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	{{Short description\|Publishing unit of the University of Toronto}}		{{Short description\|Publishing unit of the University of Toronto}}
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	\| image =		\| image = UofT Press logo.webp
	\| parent = [[University of Toronto]]		\| parent = [[University of Toronto]]
	\| status =		\| status =
	\| founded = 1901		\| founded = {{start date and age\|1901}}
	\| founder =		\| founder =
	\| successor =		\| successor =
	\| country = Canada		\| country = [[Canada]]
	\| headquarters = [[Toronto]], Ontario, Canada		\| headquarters = [[Toronto]], Ontario, Canada
	\| keypeople =		\| keypeople =
	\| publications = Scholarly books and journals		\| publications = Scholarly books and journals
	\| topics =		\| topics =
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	\| url = [https://utorontopress.com utorontopress.com]		\| url = [https://utorontopress.com utorontopress.com]
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	~~The~~ '''University of Toronto Press''' is a Canadian [[university press]] ~~founded in 1901~~.<ref>{{Cite book\|editor-last1=Pound\|editor-first1=Richard W.\|title=The Fitzhenry and Whiteside Book of Canadian Facts and Dates\|date=2005\|publisher=Fitzhenry & Whiteside\|isbn=1-55041-171-3\|edition=3d\|oclc=52540711\|page=[[iarchive:fitzhenrywhitesi0003unse/page/337/mode/1up\|337]]}}</ref> Although it was founded in 1901, the press did not actually publish any books until 1911.{{sfn\|Harman\|1961\|p=19}}		'''University of Toronto Press''' ('''UTP''') is a Canadian [[university press]] operated by the [[University of Toronto]].<ref>{{Cite book\|editor-last1=Pound\|editor-first1=Richard W.\|title=The Fitzhenry and Whiteside Book of Canadian Facts and Dates\|date=2005\|publisher=Fitzhenry & Whiteside\|isbn=1-55041-171-3\|edition=3d\|oclc=52540711\|page=[[iarchive:fitzhenrywhitesi0003unse/page/337/mode/1up\|337]]}}</ref> Although it was founded in 1901, the press did not actually publish any books until 1911.{{sfn\|Harman\|1961\|p=19}} It is the oldest and largest university press in [[Canada]] and one of the largest in North America.<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Parker \|first1=George L. \|title=University Presses \|url=https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/university-presses \|website=The Canadian Encyclopedia \|date=December 16, 2013}}</ref>

			==History==
			[[File:UTP logo with URL.jpg\|thumb\|150px\|The former UTP logo]]
	The press originally printed only examination books and the university calendar.{{Sfn\|Jeanneret\|1989\|p=22}} Its first scholarly book was a work by a classics professor at [[University College, Toronto]].{{Sfn\|Jeanneret\|1989\|p=22}} The press took control of the university bookstore in 1933.{{Sfn\|Jeanneret\|1989\|p=22}} It employed a novel [[typesetting]] method to print issues of the ''[[Canadian Journal of Mathematics]]'', founded in 1949.{{Sfn\|Jeanneret\|1989\|p=28}}		The press originally printed only examination books and the university calendar.{{Sfn\|Jeanneret\|1989\|p=22}} Its first scholarly book was a work by a classics professor at [[University College, Toronto]].{{Sfn\|Jeanneret\|1989\|p=22}} The press took control of the university bookstore in 1933.{{Sfn\|Jeanneret\|1989\|p=22}} It employed a novel [[typesetting]] method to print issues of the ''[[Canadian Journal of Mathematics]]'', founded in 1949.{{Sfn\|Jeanneret\|1989\|p=28}}

	The press has always had close ties with [[University of Toronto Libraries]]. The press was partially located in the library from 1910-1920. The University Librarian Hugh Hornby Langton, the lead librarian of the of University of Toronto Libraries, served as the first general editor of the University of Toronto Press. <ref>{{Cite web \|last=Barc \|first=Agath \|last2=Carliner \|first2=Jesse \|last3=Sommers \|first3=Emily \|last4=Wall \|first4=Margaret \|title=Scholarly Publishing \|url=https://exhibits.library.utoronto.ca/exhibits/show/utl125/public-services/scholarly-publishing \|access-date=2023-08-03 \|website=University of Toronto Exhibits}}</ref>		The press has always had close ties with [[University of Toronto Libraries]]. The press was partially located in the library from 1910-1920. The University Librarian Hugh Hornby Langton, the lead librarian of the University of Toronto Libraries, served as the first general editor of the University of Toronto Press.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Barc \|first=Agath \|last2=Carliner \|first2=Jesse \|last3=Sommers \|first3=Emily \|last4=Wall \|first4=Margaret \|title=Scholarly Publishing \|url=https://exhibits.library.utoronto.ca/exhibits/show/utl125/public-services/scholarly-publishing \|access-date=2023-08-03 \|website=University of Toronto Exhibits}}</ref>

