University presses?

[Richard Feinman <RFeinman@downstate.edu>]

When I recently tried to seek publisher for conference 
proceedings I found that the few University Presses I spoke to 
were, in fact, separate and distinct from the eponymous 
university.  In particular, the SUNY Press did not have any sense 
that helping a SUNY project was part of their mission.

I did not look into this but is this generally true?  Are most university
presses now separate from the university?

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Richard D. Feinman, Co-editor-in-chief
Nutrition & Metabolism ( http://www.nutritionandmetabolism.com/home )


"Joseph Esposito" <espositoj@gmail.com>
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It should be noted that universities do not need to create, 
because they already have, "university-based, stable, 
long-lasting, low-cost alternatives . . . that challenge the 
current barrier to dissemination of knowledge." They are called 
university presses.  I may be alone in this, but I found it 
grimly ironic that many universities are calling for a new regime 
in scholarly communications even as they systematically starve 
their presses to death.

Joe Esposito