Northwestern University has “reaffirmed its commitment to publishing and disseminating scholarly writing” after “an extensive review” of its press brought about by “a year of significant economic setbacks,” the university said today in a written statement. It said that digital publishing and efficiency would be priorities, and noted that TriQuarterly, the press’s literary journal, would move online-only next year. The past year has been a challenging one for many university presses; Louisiana State University Press almost fell victim to budget cuts, and others have suffered layoffs.
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2 Responses to Northwestern U. Stands By Scholarly Publishing in Hard Times
lizchicago - September 22, 2009 at 2:09 pm
This is shocking! I’m glad Northwestern didn’t pull the plug on the press, but TriQuarterly is one of the premier literary magazines in the country — what are they thinking? They won’t be able to publish folks like they do now (Joyce Carol Oates, Mark Strand, Edward Hirsch and many others) if they are an on-line only journal…
jmorrison - September 22, 2009 at 4:06 pm
I don’t understand this comment from lizchicago: They won’t be able to publish folks like they do now . . . if they are an on-line only journal…”The journal has a good reputation; now the journal can also offer authors the opportunity of having their work available to anyone in the world with Internet access. A win-win deal if I ever saw one.