We’re excited to be participating in the UP Week Blog Tour, where presses will be blogging each day about a different theme that relates to scholarly publishing. For the full Blog Tour schedule, click here.
We’re a bit late, but for Monday’s theme of Meet the Press, visit the following University Presses:
University Press of Colorado starts the tour off with a post featuring Laura Furney, managing editor, who has been at the press for 20 years, and is playing an integral role in two recent developments at UPC.
University of Missouri Press profiles David Rosenbaum, their new director who began Nov. 1, talking about his plans for the UM Press’s future and David’s transition back to a university press.
The University of Hawai‘i Press features the peripatetic academic publishing career of UHP’s soon-to-retire journals manager Joel Bradshaw.
McGill-Queen’s University Press’s Jonathan Crago and Kyla Madden, key members of the Editorial Department, discuss their experiences in scholarly publishing and their vision for MQUP.
Penn State Press speaks with their “Invisible” manuscript editor, John Morris.
University Press of Florida features acquisitions editor, Sian Hunter, who is working to develop and grow innovative new subject areas.
Enjoy the rest of University Press Week! And be sure to keep a lookout for #UPWeek on Twitter.