When did the University Press of Florida open its doors?
The University Press of Florida opened its doors in 1945 within the state of Florida. This new entity stood about four miles from the main campus of the University of Florida in Gainesville.
The University Press of Florida opened its doors in 1945 within the state of Florida. This new entity stood about four miles from the main campus of the University of Florida in Gainesville.
Romi Gutierrez assumed leadership in 2019 and remains in that post today. She has guided the organization through recent administrative changes since taking over from Meredith Morris-Babb who directed operations starting in 2005 and continuing through 2019.
The press has published almost 2,500 volumes with a staff of 41 people. It releases about 100 new titles each year across various disciplines including international studies, archaeology, dance, history, literature, and political science.
These texts exist within an Open Access repository powered by SobekCM Open Source software. UPF authors sometimes grant materials for their publications to be available as Open Access while many works remain accessible from the University of Florida Digital Collections.
Gainesville Sun hailed the organization as a publishing powerhouse in 2006. Starred reviews appeared in Publishers Weekly regarding specific titles and major attention came from the New York Review of Books and the Times Literary Supplement.