Plato and Yoga

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In the space of just a year, five new university presses were launched in the UK. Although very different in size and stages of development, all but one were launched first and foremost as open access presses, based in or supported by their university's library. Why should there have been such a significant flurry of activity in such a short space of time, and what can the stated objectives and activities of these presses tell us about the current UK scholarly publishing environment? To answer some of those questions , this article looks back to the original mission of the founding university presses, examines the policy and funding environments in which the new presses are operating, looks at overseas developments in recent years for comparison, and concludes with a review of the challenges these young presses face as well as the benefits all university presses, but particularly open access ones, can confer to their institutions.

Against the Grain, 2016

Publishing refers to the act of selecting, producing and disseminating documents or literary works such as books, newspapers, magazines, tabloids and much more to a large audience. In a traditional sense it involves the distribution of printed works. Seemingly, there is a shift in technological approaches in the way publishing is done. Conversely, with 21 st c entury, many publishing houses are engaging in electronic publishing as a complementary to traditional publishing. According to Peek, R.P and Newby, B.N (1996), Electronic publishing is not necessarily bound by any traditions. With precision, Chennupati, Schubert and Heng (2006) argue that it refers to the application of computing software by a publisher to information content created and packaged for a specific audience, and the distribution of the final product through electronic means. The term "electronic publishing" can be interpreted in many different ways. As such, publishing is an integrated process aimed at providing information in different quantities and with different qualities to different categories of end-users (Ramaiah et al. 2006). It can also extend to be a networking support to collaborative authorship and electronic communication among authors, editors, referees, and other participants in the publishing process. Since "publishing" implies production and distribution, however, the term refers most obviously to the generation of publications in electronic form or, at least, with the aid of electronics (Lancaste 1995). The personal computer has revolutionized communication, and digitized text has introduced a radically new medium of expression (Hanham 1993). Moreover, these

Generalship in Ancient Greece, Rome and Byzantium. Edited by Richard Evans and Shaun Tougher, 52-66. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2022

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PORTO ARTE: Revista de Artes Visuais, 2013

The article raises some discussions about scholarly publications in the field of arts presenting the journals as special places to make public art criticism and questioning their suitability for academic parameters, which often preclude the journals to develop his true vocation.

2018

From the beginning of human on this earth till today, various ways of communications has played a unique role. Among all, books made their valuable place in the hearts of society. These books not only carries the messages needed to be reached to their destination but also the prestigious information of the past in the form of history, biographies and much more making it possible to realize the past and making future more better. The advent of books is incomplete without the efforts of printing bureau. Printing bureaus have played a significant role in development and usability of books in history and even today. Number of books are printed and published on daily basis resulting in an intellectual growth in societies. Several printing bureaus have been seen by the time, some have marked their names through their quality of work and stability in profession. Printing Bureaus present at Higher Academic universities are also worth mentioning, serving not only the academics but the vast area of knowledge. University of Karachi-Pakistan is one of the leading academic university of Pakistan serving from past 60 years. The university is privileged to have its own printing bureau named "Bureau of Composition, Compilation and Translation.

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Edinburgh University Press is one of the leading university presses in the UK. We publish academic books and journals in our selected subject areas across the humanities and social sciences, combining cutting-edge scholarship with high editorial and production values to produce academic works of lasting importance.

Publishing Research Quarterly, 2018

University presses publish books according to their respective publishing specializations and programming. Disciplinary interests supported by university presses align with their strengths and adaptation to the vicissitudes of the scholarly communication system. This discussion frames changes in humanities and social science disciplines published by university presses via examination of AAUP Directories for 1998, 2003, 2008, 2013, 2017 to ascertain and clarify disciplinary alignments and changes in emphases over time. Special attention is focused on discussion of disciplinary emphases, including evolution of nomenclature and changes for multidisciplinary and area studies. Over the past 20 years, university presses have published scholarship reflecting the changes of disciplinary orientation captured in subject interests and emphases, evolving with disciplinary changes occurring in academia.