University of California Press
Encyclopedia
University of California Press, also known as UC Press, is a publishing house associated with the University of California
that engages in academic publishing
. It was founded in 1893 to publish books and papers for the faculty of the University of California, established 25 years earlier in 1868. Its headquarters are located in Berkeley
, California
.
The University of California Press publishes in the following general subject areas: anthropology, art, California and the West, classical studies, film, food and wine, global issues, history, literature/poetry, music, natural sciences, public health and medicine, religion, and sociology. It also distributes titles published by the Huntington Library, Watershed Media, and publishing programs within the University of California system.
University of California Press Journals and Digital Publishing Division is one of the largest of the university presses today. Its collection of over 50 print and online journals spans topics in the humanities and social sciences, with concentrations in anthropology, musicology, history, religion, cultural and area studies, sociology, law, and literature. In addition to publishing its own journals, the division also provides traditional and digital publishing services to many client scholarly societies and associations.
The nonprofit publishing arm of the University of California system, UC Press attracts manuscripts from the world’s foremost scholars, writers, artists, and public intellectuals. About one-third of its authors are affiliated with the University of California. Each year it publishes approximately 180 new books and 54 journals in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences and keeps about 3,500 book titles in print.
UC Press revenues come primarily from sales of books and journals, while University subsidy accounts for a small and shrinking percentage. Generous philanthropic gifts from individuals and organizations allow it to support the University’s mandate of teaching, research, and public service for readers worldwide.
University of California
The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...
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...
. It was founded in 1893 to publish books and papers for the faculty of the University of California, established 25 years earlier in 1868. Its headquarters are located in Berkeley
Berkeley, California
Berkeley is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
.
The University of California Press publishes in the following general subject areas: anthropology, art, California and the West, classical studies, film, food and wine, global issues, history, literature/poetry, music, natural sciences, public health and medicine, religion, and sociology. It also distributes titles published by the Huntington Library, Watershed Media, and publishing programs within the University of California system.
University of California Press Journals and Digital Publishing Division is one of the largest of the university presses today. Its collection of over 50 print and online journals spans topics in the humanities and social sciences, with concentrations in anthropology, musicology, history, religion, cultural and area studies, sociology, law, and literature. In addition to publishing its own journals, the division also provides traditional and digital publishing services to many client scholarly societies and associations.
History
Founded in 1893, University of California Press is one of the largest and most adventurous scholarly publishers in the nation. Among its university press peers, it is the only one associated with a multi-campus public university.The nonprofit publishing arm of the University of California system, UC Press attracts manuscripts from the world’s foremost scholars, writers, artists, and public intellectuals. About one-third of its authors are affiliated with the University of California. Each year it publishes approximately 180 new books and 54 journals in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences and keeps about 3,500 book titles in print.
UC Press revenues come primarily from sales of books and journals, while University subsidy accounts for a small and shrinking percentage. Generous philanthropic gifts from individuals and organizations allow it to support the University’s mandate of teaching, research, and public service for readers worldwide.
External links
- Official website
- Official website--Journals + Digital Publishing Division
- Association of American University Presses (AAUP) - an organization of non-profit scholarly publishers
- University of California Office of the President
- California Digital Library (CDL) - University of California LibrariesUniversity of California LibrariesThe University of California operates the largest academic library system in the world. It manages more than 34 million items in 100 libraries on ten campuses. The purpose of these libraries is to assist research and instruction on the University of California campuses...
- Mark Twain Project Online