Stories of Impact
Faculty Public Engagement
Magnificent Méliès: Making Magic with Undergraduate and International Collaborators
Georges Méliès (1861-1938) was one of film history’s earliest and most original innovators. Today, he is remembered as a magician-filmmaker…
Faculty Public Engagement
Exploring National Infrastructure for Public Access Usage and Impact Reporting
In bringing together key stakeholders in public-access related usage and impact reporting who currently work in separate silos to focus on …
Academic Innovation | Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Three Years of Fund to Mission: Reaching 75% Open Access
As a nonprofit academic publisher, we at the University of Michigan Press are not only committed to the books we publish but also to the la…
Faculty Public Engagement
Deep Blue ensures global use of U-M publications and research data
Since Deep Blue Repository and Research Data Services launched under the University of Michigan Library in 2006, it has grown to be a nucle…
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion | Academic Innovation
Breaking Down the Paywall: Author Relationships with Open Access
This year marks the 50th anniversary of when Michael Hart digitized the Declaration of Independence, creating what is commonly considered t…
Academic Innovation | Faculty Public Engagement | Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Audiobooks Expand Specialist Monograph Accessibility and Use
The use of audiobooks is growing. Globally, the number of current audiobook consumers almost certainly exceeds half a billion. That include…
Faculty Public Engagement
Campus Partnership to Provide Open Access to Carbon Neutrality Reports
One of the greatest strengths of being a public university is also its greatest challenge: transparency to the public. Luckily, the Michiga…
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Deaf Studies Digital Journal advances sign-language publishing
Deaf Studies Digital Journal, created by Gallaudet University and produced by Michigan Publishing Services, has been a pioneer in accessibl…
Faculty Public Engagement
"Coronavirus Politics" book will shape future health policy
The last year has been a sleepless one for Scott Greer and Elizabeth King, both experts in political science at the University of Michigan.…