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The '''University of California Press''', otherwise known as '''UC Press''', is a [[publishing house]] associated with the [[University of California]] that engages in [[academic publishing]]. It was founded in 1893<ref name="Camhi2013">{{cite book |first=Jeff |last=Camhi |title=A Dam in the River: Releasing the Flow of University Ideas |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3qodTxXkEgEC&pg=PA149 |access-date=31 August 2013 |date=15 April 2013 |publisher=Algora Publishing |isbn=978-0-87586-989-6 |pages=149– }}</ref> to publish scholarly and scientific works by faculty of the University of California, established 25 years earlier in 1868, and has been officially headquartered at the university's flagship campus in Berkeley, California, since its inception.<ref name=ucop>{{cite web |url=https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs//programs-and-initiatives/faculty-resources-advancement/faculty-handbook-sections/university-of-california-press.html |title=University of California Press &#124; UCOP |website=www.ucop.edu}}</ref>
The '''University of California Press''', otherwise known as '''UC Press''', is a [[publishing house]] associated with the [[University of California]] that engages in [[academic publishing]]. It was founded in 1893<ref name="Camhi2013">{{cite book |first=Jeff |last=Camhi |title=A Dam in the River: Releasing the Flow of University Ideas |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3qodTxXkEgEC&pg=PA149 |access-date=31 August 2013 |date=15 April 2013 |publisher=Algora Publishing |isbn=978-0-87586-989-6 |pages=149– }}</ref> to publish scholarly and scientific works by faculty of the University of California, established 25 years earlier in 1868.


As the non-profit publishing arm of the [[University of California]] system, the UC Press is fully subsidized by the university and the State of California.<ref name=ucop /> A third of its authors are faculty members of the university. The press publishes over 250 new books and almost four dozen multi-issue journals annually, in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences, and maintains approximately 4,000 book titles in print.<ref name=officialweb>{{cite web |url=https://www.ucpress.edu |title=University of California Press |website=University of California Press}}</ref> It is also the digital publisher of Collabra and Luminos [[open access]] (OA) initiatives.
As the publishing arm of the [[University of California]] system, the press publishes over 250 new books and almost four dozen multi-issue journals annually, in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences, and maintains approximately 4,000 book titles in print.<ref name=officialweb>{{cite web |url=https://www.ucpress.edu |title=University of California Press |website=University of California Press}}</ref> It is also the digital publisher of Collabra and Luminos [[open access]] (OA) initiatives.


The University of California Press publishes in the following subjects: African studies, American studies, ancient world (classics), anthropology, art, Asian studies, communication, criminology & criminal justice, economics, environmental studies, film & media studies, food & wine, gender & sexuality, global studies, health, history, language, Latin American studies, literary studies & poetry, Middle Eastern studies, music, philosophy, politics, psychology, religion, sciences, and sociology.<ref name=officialweb />
The press has its administrative office in downtown [[Oakland, California]], an editorial branch office in [[Los Angeles]], and a sales office in [[New York City]], and distributes through marketing offices in Great Britain, Asia, Australia, and Latin America. A Board consisting of senior officers of the University of California, holds responsibility for the operations of the press, and authorizes and approves all manuscripts for publication. The Editorial Committee consists of distinguished faculty members representing the university's nine campuses.<ref name="ucop">{{cite web |title=University of California Press &#124; UCOP |url=https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs//programs-and-initiatives/faculty-resources-advancement/faculty-handbook-sections/university-of-california-press.html |website=www.ucop.edu}}</ref>


