University of Calgary Press
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| headquarters = Calgary, Alberta
| distribution = Georgetown Terminal Warehouses (Canada)
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The University of Calgary Press is a university publishing house that is a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of Calgary.[http://www.uofcpress.com/support University of Calgary Press - Support] Located in Calgary, Alberta, it publishes peer-reviewed scholarly books that connect local experiences to global communities. It became an Open Access press on October 22, 2010.
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Affiliations
The University of Calgary Press is part of the Centre for Scholarly Communication of the University of Calgary's Libraries and Cultural Resources. It also co-publishes Arctic with the Arctic Institute of North America.
The press is currently a member of the Association of University Presses.{{cite web |title=Our Members |url=https://aupresses.org/membership/membership-list/ |access-date=January 30, 2023 |publisher=Association of University Presses}}
Publications
The publishing specialties of the University of Calgary Press are: African Studies; Arctic and Northern Studies; Contemporary Canadian Art and Architecture; Energy, Ecology and Sustainability; Film Studies; Latin American and Caribbean Studies; Military and Strategic Studies; and The West.[http://www.uofcpress.com/about-us University of Calgary Press - About]
The Press currently has nine series,{{cite web|title=Series|url=https://press.ucalgary.ca/node/10203|website=press.ucalgary.ca|publisher=University of Calgary|access-date=19 April 2016}} including:
- Africa: Missing Voices
- Art in Profile: Canadian Art and Architecture
- Beyond Boundaries: Canadian Defence and Strategic Studies
- Canadian History and Environment
- Latin American & Caribbean Studies
- Northern Lights
- The West
History
On October 22, 2010, as part of "Open Access Week", the University of Calgary Press released its first open access book, Grey Matters, a Guide for Collaborative Research. Since then, the Press has continued to release titles as open access, and as of March 2016 offers 71 titles under a Creative Commons License.{{Cite web|url = http://uofcpress.com/openaccess|title = Open Access Titles from the University of Calgary Press|date = June 30, 2014|access-date = June 30, 2014}}
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External links
- {{Official website|https://press.ucalgary.ca/}}
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