University of Toronto Press (UTP) is a Canadian university press operated by the University of Toronto.[1] Although it was founded in 1901, the press did not actually publish any books until 1911.[2] It is the oldest and largest university press in Canada and one of the largest in North America.[3]
History
The press originally printed only examination books and the university calendar.[4] Its first scholarly book was a work by a classics professor at University College, Toronto.[4] The press took control of the university bookstore in 1933.[4] It employed a novel typesetting method to print issues of the Canadian Journal of Mathematics, founded in 1949.[5]
The press has always had close ties with University of Toronto Libraries. The press was partially located in the library from 1910-1920. The University Librarian Hugh Hornby Langton, the lead librarian of the University of Toronto Libraries, served as the first general editor of the University of Toronto Press.[6]
Sidney Earle Smith, president of the University of Toronto in the late 1940s and 1950s, instituted a new governance arrangement for the press modelled on the governing structure of the university as a whole (on the standard Canadian university governance model defined by the Flavelle commission). Henceforth, the press's business affairs and editorial decision-making would be governed by separate committees, the latter by academic faculty.[7] A committee composed of Vincent Bladen, George Williams Brown (general editor of the press from 1951[8]), and A. S. P. Woodhouse studied the publishing policies of American university presses to inform the structure of the press's publishing division.[7]
Beginning in 1971, the press printed its books simultaneously on paper and microfiche.[9]
The press is currently a member of the Association of University Presses.[10]
Divisions
University of Toronto Press consists of three divisions.[11] They are:
- The publishing division, its most notable
- The distribution division, which includes its educational resources department
- The retail division, which operates the University of Toronto Bookstore with four locations: St. George, Law, Mississauga, and Scarborough
See also
References
- ^ Pound, Richard W., ed. (2005). The Fitzhenry and Whiteside Book of Canadian Facts and Dates (3d ed.). Fitzhenry & Whiteside. p. 337. ISBN 1-55041-171-3. OCLC 52540711.
- ^ Harman 1961, p. 19.
- ^ Parker, George L. (December 16, 2013). "University Presses". The Canadian Encyclopedia.
- ^ a b c Jeanneret 1989, p. 22.
- ^ Jeanneret 1989, p. 28.
- ^ Barc, Agath; Carliner, Jesse; Sommers, Emily; Wall, Margaret. "Scholarly Publishing". University of Toronto Exhibits. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
- ^ a b Jeanneret 1989, p. 31.
- ^ Jeanneret 1989, p. 37.
- ^ Montagnes, Ian (1972). "Scholarly Monographs on Microfiche: The University of Toronto Press as a Case in Point". Microform & Imaging Review. 1 (1). doi:10.1515/mfir.1972.1.1.29. ISSN 0949-5770. S2CID 162232860.
- ^ "Our Members". Association of University Presses. Retrieved January 30, 2023.
- ^ "About Us". University of Toronto Press. Retrieved November 15, 2025.
Sources
- Harman, Eleanor, ed. (1961). The University as Publisher. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-1-4426-1519-9. JSTOR 10.3138/j.ctt1vxmbd1. OCLC 1151834758.
{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) - Jeanneret, Marsh (1989). God and Mammon: Universities as Publishers. Macmillan of Canada. ISBN 0-7715-9205-1. OCLC 20525803.
External links
- Official website
- Dictionary of Canadian Biography/Dictionnaire biographique du Canada. University of Toronto Press.
