as Creative Commons...
license.