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Technology updates University Press, offers online publication, symposium topic
By: Jilll Beathard
Issue date: 2/4/09 Section: News
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The publishing company's list, every title printed with the Press imprint, has evolved to include books for academic and general audiences, as well as open-access books available online. It has published online versions of the 13 books in the Fay Series, a series in analytical psychology. These can be accessed through the University Repository or the Texas Digital Library, of which Texas A&M is a co-founder, said Director Charles Backus.
"Our books and all university presses' in the association [Association of American University Presses] have outside peer reviews of the manuscript to ensure that what we decide to publish is a caliber that represents our University," said Marketing Manager Gayla E. Christiansen.
Backus said there is a faculty advisory committee to whom they present every project that will be published with the A&M imprint, and the committee must approve publication for that to go forward. "They are an important safeguard to the quality of the imprint," Backus said.
University Press' editorial interests include agriculture anthropology, nautical archaeology, architecture, borderland studies, economics, military history, natural history, presidential studies, veterinary medicine and Texas history and culture. About half of the books are targeted toward an academic audience, but others are targeted toward a more general audience with the goal of spreading authoritative knowledge to a wider audience, Backus said.
Publicity and Advertising Manager Holli Estridge said the University Press is one of the leading publishers in American military history and is distinguished for its nautical archaeological list. Backus added the University Press tends to publish in those areas "because there is a strength here at the University."
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