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Abstract

Once a struggling regional university publisher on the brink of demise, UBC Press is now one of North America’s most venerable university presses and has played a key role in disseminating leading social sciences research. After nearly 40 years in the publishing industry, UBC Press’s retired Associate Director, Editorial, Jean Wilson reflects on her 20-year career at the Press and the critical importance of scholarly publishing to the academic community.

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Title
Word by Word
Creator
Vice President Research, Office of the
Publisher
Office of the Vice President Research
Date Issued
2008-11
Description
Once a struggling regional university publisher on the brink of demise, UBC Press is now one of North America’s most venerable university presses and has played a key role in disseminating leading social sciences research. After nearly 40 years in the publishing industry, UBC Press’s retired Associate Director, Editorial, Jean Wilson reflects on her 20-year career at the Press and the critical importance of scholarly publishing to the academic community.
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195143 bytes
Subject
UBC Press; Jean Wilson; Peter Milroy; Academic press; University press
Genre
Article
Type
Text
File Format
application/pdf
Language
eng
Date Available
2008-11-12
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0228426
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/2775
Affiliation
Other UBC
Citation
frontier: a journal of research and discovery, 5, 20
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Other
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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