	[[Sidney Earle Smith]], president of the [[University of Toronto]] in the late 1940s and 1950s, instituted a new governance arrangement for the press modelled on the governing structure of the university as a whole (on the standard Canadian university governance model defined by the [[Flavelle commission]]). Henceforth, the press's business affairs and editorial decision-making would be governed by separate committees, the latter by academic faculty.{{Sfn\|Jeanneret\|1989\|p=31}} A committee composed of [[Vincent Bladen]], [[George Williams Brown]] (general editor of the press from 1951{{Sfn\|Jeanneret\|1989\|p=37}}), and [[A. S. P. Woodhouse]] studied the publishing policies of American university presses to inform the structure of the press's publishing division.{{Sfn\|Jeanneret\|1989\|p=31}}		[[Sidney Earle Smith]], [[List of presidents of the University of Toronto\|president of the University of Toronto]] in the late 1940s and 1950s, instituted a new governance arrangement for the press modelled on the governing structure of the university as a whole (on the standard Canadian university governance model defined by the [[Flavelle commission]]). Henceforth, the press's business affairs and editorial decision-making would be governed by separate committees, the latter by academic faculty.{{Sfn\|Jeanneret\|1989\|p=31}} A committee composed of [[Vincent Bladen]], [[George Williams Brown]] (general editor of the press from 1951{{Sfn\|Jeanneret\|1989\|p=37}}), and [[A. S. P. Woodhouse]] studied the publishing policies of American university presses to inform the structure of the press's publishing division.{{Sfn\|Jeanneret\|1989\|p=31}}

	Beginning in 1971, the press printed its books simultaneously on paper and [[Microform\|microfiche]].<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Montagnes\|first=Ian\|date=1972\|title=Scholarly Monographs on Microfiche: The University of Toronto Press as a Case in Point\|url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/mfir.1972.1.1.29/html\|journal=Microform & Imaging Review\|volume=1\|issue=1\|doi=10.1515/mfir.1972.1.1.29\|s2cid=162232860 \|issn=0949-5770}}</ref>		Beginning in 1971, the press printed its books simultaneously on paper and [[Microform\|microfiche]].<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Montagnes\|first=Ian\|date=1972\|title=Scholarly Monographs on Microfiche: The University of Toronto Press as a Case in Point\|url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/mfir.1972.1.1.29/html\|journal=Microform & Imaging Review\|volume=1\|issue=1\|doi=10.1515/mfir.1972.1.1.29\|s2cid=162232860 \|issn=0949-5770\|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

	The press is currently a member of the [[Association of University Presses]].<ref name="AUP Membership">{{cite web \|title=Our Members \|url=https://aupresses.org/membership/membership-list/ \|access-date=January 30, 2023 \|publisher=[[Association of University Presses]]}}</ref>		The press is currently a member of the [[Association of University Presses]].<ref name="AUP Membership">{{cite web \|title=Our Members \|url=https://aupresses.org/membership/membership-list/ \|access-date=January 30, 2023 \|publisher=[[Association of University Presses]]}}</ref>

			==Divisions==
			University of Toronto Press consists of three divisions.<ref>{{cite web \|title=About Us \|url=https://utorontopress.com/about-us/ \|website=University of Toronto Press \|access-date=November 15, 2025}}</ref> They are:
			* The publishing division, its most notable
			* The distribution division, which includes its educational resources department
			* The retail division, which operates the University of Toronto Bookstore with four locations: [[Koffler Student Centre\|St. George]], [[Henry N.R. Jackman Faculty of Law\|Law]], [[William G. Davis Building\|Mississauga]], and [[University of Toronto Scarborough\|Scarborough]]

