The University of Calgary Press is a university publishing house that is a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of Calgary.[3] Located in Calgary, Alberta, it publishes peer-reviewed scholarly books that connect local experiences to global communities. It became an Open Access press on October 22, 2010.
| Parent company | University of Calgary |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1981[1] |
| Country of origin |  Canada |
| Headquarters location | Calgary, Alberta |
| Distribution | Georgetown Terminal Warehouses (Canada) Longleaf Services (US) Gazelle Book Services (Europe, Africa, Asia)[2] |
| Publication types | Books |
| Official website | press |
Affiliations
The University of Calgary Press is part of the Centre for Scholarly Communication of the University of Calgary's Libraries and Cultural Resources. It also co-publishes Arctic with the Arctic Institute of North America.
The press is currently a member of the Association of University Presses.[4]
Publications
The publishing specialties of the University of Calgary Press are: African Studies; Arctic and Northern Studies; Contemporary Canadian Art and Architecture; Energy, Ecology and Sustainability; Film Studies; Latin American and Caribbean Studies; Military and Strategic Studies; and The West.[5]
The Press currently has nine series,[6] including:
- Africa: Missing Voices
- Art in Profile: Canadian Art and Architecture
- Beyond Boundaries: Canadian Defence and Strategic Studies
- Canadian History and Environment
- Latin American & Caribbean Studies
- Northern Lights
- The West
History
On October 22, 2010, as part of "Open Access Week", the University of Calgary Press released its first open access book, Grey Matters, a Guide for Collaborative Research. Since then, the Press has continued to release titles as open access, and as of March 2016 offers 71 titles under a Creative Commons License.[7]