The press has its administrative office in downtown [[Oakland, California]], an editorial branch office in [[Los Angeles]], and a sales office in [[New York City|New York]], and distributes through marketing offices in Great Britain, Asia, Australia, and Latin America. A Board consisting of senior officers of the University of California, headquartered in Berkeley, holds responsibility for the operations of the press, and authorizes and approves all manuscripts for publication. The Editorial Committee consists of distinguished faculty members representing the university's nine campuses.<ref name=ucop />
The press commissioned as its corporate typeface [[University of California Old Style]] from type designer [[Frederic Goudy]] from 1936 to 1938, although it no longer always uses the design.<ref name="A Half-Century of Type Design and Typography: 1895–1945, Volume 2">{{cite book |last=Goudy |first=Frederic |author-link=Frederic Goudy|title=A Half-Century of Type Design and Typography: 1895-1945, Volume 1 |year=1946 |publisher=The Typophiles |location=New York |pages=216–219 |url=https://archive.org/details/GoudyHalfCentury1946V2 |access-date=26 February 2016}}</ref><ref name="Carter">{{cite web |last=Carter |first=Matthew |title=Goudy, the good ol' boy (Bruckner biography review) |url=http://www.eyemagazine.com/review/article/goudy-the-good-ol-boy |website=Eye Magazine |access-date=5 February 2016}}</ref><ref name="Shaw on Goudy">{{cite web |last1=Shaw |first1=Paul |title=An appreciation of Frederic W. Goudy as a type designer |url=http://www.paulshawletterdesign.com/2014/03/an-appreciation-of-frederic-w-goudy-as-a-type-designer/ |access-date=12 July 2015}}</ref><ref name="A Bull in the Typography Shop">{{cite news |last1=Updike |first1=John |author-link=John Updike |title=A Bull in the Typography Shop: a review of ''Frederic Goudy'' by D.J.R. Bruckner |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/12/16/books/a-bull-in-the-typography-shop.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=16 December 1990 |access-date=5 February 2016}}</ref>


The press commissioned as its corporate typeface [[University of California Old Style]] from type designer [[Frederic Goudy]] from 1936 to 1938, although it no longer always uses the design.<ref name="A Half-Century of Type Design and Typography: 1895–1945, Volume 2">{{cite book |last=Goudy |first=Frederic |author-link=Frederic Goudy|title=A Half-Century of Type Design and Typography: 1895-1945, Volume 1 |year=1946 |publisher=The Typophiles |location=New York |pages=216–219 |url=https://archive.org/details/GoudyHalfCentury1946V2 |access-date=26 February 2016}}</ref><ref name="Carter">{{cite web |last=Carter |first=Matthew |title=Goudy, the good ol' boy (Bruckner biography review) |url=http://www.eyemagazine.com/review/article/goudy-the-good-ol-boy |website=Eye Magazine |access-date=5 February 2016}}</ref><ref name="Shaw on Goudy">{{cite web |last1=Shaw |first1=Paul |title=An appreciation of Frederic W. Goudy as a type designer |url=http://www.paulshawletterdesign.com/2014/03/an-appreciation-of-frederic-w-goudy-as-a-type-designer/ |access-date=12 July 2015}}</ref><ref name="A Bull in the Typography Shop">{{cite news |last1=Updike |first1=John |author-link=John Updike |title=A Bull in the Typography Shop: a review of ''Frederic Goudy'' by D.J.R. Bruckner |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/12/16/books/a-bull-in-the-typography-shop.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=16 December 1990 |access-date=5 February 2016}}</ref>
University of California Press joined the [[Association of American Publishers]] trade organization in the [[Hachette v. Internet Archive]] lawsuit which resulted in the removal of access to over 500,000 books from global readers.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://help.archive.org/help/why-are-so-many-books-listed-as-borrow-unavailable-at-the-internet-archive/ | title=Why are so many books listed as "Borrow Unavailable" at the Internet Archive – Internet Archive Help Center }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://publishers.org/who-we-are/our-members/ | title=Our Members - AAP | date=26 September 2019 }}</ref>  


== Notable books ==
== Notable books ==
*''[[Language As Symbolic Action]]'', [[Kenneth Burke]] (1966)
*''[[Language as Symbolic Action]]'', [[Kenneth Burke]] (1966)
*''[[The Teachings of Don Juan|The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge]]'', [[Carlos Castaneda]] (1968)
*''[[The Teachings of Don Juan|The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge]]'', [[Carlos Castaneda]] (1968)
*''Technicians of the Sacred: A Range of Poetries from Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania'', Jerome Rothenberg (1968; 50th anniversary edition 2017)
*''Technicians of the Sacred: A Range of Poetries from Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania'', Jerome Rothenberg (1968; 50th anniversary edition 2017)
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*''[[Beyond Chutzpah|Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History]]'', [[Norman G. Finkelstein]] (2005)
*''[[Beyond Chutzpah|Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History]]'', [[Norman G. Finkelstein]] (2005)
*''[[Autobiography of Mark Twain]]: Volume One'', [[Mark Twain]] (2010)
*''[[Autobiography of Mark Twain]]: Volume One'', [[Mark Twain]] (2010)
*''[[Revival from Below: The Deoband Movement and Global Islam]]'', Brannon D. Ingram (2018)
*''[[Revival from Below]]'', Brannon D. Ingram (2018)
*''[[Perfecting Women: Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanawi's Bihishti Zewar]]'', Barbara D. Metcalf (1992)
*''[[Perfecting Women]]'', Barbara D. Metcalf (1992)


