The Oxford University Press ( Oxford University Press , abbr . OUP ) is a publishing house that is part of the University of Oxford in England .
| Publishing house Oxford University | |
|---|---|
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| A country | Great Britain |
| Based | 1891 |
| ISBN Prefix | 0-19 |
| Web site | www.oup.com |
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Description
This is one of the most significant publishers in the UK [1] [2] , the largest university publishing house in the world [3] , which surpasses the leading American university publishers and Cambridge University Press combined [4] in annual financial turnover. OUP has branches in 60 countries. The first, in 1896, a branch was opened in the USA , in 1905 - in Canada , then in several dozen countries such as India , Pakistan , Australia , New Zealand , Malaysia , Singapore , Nigeria and South Africa .
The publishing house is managed by an elected representative body, Delegates of the Press , consisting of members of the University of Oxford. Currently, all products of the publishing house come out under two brands: the Oxford University Press itself , for most publications, and Clarendon Press , for "prestigious" scientific works. Affiliates distribute their products both through Oxford Publishing Headquarters and independently. In most countries where Oxford University Press operates, the publisher is exempt from corporate taxes and income taxes, as it is a structural unit of a nonprofit organization.
Publisher books are prefixed with ISBN 0-19 , this is one of the few publishers with double-digit prefixes in the ISBN system.
Museum
Oxford University Press Museum is located on Great Clarendon Street in Oxford. Tours must be booked in advance and carried out by the archive staff. Exhibits include a 19th-century printing press, OUP buildings, as well as the typography and history of the Oxford Almanac, Alice in Wonderland , and the Oxford English Dictionary .
History
Around 1480, the university began to participate in the sale of printed publications and turned into the main printer of Bibles, prayer books and scientific works [5] . OUP began a project that resulted in the release of the Oxford English Dictionary at the end of the 19th century, and expanded to meet the ever-increasing costs of work. As a result, over the past hundred years, Oxford has published children's books, school books, music, magazines, the World's Classics series and a number of educational texts in English. Entering international markets has led OUP to open its own offices outside the UK, starting in New York in 1896. With the advent of computer technology and increasingly harsh trading conditions, the Oxford printing house was closed in 1989, and its former paper mill in Wolvercote was demolished in 2004. By contracting for printing and bookbinding, the modern OUP publishes about 6,000 new publications worldwide each year.
The first printer associated with the University of Oxford was Theoderic Rood. William Kexton's business partner, Rood, is found to have brought his own wood printing press to Oxford from Cologne as a speculative enterprise and worked in the city between 1480 and 1483. The first book was printed in Oxford in 1478 by another, unknown printer, this was Expositio in symbolum apostolorum of Rufin of Aquileia . It was mistakenly indicated in Roman numerals in 1468, as if it had been printed before Kexton. As for Ruda, in particular, he published Compendium totius grammaticae by John Ankywyll, setting new standards for teaching Latin grammar.
Some editions
Dictionaries
- Oxford English Dictionary
- Oxford National Biographical Dictionary
History
- and Professor
- Oxford History of the United States of America
- Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland
- Oxford history of islam
- The Oxford Illustrated History of the First World War (edited by Hew Strachan) (Oxford, 1998) ISBN 0-19-820614-3
- William Doyle
Tutorials
- Oxford Team - Norman Whitney and Lindsey White
See also
- Cambridge University Press
Notes
- ↑ Oxford University Press website, Archives
- ↑ Oxford University Press History (inaccessible link) . OUP Official Home Page. Date of treatment February 15, 2010. Archived on May 9, 2001.
- ↑ Michael Balter . 400 Years Later, Oxford Press Thrives , The New York Times (February 16, 1994). Date of treatment October 21, 2009.
- ↑ Oxford University Press Report Report & Accounts, 2006/07 (pdf). Date of treatment February 15, 2010. Archived on April 18, 2012.
- ↑ Peter Sutcliffe, The Oxford University Press: an informal history (Oxford 1975; re-issued with corrections 2002) pp. 53, 96-97, 156.
Literature
- The History of Oxford University Press. Volume I: Beginnings to 1780: [ eng. ] / Edited by Ian Gadd. - Oxford University Press, 2013 .-- 752 p. - ISBN 978-0-19-955731-8 .
- The History of Oxford University Press. Volume II: 1780 to 1896: [ eng. ] / Edited by Simon Eliot. - Oxford University Press, 2013 .-- 832 p. - ISBN 978-0-19-954315-1 .
- The History of Oxford University Press. Volume III: 1896 to 1970: [ eng. ] / Edited by Wm. Roger Louis. - Oxford University Press, 2013 .-- 912 p. - ISBN 978-0-19-956840-6 .
- The History of Oxford University Press. Volume IV: 1970 to 2004: [] / Edited by Keith Robbins. - Oxford University Press, 2017 .-- 864 p. - ISBN 978-0-19-957479-7 .
Links
- oup.com - The Official Website of Oxford University Press