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15 July 2015Peter Berkery
Executive Director
139 Members◦ 95 US, with university affiliation◦ 19 US, with other institutional affiliation◦ 10 Canadian (Anglophone)◦ 15 International
Founded in 1947 8 staff Members must meet eligibility criteria:
◦ Peer review◦ Commitment to Mission◦ Sufficient program size
Initially, attempt to accelerate learning curve
Evolved into comprehensive conversations about the state of UP publishing
Meet with (varies with each visit):◦ Press directors◦ Press staff◦ Administrators◦ Editorial boards◦ Librarians
81 visits on 4 continents so far
Trick question -- there is no typical member! Varies by:
◦ Size◦ Publishing “Mix”◦ Public or Private
“system” presses◦ Funding Mechanisms & Expectations
Academic Monographs◦ “By scholars, for scholars”
Crossover Monographs Series & Edited Volumes Journals Regional
◦ Cultural and natural history Literature
◦ Especially in translation Poetry Textbooks
Some Generalizations:◦ Generally Humanities & Social Sciences◦ Generally Long-form (fka “books”!)◦ Respected for Curating Discipline-specific Lists
Some Absolutes:◦ Editorial Process:
Scrupulous peer review Comparatively extensive editorial & mss
development AAUP membership prerequisite
◦ Commitment to “mission”
Advocacy/Visibility Financial Model Under Stress:
◦ Open Access◦ Channel Disruption◦ Shifting Library Budgets
Scale (or lack thereof):◦ Technology◦ Production◦ Sales & Marketing
Changes in Promotion & Tenure Process Challenges to Peer Review
AAUP’s New Strategic Plan Research Activities
◦ Largely Mellon Funded◦ Intended to Build Capabilities Around:
Consortial activity Bringing UP scholarship to the Open Web
Increasing Our Global Focus
Build membership and foster internal and external collaborations◦Celebrate existing collaborations among members◦Increase outreach to:
international publishers and associations libraries and their organizations scholarly societies like-minded publishers
◦Facilitate scaled collaborations to decrease costs and increase capabilities◦Find points of common interest with like-minded associations
Increase the visibility of our members and their work through engagement with parent institutions, funders, policymakers, and the reading public◦Promote the value of members to the academy and the world◦Equip members to communicate our value to local stakeholders◦Promote increased funding for higher education and research◦Partner with funding organizations to explore new financial models
Conduct research that provides data and analyses to support advocacy and to inform publishing operations and new business models◦Collect, analyze, and disseminate AAUP statistical surveys ◦Facilitate selective environmental scans to identify trends, gaps, and options for new business opportunities and models◦Find and disseminate compelling data points and at-a-glance facts and statistics to advocate for presses
Provide professional development leadership training◦Inventory and affirm best practices◦Promote cross-member education◦Develop programs and services that promote essential skills and leadership development
Web-based discoverability engine◦ nap.edu/academy-scope/
Increase visibility among associations representing Higher Education constituencies
Increase visibility among government agencies responsible for Humanities funding
Expand membership categories International sub rights solution Infrastructure: new website & member
collaboration hub Research, research, research
Recent Mellon Grants – building capabilities:◦ Expand existing distribution business into publishing
services platform (UNC Press)◦ Portal for art & architectural history content (Yale U Press)◦ Peer review for born-digital content (Stanford U Press)◦ Open access digital monographs (U California Press)◦ Mixed-media digital publishing platform (WVU)◦ Manage Monographic Source Materials (U Michigan Press)◦ Iterative Monographs Platoform (U Minnesota Press)◦ Networked Monographs Infrastructure (NYU Press)
Understanding Monograph Costs Digitizing Backlists
Networks of Collaboration◦ Exchange information, ideas, best practices
globally◦ Ex: sharing information on peer review practices
Networks of Advocacy◦ Raise awareness of increasingly global policy
discussions◦ Ex: freedom-to-read, anti-piracy, open access
Networks of Commerce◦ Increase ability to transact business globally◦ Ex: global sub-rights database