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Books by scholars for scholars are those most often published by the University Press of Kansas, to its director John Langley.
One of the first cooperative
presses in Washington is
Press of Kaupaa represents three
state universities: KU, KANSA,
State University and Wichita
Especially stressed in the Press's list of books in print are "American History" and "Mid-America." These include regional histories such as "Frontier Governor; Samurai; Sawan; Indian; Indian Warrior; Plummer; 'Kansas Populism';
ideas and Men" by Gene Clinton;
and "Joseph L. Bristow: Kansas
Progressive" by A. Bower
Sazeser.
Another title of regional interest is the reference book, "The Government of Kansas" by James W. Drury. For those interested in plants there are books like "Plants in Kansas" by H A. Stephens and "Wild Mushrooms of the Central Midwest" by Ansel H. Stubbs.
Kansan Staff Photo by T. DEAN CAPLE
"One reason we stress the regional materials so much," he said, using useful books which probably wouldn't be published otherwise because they wouldn't sell to consumers. Mr. arrant commercial publishers."
Dorothy McGreevy, left. Bertha Rogers work . . .
Union Operations Group Merged with Committees
There is no longer a group Committee, according to L. Ferguson, associate director of financial affairs for the Kansas
The Union Operating Committee met once a month and the Union Executive Committee met once a year. The Executive Committee met once a year, he said.
SOME members served on all three committees. Now issues will be taken care of with less recording to several of its members.
"The reason for eliminating the committee is that there were too many committees dealing with the same issues." Ferguson said.
The Union Operating Committee had a membership of 22. The executive committee had 16 members and 5 directors. Had 24 members.
Under a new structure there are 13 persons on the Executive Committee and 30 on the Board of Directors, Ferguson said.
Everyone who was a member of any of the former committees was placed on one of the newly structured committees.
**NOTHER reason for the change came at student's request.** Students were only operating Board in the past.
The Union Operating Board involved the policies of the Kansas Union and day-to-day policies that affected the students. Students wanted to have a voice concerning the Kansas Union, and asked that they be allowed to be on the Board of Directors.
The newly formed Board of Di-
rectors has been assembled
presentatives, who are chosen by
the Student Senate. The Student
Senate has not selected members
The number of members or the Executive Committee may not exceed 13. Six must be students. Five must be women
A book that seems to be selling well, now in its second printing according to Langley, is primarily a picture book, paintings and impressions: Photographs and images by Wes Lyle and James Fisher.
The list of titles is not limited to regional material. Langley noted that one of the Press's most distinguished publications was a first-hand account of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party.
"The Rise of the Chinese Communist Party, 1921-1927; The Autobiography of Chang Kai-Tao" is the memoir of one of the dozen founders of the Chinese Communist Party. He was expelled from the party after a split in the party—tung and now lives in Canada.
The second volume of Chang's autobiography is being printed. One reason the books are being published is that Robert Buron, now lecturer in Oriental languages and literature at KU, assisted Chang in preparing an English book to story in the '50s Lamley said.
Generally, the books published are not texts, but a few have been used for supplementary reading. Langley said. One excerpt from the book *Journalism* by Michael L. Johnson, assistant professor of English at KU. Published in 1971, this book has been adopted as a text by some schools, and is also available in Spanish in Rio de Janeiro.
Langley explained that any university press tended to build its list of books along the desires of the management. He noted that the strengths of a university and a number of strong people in it could influence the subject matter of the publications.
Langley actively solicits manuscripts for publication. He is a member of the academic affairs and department heads of schools about possible contributors. Occasionally he helps in planning a department at an institution.
Many, though not all, of the Press's publications are university faculty members. This is truly partly because of the pressure put upon all faculty members at the university. Langley said. The logical place for aspiring faculty authors to begin training is with a university press.
The Press published 11 titles last year, according to Langley, and the press released an average month Langley may receive as many as 60 inquiries per person who have museums or will submit for publication.
A great amount of selectivity must be exercised in picking books for publication. Langley is one such book, as it is more important than quantity.
The expansion of the press is limited by several factors, Langley explained. These include funds allocated for operation, how much the printing services can be used and what cities are presently being printed.
"One worthwhile distinguished work is better than a number of
From the 6 inquiries Langley received month after he may require them to be sent to him. He then skims the books and has them reviewed by the library staff.
mediocre publications,' he said.
Llangley said if readers were picked with discernment there was no challenge in their criticism of the manuscript. If the reviews are favorable, the manuscript is agreed over to the editorial board when it is published.
Readers are usually professors in the same discipline or professionals outside the academic realm. If it is a manuscript by a Kansas author, Langley noted, he always has his own suite. Kansas prevent possible favoritism or friction.
The editorial board, headed by Langley, consists of three faculty members and three alternates from each of the schools administered by the Press. Each member serves a three-year term.
The editorial board is selected by the Board of Trustees, previously the President of Heller, vice chancellor of academic affairs at KU. John Chalmers, vice chair of KSU, and John B. Breazeale, academic vice president and dean of the college, are the other two members.
