The University of Valle Publishing Program , is the 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...

 arm of the University of Valle

University of Valle

The University of Valle , also called Univalle, is a public, departmental, coeducational, research university based primarily in the city of Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. It is the largest higher education institution by student population in the southwest of the country, and the third in...

. While its origins can be traced since 1955, when it started operation under the name University of Valle Library , the current publisher was established under Agreement 005 of the University Council

University Council

A University Council may be the executive body of a university's governance system, an advisory body to the University President, or something in between in authority....

 on the 29 of April 2002, and it is regulated by Agreement 006 of 2004. It is a dependency of the Vice-rectory for Research and its editorial board is comprised by the Vice-rectors for Academics and Research, five tenured Professors, and the manager of the program. The program publishes books and scientific journals

Academic journal

An academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research...

, both in print and electronic media with more than 300 titles currently on print.

External links

• University of Valle Publishing Program official site