Liverpool University Press

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Liverpool University Press
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Parent company University of Liverpool
Founded1899
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Headquarters location Liverpool
DistributionWiley (UK and most of world)
Longleaf (Americas)
Ta Tong Book Company (Taiwan)
Overleaf (India) [1]
Publication types Books, academic journals
Imprints Liverpool University Press, Modern Languages Open, Pavilion Poetry
No. of employees27
Official website www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk

Liverpool University Press (LUP), founded in 1899, is the third oldest university press in England after Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press. As the press of the University of Liverpool, it specialises in modern languages, literatures, history, and visual culture and currently publishes more than 150 books a year, as well as 34 academic journals. [2] LUP's books are distributed in North America by Oxford University Press. [3]

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History

One of the earliest heads of the press was Lascelles Abercrombie, the first poetry lecturer at the university.[ citation needed ]

In 2013, LUP acquired the rights to the University of Exeter Press' publications on archaeology, medieval studies, history, classics and ancient history, landscape studies. [4]

In 2014, the company announced the launch of Modern Languages Open, its peer-reviewed open access online platform publishing research from across the modern languages. [5]

In 2015, the press launched Pavilion Poetry, a new imprint publishing collections of contemporary poetry. Mona Arshi was one of the first poets to be published, and her book, Small Hands, won The Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection at the 2015 Forward Prizes for Poetry. [6]

Collaborations and activities

The press has[ when? ] ongoing collaborations with Tate, Foundation for Art and Creative Technology, Bluecoat Chambers, Public Monuments and Sculpture Association, and National Museums Liverpool. [7]

It is one of thirteen publishers to participate in the Knowledge Unlatched pilot, a global library consortium approach to funding open access books.[ when? ] [8]

Awards

The press was shortlisted for the Independent Publishing Awards in 2012, 2013 and 2014, and in 2015 won the IPG Award for Academic and Professional Publisher of the Year. [9] In the same year, the press won the Bookseller Industry Award for Independent Academic, Educational and Professional Publisher of the Year. [9]

Journals

Journals published by LUP include:

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References

  1. For Booksellers
  2. "About Us". Liverpool University Press.
  3. "Information for Booksellers". Liverpool University Press.
  4. Medievalists.net (15 January 2013). "Liverpool University Press acquires Medieval, Classics and History lists from University of Exeter Press". Medievalists.net. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  5. "Modern Languages Open". Liverpool University Press.
  6. "Upcoming Events". Homepage. Forward Arts Foundation. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  7. "Our Partners". Liverpool University Press.
  8. "Good for publishers". Knowledge Unlatched.
  9. 1 2 "Awards and Nominations". Liverpool University Press.
  10. "Home". The Indexer. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  11. "Town Planning Review". JSTOR . ISSN   0041-0020 . Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  12. "Town Planning Review - Impact Factor, etc". Resurchify. 16 November 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  13. "Featured in Town Planning Review 92.4: Planners and the New Urban Agenda: will we lead the agenda, or will the agenda lead us?". Liverpool University Press Blog. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2022.

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