The Association of University Presses (International Association of University Presses) e.V. is an international nonprofit association of university presses, its members as well as of regional university press associations. It was founded 2013/2014 in Bochum, Germany following an initiative of the International Convention of University Presses on the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2013.
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Membership
The Association in 2014 has more than 30 members from North and South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania and Australia, it offers a multilingual forum for university presses. The members dedicate their work to the scientific and scholarly community and the common welfare and fulfill an important social function of education, spread of knowledge and societal progress.
Duties and aims
The members face the same challenges of non-commercial scientific publishing in small numbers of copies, in front of the background of new developments of digitalization. The association fosters innovative solutions, it encourages presses with "best practice" solutions to share their solutions with the other members. One aim is to establish a platform with easy access to all publications of its members.
Support of other associations
The association supports likewise minded regional associations, e.g. the Association of American University Presses and other initiatives like Open Access or the International Convention of University Presses on the Frankfurt Book Fair.
List of members
The Association in 2014 lists the following institutional members on its website:
Africa
Asia
Australia
Europe