WEBSITE AND COMMONS
The Association’s website at www.aupresses.org is public-facing, showcasing the value and values of university presses. Highlights of the site include our mission statement translated into more than 30 languages, an archive of policy statements and news announcements, and the invaluable and much referenced Jobs List.
Member resources, including the ability to post free job listings, are accessible via sites within our UP Commons space—allowing members to maintain a single log-in identity for AUPresses community collaborations, members-only resources, and restricted benefits, as well as across their professional identity in any disciplinary space within the Knowledge Commons network.
The site hosting feature of UP Commons allows the Association to support free-standing public sites there, as well. These include the committee-designed homes for the Book, Jacket, and Journal Show and the Ask UP author education resource. The Demographics Toolkit, online edition of Best Practices for Peer Review Handbook, and our Annual Report are also supported on the UP Commons platform.
AUPRESSES BULLETIN
A monthly newsletter providing updates on Association programs, activities, and news from the membership, along with a slate of recommended reads from industry publications, the bulletin is distributed via email to subscribed staff at member presses.
MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY
The publication of the Association’s annual print Directory was suspended in 2022, giving space for an innovative overhaul of our regular member data collection and directory publication processes. New workflows for managing directory updates are due to come online later in 2025, and a new Annual Member Directory and enhanced online member gallery will follow. The Subject Area Grid, a popular reference for authors and researchers, has been updated in January 2025.
THE DIGITAL DIGEST
The Association’s blog Digital Digest serves as a channel for perspectives from around our community. Posts from the past year include:
- “Library Acquisition of Scholarly Books: A Brief Timeline,” by Fredric Nachbaur (Fordham) and Michael Zeoli (De Gruyter), based on their 2024 Annual Meeting session;
- Observations of the 2024 Annual Meeting and pre-conference Business Operations Meeting from sixteen university press staff members whose attendance was supported by Early Career Grants; Equity, Justice, Inclusion, and Belonging Grants; Next Steps Grants; and Business Operations Meeting Grants;
- Professional development reports from nine 2024 Week-in-Residence and Directors Residency participants;
- “Touring the Volunteer State during University Press Week 2024” by Katie Hannah (Tennessee); and
- “On Democracy,” recommended reading from more than 50 members presses (as reported in the “Voicing Our Values” section of this Report).
