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Academic publisher
Amherst College Press, founded in 2014, is a
new university press (NUP)
[1] sponsored by
Amherst College,
Massachusetts that specializes in open-access
monographs.
[2] Initially organized by members of the Amherst College Library,
[3]
[4] the press issues books via the
Fulcrum publishing platform.
[5] The press, which is currently an affiliate of the
Association of University Presses,
[6] publishes all of its digital work through
platinum open access licenses.
[5]
[7]
Amherst College Press, in partnership with
Michigan Publishing and the
Oberlin Group of Libraries, helped launch
Lever Press in 2016.
[8]
Publications
Book series
Notable
book and monograph series published by Amherst College Press include the following:
[7]
- "Public Works: Insights from the Humanities on Issues in the Public Square"
- "Studies in Ethnomusicology"
See also
References
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^ Adema, Janneke; Stone, Graham (2017).
"The Surge in New University Presses and Academic- Led Publishing: An Overview of a Changing Publishing Ecology in the UK".
LIBER Quarterly. 27 (1).
doi:
10.18352/lq.10210. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
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^
"About Amherst College Press".
Amherst College. Retrieved January 30, 2023.
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^ Kim, Andrew (March 13, 2014).
"Press Aims to Provide Free Digital Content for All". The Amherst Student. Retrieved January 30, 2023.
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^ Howard, Jennifer (February 4, 2013).
"For New Ideas in Scholarly Publishing, Look to the Library".
Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved January 30, 2023.
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a
b Bouloukos, Beth M. (November 9, 2022).
"Varieties of University Press Business Models V: Open Access" (Guest post).
H-Net. Retrieved January 30, 2023.
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^
"Our Members".
Association of University Presses. Retrieved January 30, 2023.
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a
b "Amherst College Press". Directory 2016: Information on Scholarly Presses in the U.S., Canada, and Overseas.
Washington, DC:
Association of American University Presses. 2016. pp. 30–31.
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^ Free, David (2016).
"Oberlin Group, Partners launch Lever Press".
College & Research Libraries News. 77 (2): 58. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
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