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The article profiles publisher, Oxford University Press, and the company's new products as of November 2004. Although nothing on the horizon looms literally as large for the publisher as its long-awaited, 60-volume "Dictionary of National Biography," Oxford has a crowded list of reference history titles coming in spring 2005. They include the four-volume "Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States," edited by Suzanne Oboler and Deena Gonzalez, and a new version of a reference whose reputation precedes it, "Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African & African American Experience," edited by Henry Louis Gates and Kwame Anthony Appiah. Oxford bought Africana's print rights from Perseus early in 2003, and, according to Karen Day, VP and associate publisher of Oxford's Reference Division, "We vastly expanded the work, adding 2000 new articles (one million words) and updating the other entries, the maps, and the country gazetteers. We have paid particular attention to the entries on African kingdoms and the African diaspora in Latin America and the Caribbean." "Africana" gained enviable critical attention in its original version and should now be even more attractive to libraries in its expanded Oxford format, with its comprehensive index and thematic outline of the over 4000 entries.

Reports on the appointment of Phil Friedman as executive director of Project TORCH of Oxford University Press. Expertise of Friedman in the scholarly publishing industry; Efforts of Project TORCH to establish an online collaboration among libraries, university presses, students and scholars; Remarks of Friedman on the project.

The author comments on issues related to the Oxford University Press (OUP). He offers a background on the history of OUP as featured in the autobiography "The History of Oxford University Press." He discusses the significance of OUP to higher education including its contributions to knowledge, scholarship and debate.

The article reports on the accessibility of the Oxford journal "Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention," through Portico and Controlled Lots Of Copies Keep Stuff Safe (CLOCKSS) preservation services. It mentions that responsibility for the journals will be given to the preservation partners after removal from the Oxford Journals' platform. Comments by Fiona Kearney, of Oxford University Press, are also presented.

The article reports on Oxford University Press's new textbook series, a nine-volume set which is prescribed in place of one huge history book. These small books are for ancient history, the U.S. history and medieval/early modern history. The driving force behind this change was stated by Nancy Toff, vice president and editorial director of school and young adult publishing for Oxford University Press. She said that since students like to read stories, they decided to develop textbooks with the format of a novel or short story.

This section presents information on agreements made by information service providers as of November 2004. Endeavor Information Systems and Elsevier Engineering Information announced a partnership to develop an XML gateway from Endeavor's ENCompass for Resource Access federated search system to content sources hosted on EngineeringVillage 2. Researchers using ENCompass for Resource Access can now access the Compendex, Inspec, and U.S. National Technical Information Service databases. Oxford Journals made an agreement with Stanford University's HighWire Press to develop an online academic publishing venue. Beginning in January 2005, HighWire Press will host the entire Oxford Journals collection online. Oxford Journals publishes more than 180 titles covering a broad range of subject areas, most of which are published in collaboration with learned societies and other international organizations. MetaPress extended its agreement with Springer to add more than 650 scientific, technical, and medical Journals from Kluwer Academic Publishing (KAP) to SpringerLink. The agreement was extended as a result of the merger between Springer-Verlag and KAP under the new name Springer MetaPress. Elsevier signed an agreement with members of the New Zealand Vice Chancellors' Committee and the Association of Crown Research Institutes that will provide New Zealand researchers access to Elsevier's ScienceDirect Freedom Collection. The Tertiary Education Commission's Innovation and Development Fund provided a grant to fund the agreement. Swets Information Services signed eight new publishers to SwetsWise Online Content. They are the Academy of Traumatology the American School for Classical Studies at Athens, Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, BC Decker International Association of Hydrological Sciences Press, Medknow Publications, Palgrave Macmillan, and Pharmacotherapy Publications, Inc.

Announces the reorganization of Oxford University Press that led to the layoff of employees and several personnel changes in February 2004. Number of employees laid off; Executives appointed to different division; Development of online products and a business division.

The article offers information on several publications of scholarly books related to the study of Mormonism by academic and university presses in the U.S. It highlights the move of Oxford University Press to publish updated editions of two of its classic titles including Philip Barlow's "Mormons and the Bible: The Place of the Latter-day Saints in American Religion." Historian John Turner's biography entitled "Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet" is mentioned.

The article offers information regarding the publication of books related to the study or teaching of Buddhism. Editor Theo Calderara states that Oxford University Press, which has released Buddhist titles as part of its popular Very Short Introduction series, aims to publish its books at both students and general audiences. The book "Nagarjuna's Middle Way" is presented.

The article discusses President of publishing company Oxford University Press (OUP) Niko Pfund's management of the company in 2012, highlighting OUP's investment in digital platforms.

Deals with the academic use of electronic and digital technology. Features of the subscription-based Web site launched by Oxford University Press; Web-based publishing effort taken by the University of California Press and Georgetown; Views of academic publishers on print-on-demand technology.