The University Press of Colorado is a nonprofit publisher that was established in 1965. It is currently a member of the

Association of University Presses The Association of University Presses (AUPresses) is an association of nonprofit, mostly, but not exclusively, North American university presses. It is based in New York City. Until December 2017, it was known as the Association of American Univ ...

and has been since 1982. Initially associated with Colorado public universities, the University Press of Colorado is currently a multi-state consortium supported by certain Colorado-based public universities (viz., Adams State University,

Colorado State University Colorado State University (Colorado State or CSU) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Fort Collins, Colorado, United States. It is the flagship university of the Colorado State University Syst ...

, Fort Lewis College,

Metropolitan State University of Denver Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU Denver or Metro State) is a public university in Denver, Colorado, United States. It is located on the Auraria Campus, along with the University of Colorado Denver and the Community College of Denver ...

, the University of Colorado System, the University of Northern Colorado, and Western Colorado University), a Colorado-based private university (viz.,

Regis University Regis University ( ) is a Private university, private List of Jesuit educational institutions, Jesuit university in Denver, Colorado, United States. Founded in 1877 by the Jesuits, Society of Jesus, the university offers more than 120 degrees th ...

), and three non-Colorado-based universities (viz. the University of Alaska System,

Utah State University Utah State University (USU or Utah State) is a public university, public land grant colleges, land-grant research university with its main campus in Logan, Utah, United States. Founded in 1888 under the Morrill Land-Grant Acts as Utah's federal ...

, and the

University of Wyoming The University of Wyoming (UW) is a Public university, public land-grant university, land-grant research university in Laramie, Wyoming, United States. It was founded in March 1886, four years before the territory was admitted as the 44th state, ...

). This makes it one of the few university presses in the United States to have more than one affiliate university.

Imprints

University of Alaska Press

The University of Alaska Press (also known as the UA press) is a university press imprint associated with the University of Alaska. The press distributes works concerning

Alaska Alaska ( ) is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America. Part of the Western United States region, it is one of the two non-contiguous U.S. states, alongside Hawaii. Alaska is also considered to be the north ...

, the northern Pacific Rim, and the circumpolar regions. Founded in 1987, the press joined the University Press of Colorado consortium in 2021.

University of Wyoming Press

The University of Wyoming Press (also known as UWyoP) is a university press imprint associated with the

, located in

Laramie, Wyoming Laramie () is a List of municipalities in Wyoming, city in and the county seat of Albany County, Wyoming, United States, known for its high elevation at , for its railroad history, and as the home of the University of Wyoming. The population wa ...

. The press publishes books that focus on the state of Wyoming and the surrounding area; it also publishes books about democracy, the public humanities, and the environmental humanities. The University of Wyoming Press joined the University Press of Colorado consortium in 2019.

Utah State University Press

Utah State University Press (also known as USU Press), founded in 1972, is a university press imprint associated with

. It publishes works in composition studies,

folklore Folklore is the body of expressive culture shared by a particular group of people, culture or subculture. This includes oral traditions such as Narrative, tales, myths, legends, proverbs, Poetry, poems, jokes, and other oral traditions. This also ...

, Mormon history, Native American studies,

nature Nature is an inherent character or constitution, particularly of the Ecosphere (planetary), ecosphere or the universe as a whole. In this general sense nature refers to the Scientific law, laws, elements and phenomenon, phenomena of the physic ...

and environment, and western history. The press joined the University Press of Colorado consortium in 2014.

Controversies

University Press of Colorado joined the

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trade organization in the '' Hachette v. Internet Archive'' (2023) lawsuit which resulted in the removal of access to over 500,000 books from global readers.

References

External links

University Press of Colorado
Education in Colorado

Colorado Colorado is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is also bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas ...

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