	==See also==		==See also==
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{{Short description|Publishing unit of the University of Toronto}}
{{Infobox publisher
| image =
| parent = [[University of Toronto]]
| status =
| founded = 1901
| founder =
| successor =
| country = Canada
| headquarters = [[Toronto]], Ontario, Canada
| keypeople =
| publications = Scholarly books and journals
| topics =
| revenue =
| numemployees =
| nasdaq =
| url = [https://utorontopress.com utorontopress.com]
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The '''University of Toronto Press''' is a Canadian [[university press]] founded in 1901.<ref>{{Cite book|editor-last1=Pound|editor-first1=Richard W.|title=The Fitzhenry and Whiteside Book of Canadian Facts and Dates|date=2005|publisher=Fitzhenry & Whiteside|isbn=1-55041-171-3|edition=3d|oclc=52540711|page=[[iarchive:fitzhenrywhitesi0003unse/page/337/mode/1up|337]]}}</ref> Although it was founded in 1901, the press did not actually publish any books until 1911.{{sfn|Harman|1961|p=19}}

The press originally printed only examination books and the university calendar.{{Sfn|Jeanneret|1989|p=22}} Its first scholarly book was a work by a classics professor at [[University College, Toronto]].{{Sfn|Jeanneret|1989|p=22}} The press took control of the university bookstore in 1933.{{Sfn|Jeanneret|1989|p=22}} It employed a novel [[typesetting]] method to print issues of the ''[[Canadian Journal of Mathematics]]'', founded in 1949.{{Sfn|Jeanneret|1989|p=28}}

The press has always had close ties with [[University of Toronto Libraries]]. The press was partially located in the library from 1910-1920. The University Librarian Hugh Hornby Langton, the lead librarian of the of University of Toronto Libraries, served as the first general editor of the University of Toronto Press. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Barc |first=Agath |last2=Carliner |first2=Jesse |last3=Sommers |first3=Emily |last4=Wall |first4=Margaret |title=Scholarly Publishing |url=https://exhibits.library.utoronto.ca/exhibits/show/utl125/public-services/scholarly-publishing |access-date=2023-08-03 |website=University of Toronto Exhibits}}</ref>

[[Sidney Earle Smith]], president of the [[University of Toronto]] in the late 1940s and 1950s, instituted a new governance arrangement for the press modelled on the governing structure of the university as a whole (on the standard Canadian university governance model defined by the [[Flavelle commission]]). Henceforth, the press's business affairs and editorial decision-making would be governed by separate committees, the latter by academic faculty.{{Sfn|Jeanneret|1989|p=31}} A committee composed of [[Vincent Bladen]], [[George Williams Brown]] (general editor of the press from 1951{{Sfn|Jeanneret|1989|p=37}}), and [[A. S. P. Woodhouse]] studied the publishing policies of American university presses to inform the structure of the press's publishing division.{{Sfn|Jeanneret|1989|p=31}}

Beginning in 1971, the press printed its books simultaneously on paper and [[Microform|microfiche]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Montagnes|first=Ian|date=1972|title=Scholarly Monographs on Microfiche: The University of Toronto Press as a Case in Point|url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/mfir.1972.1.1.29/html|journal=Microform & Imaging Review|volume=1|issue=1|doi=10.1515/mfir.1972.1.1.29|s2cid=162232860 |issn=0949-5770}}</ref>

The press is currently a member of the [[Association of University Presses]].<ref name="AUP Membership">{{cite web |title=Our Members |url=https://aupresses.org/membership/membership-list/ |access-date=January 30, 2023 |publisher=[[Association of University Presses]]}}</ref>

==See also==
* ''[[Dictionary of Canadian Biography]]''
* [[:Category:University of Toronto Press Publications|University of Toronto Press Publications]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== Sources ==
* {{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/universityaspubl0000harm|title=The University as Publisher|publisher=University of Toronto Press|year=1961|isbn=978-1-4426-1519-9|editor-last=Harman|editor-first=Eleanor|language=en|jstor=10.3138/j.ctt1vxmbd1|oclc=1151834758|url-access=registration}}
* {{Cite book|last=Jeanneret|first=Marsh|url=https://archive.org/details/godmammonunivers0000jean|title=God and Mammon: Universities as Publishers|publisher=[[Macmillan of Canada]]|year=1989|isbn=0-7715-9205-1|oclc=20525803|url-access=registration}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{Official website}}
* {{Cite book|url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/|title=Dictionary of Canadian Biography/Dictionnaire biographique du Canada |publisher=University of Toronto Press}}

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