The Function and Organization of University Presses: An Address (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

George Parmly Day

9780484423687: The Function and Organization of University Presses: An Address (Classic Reprint)

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Years ago when there was ad mittedly much force in the jibe that a university press was an organization whose function was to publish works which no one would read, there was, quite naturally, as little general interest in its organization as there was in its function. Today, when the Various associations affiliated with many of our American universi ties under the general title of uni versity presses have fairly chal lenged attention everywhere by the results of their activities, there is very general interest not only in their purpose but also in the efficiency of the methods by which they seek to achieve this purpose. The question of their organization may have been, and frequently was, at their inception merely an.

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