The editorial board meets three times a week to select manuscript. Generally, members do not read all of the manuscripts, but are guided by recommended authors when sent. He added that the board tended to defer to the opinion of a member if he was a candidate for copublishing the manuscript concerns.
David W. Eeron, director of libraries, will see as a vice chancellor the 1972-73 academic year. He explained that the board of the library has
The board members are appointed by the university variety of disciplines, Heron said, and function as representatives of the faculties of the three universities.
Manuscripts are rejected for three main reasons, according to the rules of the fair quality of the manuscript and its worth. If the research is poor or incomplete or the subject is badly written, the manuscript will not be accepted.
The second category of reporting is those which are good, Langley said, but the subject covered is so specialized that the book is not available.
Also rejected are those manuscripts that would be problematic to print. Such manuscripts as musician formulas, an exams of tables, charts, diagrams, maps or color illustrations might contribute to the problem.
Other types of manuscripts are not handled by the Press as a matter of policy. These include books of poetry.
"The Press did publish one, but ordinarily they are expensive, don't sell, and besides, it's outrageous poetry," Langley explained.
Once a manuscript has been selected for publication, it is carefully edited. The editors own the book line by line to catch it in the press and possibly libel, plagiarism and items which need to be clarified.
Then it is sent to the author for reading and possible revisions. The manuscript to decide on the type of print to be used, jacket design, and so on. When it is sent to the University Printing Services.
Galley proofs are checked by the author and editors as well as the page proofs before the final proof. The page proofs no less than 1,000 copies of each manuscript are printed since fewer are not economically made. Langley said, and usually 2,000 copies are published.
To determine the retail price of the publication, Langley is the manufacturer costs by a fashion house and four times. Thus a book which costs $2 to print would be priced from $6 to $8. Ten per cent of the retail sales price of each book goes to the author as royalties.
Novels are also customarily not handled.
Advertising and promotion money for the book are also and often sponsored, met by the Press. A number of complimentary and review copies of each book are sent out to publishers in order to promote its sales. Copies are sent to all journals that might contain an interested reviewer in reviewing the book.
For example, 91 copies of Johnson's journalism book were sent out immediately for review and more have been requested since.
In other efforts to promote the inks, the Press buys advertising in new informational media and book-trade publications, and participates in events.
Books are sold by direct mail and by salesmen through bookstores, according to Langley.
"Mainly we don't sell through bookstores, except by mailing brochures to major ones," he said.
Instead, brochures are mailed directly to prospective customers List of docubes to train in the disciplines are obtained, and brochures are also sent to professionals in the particular fields.
In addition brochures are sent to 2200 college and university libraries and to a number of public libraries.
The average basic market for their titles is between 700 to 900 copies, Langley said. The books are in print from four to five years.
Heron noted that in the university press business, "the market tends to be soft. That is. We are not predictable as for a commercial publisher. Production costs are frequently high. Thus we tend to publish books which are marginal. This is appropriate, however, since scholarship and best sellers don't always coincide."
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BY SHARON BALLARD Kensan Staff Writer
"IN 1983 and 1984, Hoffmann and his family lived in Leningrad for 10 months while Hoffmann was a Zoological Institute and Museum.
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"We have, of course, had internual cooperation between our two countries in scientific exchanges, but this summer we will be working with Russian scientists in the field," Hoffmann said.
One warm Monday last spring, someone decided to trees, the clothes dried quickly. If the line sags too auss time to wash clothes. With a bit of a breeze much, though, the clothes will drag on the ground.
Hoffmann's children attended Soviet schools, which had curricula similar to their United States counterpart. Theception was that foreign language study was begun in the first or second grade and the social studies subject was the Russian Revolution. Hoffmann
"The Russians have a favorite way of catching ground squirrels. They pour water into the holes an catch the squirrels when they flee from the drowning hole." - professor of system science at the University of Kansas, said Thursday.
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Although he studied Russian for several months, Hoffmann found it a little rough to communicate at first.
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"THE CUSTOMS offwent well through each box carefully, asking many questions and when a barreled shotgun and an o-earlencer barreled shotgun. And an o-earlencer
Hoffman recently received a $14,000 National Science Foundation grant to continue his study of life history in evolutionary history of marmots.
"The nonplussed customs officers had never seen an American luggage. After conferring with someone from the academy, he was finally satisfied and the guns were officially registered and cleared."
"These studies explain how ground squirrels have adapted to
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These conclusions point to the fact that the Bering Sea is a long and dry period of years ago, and the marmots of Siberia migrated to North America via the Bering Sea.
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"From these studies we discuss those diseases and blood in the marmosets of North Eurasia and those of Alaska and Canada," Hoffmann said.
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The Castle was built in 1894 as a home for J. N. Roberts, a retired Civil War general. He was a man of great wealth with an income from patents on wooden containers carved in the Rocky Mountains.
Each of the fifteen rooms of the Castle is finished in a different type of wood. The dining rooms currently in use are elegantly finished in birch, cherry, oak, walnut, sycamore and pine. The wood carving was all done by Hidey Endacott of England, a brother of Frank Wheatley, who had collected sculptor and artist, and some of his work is in the drawing room of the L哈林宅庙.
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