Are You Ready for the Future
Plus, together with other university presses, Columbia sees a leadership role for scholarly publishers and university libraries to take in fostering an understanding and appreciation for the value of copyright among scholars, students, and the general public.
Finally, finding new models to support the cost of publishing academic work that may enjoy only limited readership beyond the academy. In order to thrive in this environment and remain competitive, creative thinking is essential both to produce this work less expensively and to finding more cost-effective means of bringing it to readers. Columbia’s strategy for online publishing is intended to supplement declining print monograph sales in libraries with new forms of electronic access to this material.