Stories of Impact
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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…
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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 …
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Deaf Studies Digital Journal Revamp Transforms Michigan Publishing DEIA Efforts
Deaf Studies Digital Journal, created by Gallaudet University and produced by Michigan Publishing Services, has been a pioneer in accessibl…
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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.…