The University of California Press, otherwise known as UC Press, is a publishing house associated with the University of California that engages in academic publishing. It was founded in 1893[2] to publish scholarly and scientific works by faculty of the University of California, established 25 years earlier in 1868, and has been officially headquartered at the university's flagship campus in Berkeley, California, since its inception.[3]
As the non-profit publishing arm of the University of California system, the UC Press is fully subsidized by the university and the State of California.[3] A third of its authors are faculty members of the university. The press publishes over 250 new books and almost four dozen multi-issue journals annually, in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences, and maintains approximately 4,000 book titles in print.[4] It is also the digital publisher of Collabra and Luminos open access (OA) initiatives.
The press has its administrative office in downtown Oakland, California, an editorial branch office in Los Angeles, and a sales office in New York, and distributes through marketing offices in Great Britain, Asia, Australia, and Latin America. A Board consisting of senior officers of the University of California, headquartered in Berkeley, holds responsibility for the operations of the press, and authorizes and approves all manuscripts for publication. The Editorial Committee consists of distinguished faculty members representing the university's nine campuses.[3]
Collabra is University of California Press's open access journal program. The Collabra program currently publishes two open access journals, Collabra: Psychology and Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, with plans for continued expansion and journal acquisition.[9]
Luminos
Luminos is University of California Press's open access response to the challenged monograph landscape. With the same high standards for selection, peer review, production, and marketing as its traditional book publishing program, Luminos is a transformative model, built as a partnership where costs and benefits are shared.[10]
Notable series
The University of California Press re-printed a number of novels under the California Fiction series from 1996 to 2001. These titles were selected for their literary merit and for their illumination of California history and culture.[11][12]
Hitchcock, Joanna (1995). "Review of The University of California Press: The Early Years, 1893-1953". Libraries & Culture. 30 (1): 124–126. ISSN0894-8631. JSTOR25542734.
Muto, Albert (1993). "A Voice from the Wilderness: The Early University of California Press". California History. 72 (3): 222–233. doi:10.2307/25177358. ISSN0162-2897. JSTOR25177358.
Pascal, Naomi B. (1994). "Review of The University of California Press: The Early Years, 1893-1953". The Library Quarterly: Information, Community, Policy. 64 (4): 486–487. doi:10.1086/602743. ISSN0024-2519. JSTOR4308988.
Withey, Lynne; Orsi, Richard (1993). "Milestones of California History: The University of California Press: A Century of Publishing". California History. 72 (3). doi:10.2307/25177357. ISSN0162-2897. JSTOR25177357.
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