Happy University Press Week! Help us celebrate university presses November 9-13. Since 2012, members of the Association of University Presses have participated in an annual celebration of University Presses.

This year’s theme for UP Week is “Power UP.” This theme showcases how university presses Power UP to give voice to scholarship and bolster the unfettered exchange of ideas around the world.

The #UPweek blog tour today asks presses to take a moment to highlight the people, processes, or partnerships behind your work. Visit the following press blogs to read more on today’s topic.

Temple University Press: Highlighting the Graduate Editorial Assistant program.

Kent State University Press: Q&A with Rust Belt Humanities Lab.

University of Chicago Press: Interview with editor, Mollie McFee.

Columbia University Press: Highlighting an author profile.

Hopkins Press: BioOne merger with Hopkins Press.

TCU Press: Opening the files: letters from Elmer Kelton, John Graves, and Larry L. King, unread in our office for over 35 years.

University of Michigan Press: Celebrating the copyeditors who work hard behind the scenes to help make our books successful.

University of Notre Dame Press: A behind-the-scenes look at the student internship and fellowship program.

Edinburgh University Press: The guest editors of the new special issue of the Afghanistan journal share eight practical steps for turning a workshop or conference into a successful special issue.

SUNY Press: The Power of Interns: highlighting the work that interns do to help the Press and the marketing department.

Indiana University Press: Processes of wrapping up the year in acquisitions and notable projects.

McGill-Queens University Press: Behind the scenes with author Martha Langford at the printers.

University of Iowa Press: UIP partnered with the International Writing Program and the University of Iowa’s Office of Writing and Communication, Office of Innovation, and School of Journalism for a public conversation on the ethics of storytelling featuring Paige Towers, author of What They Stole: A Familicide Rooted in Intercountry Adoption.

Liverpool University Press: A behind the scenes post about how the Liverpool Distribution Services team works on supporting their distributed UPs with sales, marketing, and distribution in the UK and ROW.