UP Week 2021 Blog Tour

Each year, we take a tour of the blogs in our larger community, with a series that daily addresses different aspects of the week’s theme. This year’s theme, Keep UP, marks our tenth anniversary and celebrates how university presses have evolved over the past decade.

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Monday: Manifesto
Tuesday: Surprise!
Wednesday: Innovate/Collaborate
Thursday: Top Ten Listicles
Friday: Forward-thinking

Monday: Manifesto 

Our first UP week blog tour focused on the question, “Why do university presses matter?” How has the answer changed and/or stayed the same in the 10 years since?

Temple University Press
University Press Week Blog Tour Manifesto

Manchester University Press
University Press Week Manifesto: Why Do University Presses Matter?

University of Toronto Press
How Has University Press Publishing Changed?

Bucknell University Press
Thoughts from Author Manu Samriti Chander

University Press of Kansas
Why the University Press of Kansas Matters

Georgetown University Press
Why University Presses Matter According to Georgetown University Press Authors

University of Notre Dame Press
Why Do University Presses Matter?

MIT Press
Our Staff Picks for University Press Week

Catholic University of America Press
University Presses, As Told by Harry Potter

Tuesday: Surprise!

Who or what has most surprised you in the past decade?

Texas A&M Press
Surprise!

University of South Carolina Press
#KeepUP with the Cheese Biscuit Queen for #UPWeek

University of Notre Dame Press
The Notre Dame Press Book Club

University of Virginia Press
Celebrating UP Week with Grace Mitchell Tada and Walter Hood, Coeditors of Black Landscapes Matter

MIT Press
In celebration of a new initiative: the MIT Press Grant Program for Diverse Voices

Bucknell University Press
Bucknell UP welcomed these 10 developments over the past 10 years, making it a force to #KeepUP with

Wednesday: Innovate/Collaborate

Tell us about an innovation or a collaboration in the last decade that you are particularly proud of or that will provide a model for future endeavors.

University of North Georgia Press
UNG Press and Affordable Learning Georgia Save Students Millions in Textbook Costs

Syracuse University Press
Celebrating University Press Week’s Theme Of The Day Collaborate with Jim O’Connor

Leuven University Press
The KU Leuven Fund for Open Access: A Successful Collaboration for Open Access Book Publishing

Princeton University Press
Collaborative Innovations in Support of Diverse Voices

Temple University Press
University Press Week Blog Tour: Innovate/Collaborate

Bucknell University Press
Bucknell UP’s Partnership with Rutgers UP a Way for Small Presses to #KeepUP with the Times

University of Notre Dame Press
Notre Dame Press is Awarded an NEH Grant

Columbia University Press
Milenda Lee Interviews Lisa Hamm on the Evolution of Book Design and Production Over the Course of a Twenty-Two-Year Career

Vanderbilt University Press
Synergy at Its Best: A Look into the Coauthorship of Translations

Texas Tech University Press
How Publishing Collaborations Change Us

Athabasca University Press
University Press Week 2021: Innovate/Collaborate

Duke University Press
Q&A on the Scholarly Publishing Collective

Oregon State University Press
Bedrock Rights: Collaborating to Combat Climate Change

University of Toronto Press
Behind Every Good Editor Is a Great Marketer

Clemson University Press
New Collaboration Offers a Statewide Solution to Funding and Publishing Professional-Quality Open Textbooks

Wilfrid Laurier University Press
#KeepUP with WLU Press

Thursday: Top 10 Listicles

What 10 publications best represent your press during the past decade?

University Press of Florida
10 Books, 10 Years

Temple University Press
University Press Week Blog Tour: Listicle

University of Chicago Press
10 Ways the University of Chicago Press Has Been a Force to #KeepUP with This Decade

Johns Hopkins University Press
A #KeepUp Top Ten List

University of Toronto Press
Ten Years, Ten Books: A Selection from the Past Decade at UTP

University of Illinois Press
Best of the Decade: Our Top 10 Publications From the Last 10 Years

University Press of Kentucky
10 Publications that Best Represent the University Press of Kentucky during The Past Decade

Central European University Press
Ten Books that Matter on Democracy

University Press of Mississippi
Ten Books for Ten Years: University Press Week 10th Anniversary Celebration

Duke University Press
A Decade of Influential Texts

Fordham University Press
#KeepUP

Harvard University Press
Celebrating University Press Week

University of Alberta Press
University Press Week 2021: #KeepUP

University of Manitoba Press
Top Ten Titles from the Past Ten Years

University of Notre Dame Press
Notre Dame Press’s Year at a Glance

University of British Columbia Press
Books that Represent UBC Press

University of Washington Press
10 Publications from the Past Decade that Best Represent UW Press

Catholic University of America Press
A Sommelier’s Top 10 CUA Press Books

Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Ten WLU Press titles from the last decade

University of Georgia Press
UGA Press Staff Picks the Top Ten Books of the Last Decade

Friday: Forward-thinking

 What will make your press a force to Keep UP with in the next 10 years?

Northwestern University Press
University Press Week 2021 Blog Tour: Forward-thinking

University of Notre Dame Press
Notre Dame Press’s “Plus One”

Yale University Press
The A&AePortal

University of Nebraska Press
University Press Week: Forward-Thinking

University of North Carolina Press
University Press Week: Forward-Thinking