In September, I sat down with the director of the Temple University Press Alex Holzman to speak about an AAUP report entitled “Sustaining Scholarly Publishing”, which he helped to organize during his tenure as president of the American Association of University Presses (AAUP). The 2011 report tries to make sense of recent changes in scholarly publishing. Though increasingly fractured by the proliferation of business models, the current publishing environment also provides excellent opportunities for future scholarship.
[The report is available from two different sources.]
- Sustaining Scholarly Publishing: New Business Models for University Presses, Journal of Scholarly Publishing
- Sustaining Scholarly Publishing: New Economic Models for University Presses, AAUP Web Site
The interview with Alex Holzman provides an excellent overview of the Temple University Press as well as the contemporary business, economic and academic environment in which university presses operate. Although we use the report as a touchstone for our conversation, there a lot of details included in the report that we do not cover. I strongly recommend taking the time to read the comprehensive and clearly written report.
Listen to the audio of Part I
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Listen to the audio of Part II
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