Earlier this week, we at AU Press were holed up in a room with Tim Horton’s doughnuts and the University of Minnesota Press’s Digital Projects Editor, Terence Smyre, for a…
Here at Athabasca University Press, we will be celebrating Open Access Week by publishing our 138th open access book since our founding ten years ago. For the past few years,…
In a recent blog post, we discussed the changing landscape of scholarly publishing and how our open access mandate motivates us to consider the endless possibilities for sharing knowledge communicating…
How Academia Could Benefit from Reading Technology I’d pay a *lot* more for books if I could see the highlights, annotations, and marginalia of friends or people I follow. If…
Athabasca University Press has been giving books away for free for over ten years. In 2007, we took advantage of the internet to disrupt traditional publishing systems and break down…
Since Athabasca University Press was founded ten years ago as Canada’s first open access press, interest in open access publishing has increased significantly. In fact, several university presses in Canada…
Next week, AU Press will be celebrating Open Access Week, an international celebration of open access publishing, scholarship, and research. This year, we, AU Press, are also celebrating our tenth…
In Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada writes that “Reconciliation is not possible without knowing the truth.” The truth about residential schools,…
If you hadn’t noticed, not everyone agrees about the value and importance of open access. The perspective of AU Press has always been that open access works for us. The…
Happy Open Access Week! As the first open access press in North America, we are grateful for the opportunity to engage with other open access advocates and to promote the…