The University of Calgary Press is a university publishing house that is a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of Calgary.[3] Located in Calgary, Alberta, it publishes peer-reviewed scholarly books that connect local experiences to global communities. It became an Open Access press on October 22, 2010.
| Parent company | University of Calgary |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1981[1] |
| Country of origin |  Canada |
| Headquarters location | Calgary, Alberta |
| Distribution | Georgetown Terminal Warehouses (Canada) Longleaf Services (US) Gazelle Book Services (Europe, Africa, Asia)[2] |
| Publication types | Books |
| Official website | press |
Affiliations
editThe University of Calgary Press is part of the Centre for Scholarly Communication of the University of Calgary's Libraries and Cultural Resources. It also co-publishes Arctic with the Arctic Institute of North America.
The press is currently a member of the Association of University Presses.[4]
Publications
editThe publishing specialties of the University of Calgary Press are: African Studies; Arctic and Northern Studies; Contemporary Canadian Art and Architecture; Energy, Ecology and Sustainability; Film Studies; Latin American and Caribbean Studies; Military and Strategic Studies; and The West.[5]
The Press currently has nine series,[6] including:
- Africa: Missing Voices
- Art in Profile: Canadian Art and Architecture
- Beyond Boundaries: Canadian Defence and Strategic Studies
- Canadian History and Environment
- Latin American & Caribbean Studies
- Northern Lights
- The West
History
editOn October 22, 2010, as part of "Open Access Week", the University of Calgary Press released its first open access book, Grey Matters, a Guide for Collaborative Research. Since then, the Press has continued to release titles as open access, and as of March 2016 offers 71 titles under a Creative Commons License.[7]
References
edit- ^ Goss Gilroy Inc. Management Consultants (2004). Formative Evaluation of the Aid to Scholarly Publications Program (ASPP): Part II : Context for Scholarly Publishing (PDF) (Report). Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. p. 10. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
- ^ Purchase - University of Calgary Press
- ^ University of Calgary Press - Support
- ^ "Our Members". Association of University Presses. Retrieved January 30, 2023.
- ^ University of Calgary Press - About
- ^ "Series". press.ucalgary.ca. University of Calgary. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
- ^ "Open Access Titles from the University of Calgary Press". June 30, 2014. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
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