== Open access (OA) programs at UC Press ==
== Open access (OA) programs at UC Press ==
; Collabra
; Collabra (journals)
Collabra is University of California Press's open access journal program. The Collabra program currently publishes two open access journals, ''Collabra: Psychology ''and'' Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene'', with plans for continued expansion and journal acquisition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.collabra.org/|title=Collabra: Psychology|website=www.collabra.org}}</ref>
Collabra is University of California Press's open access journal program. The Collabra program currently publishes two open access journals, ''Collabra: Psychology ''and'' Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene'', with plans for continued expansion and journal acquisition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.collabra.org/|title=Collabra: Psychology|website=www.collabra.org}}</ref>


; Luminos
; Luminos (monographs)
Luminos is University of California Press's open access response to the challenged monograph landscape. With the same high standards for selection, peer review, production, and marketing as its traditional book publishing program, Luminos is a transformative model, built as a partnership where costs and benefits are shared.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.luminosoa.org/|title=University of California Press|website=www.luminosoa.org}}</ref>
Luminos is University of California Press's open access response to the challenged monograph landscape. With the same high standards for selection, peer review, production, and marketing as its traditional book publishing program, Luminos is a transformative model, built as a partnership where costs and benefits are shared.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.luminosoa.org/|title=University of California Press|website=www.luminosoa.org}}</ref>
; UC Press E-Books Collection, 1982-2004
The UC Press E-Books Collection, 1982-2004, of which, more than 700 of the almost 2,000 books of topics, including art, science, history, music, religion, and fiction, are available to the public. Access to the entire collection of electronic books is open to all University of California faculty, staff, and students.<ref>{{cite web |title=UC Press E-Books Collection, 1982-2004 |url=https://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/ |website=publishing.cdlib.org |access-date=1 September 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Public Titles Only - UC Press E-Books Collection, 1982-2004: Browse |url=https://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/search?facet=subject;rights=Public |website=publishing.cdlib.org}}</ref>
{{anchor|Boom California}}
;BOOM California
''BOOM California'' is a free refereed online publication of the University of California Press.<ref name="boomcalifornia/about">{{cite web |title=About |url=https://boomcalifornia.org/about/ |website=Boom California |access-date=11 November 2025 |date=6 September 2016}}</ref>


== Notable series ==
== Notable series ==
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* [[List of English-language book publishing companies]]
* [[List of English-language book publishing companies]]
* [[List of university presses]]
* [[List of university presses]]
* [[California Digital Library]]


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 02:50, 16 March 2026


University of California Press
Parent companyUniversity of California
Founded1893
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationBerkeley, California
DistributionIngram Publisher Services (US)
John Wiley & Sons (UK)
Footprint Books (Australia)[1]
Publication typesBooks, journals
Official websiteucpress.edu
2008 conference booth

The University of California Press, otherwise known as UC Press, is a publishing house associated with the University of California that engages in academic publishing. It was founded in 1893[2] to publish scholarly and scientific works by faculty of the University of California, established 25 years earlier in 1868.

As the publishing arm of the University of California system, the press publishes over 250 new books and almost four dozen multi-issue journals annually, in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences, and maintains approximately 4,000 book titles in print.[3] It is also the digital publisher of Collabra and Luminos open access (OA) initiatives.

