Re: University presses?

["Gherman, Paul M" <paul.gherman@vanderbilt.edu>]

Vanderbilt's Press is not separate from the University, and 
occasionally they do publish items that are in the best interest 
of the University, even though they may be money losers for the 
press.

Gherman, Paul M
University Librarian
Vanderbilt University
Email: paul.gherman@Vanderbilt.Edu


--On Monday, August 07, 2006 7:59 AM -0400 Richard Feinman
<RFeinman@downstate.edu> wrote:

> When I recently tried to seek publisher for conference
> proceedings I found that the few University Presses I spoke to
> were, in fact, separate and distinct from the eponymous
> university.  In particular, the SUNY Press did not have any sense
> that helping a SUNY project was part of their mission.
>
> I did not look into this but is this generally true?  Are most
> university presses now separate from the university?  Richard 
> Feinman
>
>
> "Joseph Esposito" <espositoj@gmail.com>
> Sent by: owner-liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
> 08/04/06 05:48 PM
> Please respond to liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
> Re: GWLA letter
>
> It should be noted that universities do not need to create,
> because they already have, "university-based, stable,
> long-lasting, low-cost alternatives . . . that challenge the
> current barrier to dissemination of knowledge." They are called
> university presses.  I may be alone in this, but I found it
> grimly ironic that many universities are calling for a new regime
> in scholarly communications even as they systematically starve
> their presses to death.
>
> Joe Esposito