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25 MUSE Makers
Throughout a 15-year career in university-press publishing that took her to Indiana, Wisconsin, and Hawaii, Pam Wilson always considered MUSE to be a key partner.
“Project MUSE has been a unique partnership of so many non-profit, academic publishers and library colleagues. Particularly during the early years, when we were still learning how to work together in order to try to offset the growing take-over from the large commercial journal publishers, MUSE allowed us to offer something competitive to what the large commercial publishers were offering and in a way that libraries appreciated.
“I think one of the most memorable achievements of Project MUSE is amount of revenue that has been kept within the scholarly publishing community to support important journal publications, programs, societies, and academic institutions. Another was the addition of e-books and the partnership with the University Press e-Book Consortium to establish the University Press Content Consortium (UPCC) Book Collections on Project MUSE.
“MUSE figured out how to provide collections of journals in the humanities and social sciences to libraries in a way that made purchasing and access relatively easy for them to manage. This allowed us to continue fulfilling our mission to our parent university while also fulfilling a need for university libraries and our mutual constituents.
“In my roles throughout my academic publishing career, I have always considered MUSE to be a key partner in University Press publishing. I highly value the yearly publisher meetings where as non-profit, academic publishers and affiliated colleagues, we have an opportunity to review what has worked and discuss our challenges and how best to respond to them. I am particularly proud to have had the opportunity to work with so many dedicated and generous colleagues.
“Strategy planning will continue to be a high priority as the publishing environment becomes even more competitive. While Open Access publishing continues to increase, it will be critical for us to provide ways to enhance author experiences and accurate analytics in order to support both our journal editors and authors. Keep up the good work!”
—Pam Wilson
