RE: another library/press merger

["Nawin Gupta" <nawin@nawingupta.com>]

Yes, it does appear to be.

Sandy, you have been a keen observer and participant - and one of 
the most influential ones - of publishing by university presses. 
Why this trend? Admittedly, many of the university presses are a 
"financial drain" (and they do not need to be) and the provost 
does not need another problem area to deal with directly, but is 
this the appropriate solution for the long-term?

Nawin Gupta
INFORMED PUBLISHING SOLUTIONS, INC.
nawin@nawingupta.com

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Subject: Re: another library/press merger

There seems to be a trend here....

November 03, 2009
Utah State U. Press to Merge With Library

Utah State University Press, whose future looked uncertain earlier this
year, will merge with the university's library, Utah State announced on
Monday. The move "will result in significant savings," said Richard Clement,
dean of libraries, and move Utah State down the path toward digital
publishing and open access already taken by the University of Michigan at
Ann Arbor when it reorganized its press as a unit of the library.

Sandy Thatcher
Penn State University Press (which became part of the Libraries in December
2005)