The press has its administrative office in downtown Oakland, California, an editorial branch office in Los Angeles, and a sales office in New York City, and distributes through marketing offices in Great Britain, Asia, Australia, and Latin America. A Board consisting of senior officers of the University of California, holds responsibility for the operations of the press, and authorizes and approves all manuscripts for publication. The Editorial Committee consists of distinguished faculty members representing the university's nine campuses.[4]

The press commissioned as its corporate typeface University of California Old Style from type designer Frederic Goudy from 1936 to 1938, although it no longer always uses the design.[5][6][7][8]

University of California Press joined the Association of American Publishers trade organization in the Hachette v. Internet Archive lawsuit which resulted in the removal of access to over 500,000 books from global readers.[9][10]

Notable books

Open access (OA) programs at UC Press

Collabra (journals)

Collabra is University of California Press's open access journal program. The Collabra program currently publishes two open access journals, Collabra: Psychology and Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, with plans for continued expansion and journal acquisition.[11]

Luminos (monographs)

Luminos is University of California Press's open access response to the challenged monograph landscape. With the same high standards for selection, peer review, production, and marketing as its traditional book publishing program, Luminos is a transformative model, built as a partnership where costs and benefits are shared.[12]

UC Press E-Books Collection, 1982-2004

The UC Press E-Books Collection, 1982-2004, of which, more than 700 of the almost 2,000 books of topics, including art, science, history, music, religion, and fiction, are available to the public. Access to the entire collection of electronic books is open to all University of California faculty, staff, and students.[13][14]

BOOM California

BOOM California is a free refereed online publication of the University of California Press.[15]

Notable series

The University of California Press re-printed a number of novels under the California Fiction series from 1996 to 2001. These titles were selected for their literary merit and for their illumination of California history and culture.[16][17]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Booksellers – University of California Press". Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  2. ↑ Camhi, Jeff (15 April 2013). A Dam in the River: Releasing the Flow of University Ideas. Algora Publishing. pp. 149–. ISBN 978-0-87586-989-6. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "University of California Press". University of California Press.
  4. ↑ "University of California Press | UCOP". www.ucop.edu.
  5. ↑ Goudy, Frederic (1946). A Half-Century of Type Design and Typography: 1895-1945, Volume 1. New York: The Typophiles. pp. 216–219. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  6. ↑ Carter, Matthew. "Goudy, the good ol' boy (Bruckner biography review)". Eye Magazine. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  7. ↑ Shaw, Paul. "An appreciation of Frederic W. Goudy as a type designer". Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  8. ↑ Updike, John (16 December 1990). "A Bull in the Typography Shop: a review of Frederic Goudy by D.J.R. Bruckner". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  9. ↑ "Why are so many books listed as "Borrow Unavailable" at the Internet Archive – Internet Archive Help Center".
  10. ↑ "Our Members - AAP". 26 September 2019.
  11. ↑ "Collabra: Psychology". www.collabra.org.
  12. ↑ "University of California Press". www.luminosoa.org.
  13. ↑ "UC Press E-Books Collection, 1982-2004". publishing.cdlib.org. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  14. ↑ "Public Titles Only - UC Press E-Books Collection, 1982-2004: Browse". publishing.cdlib.org.
  15. ↑ "About". Boom California. 6 September 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  16. ↑ See, Carolyn (1996). Golden Days. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0520206738.
  17. ↑ "California Fiction". University of California Press. Retrieved 14 October 2015.

Further reading

  • Hitchcock, Joanna (1995). "Review of The University of California Press: The Early Years, 1893-1953". Libraries & Culture. 30 (1): 124–126. ISSN 0894-8631. JSTOR 25542734.
  • Muto, Albert (1993). "A Voice from the Wilderness: The Early University of California Press". California History. 72 (3): 222–233. doi:10.2307/25177358. ISSN 0162-2897. JSTOR 25177358.
  • Pascal, Naomi B. (1994). "Review of The University of California Press: The Early Years, 1893-1953". The Library Quarterly: Information, Community, Policy. 64 (4): 486–487. doi:10.1086/602743. ISSN 0024-2519. JSTOR 4308988.
  • Withey, Lynne; Orsi, Richard (1993). "Milestones of California History: The University of California Press: A Century of Publishing". California History. 72 (3). doi:10.2307/25177357. ISSN 0162-2897. JSTOR 25177357.

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