The Association of Canadian University Presses (ACUP) is hosting a Webinar on University Presses and Academic Publishing.

The webinar will be held on Wednesday 26 April at 1 pm EST (12 pm CST) via Zoom.

Here is the announcement:

Join us on Zoom on Wednesday, April 26, 1 PM EST

We are excited to invite you to a lively discussion led by the Association of Canadian University Presses (ACUP), Edinburgh University Press, Berghahn Books, and University of British Columbia.

Topics will include collection development strategies for university press books and the multitude of considerations from transaction processes to the value of content to academic institutions.  Publishers will share their perspectives on the unrelenting challenges and tensions between the business of publishing books and their scholarly mission.

Our panelists include:

• Arielle Lomness, Collections Librarian, University of British Columbia Okanagan Campus
• Vivian Berghahn, Managing Director, Berghahn Books
• Nicola Ramsey, CEO, Edinburgh University Press
• Brian Scrivener, President, Association of Canadian University Presses, and Director, University of Calgary Press

This session is also an opportunity to meet the university press communities in Canada and the U.K. as well as the particular challenges of smaller scholarly presses.

We hope you’ll be able to join us and share your experiences and perspectives.  Please share this invitation with colleagues who you think might be interested.

For more information, see the full announcement.