An analysis of the operation of the University of British Columbia Press with an emphasis on scholarly editing

Thls report presents a general model of the Canahan university press using UBC Press as an example, and is submitted as the project report requirement toward the Master of Publishing degree from Simon Fraser University. The report consists of six chapters. Chapter one introduces the subject and sets up the organizational framework of the report. Chapter two discusses the university press in Canada, using UBC Press to exemplify its functions. Chapter three dtscusses the role of the scholarly edttor based on information compiled from the literature on the subject and dustrates how the edttors and the ehtorial process at UBC Press are exemplary of the descriptions found in the literature. Chapter four describes the production process at UBC Press and Chapter five, the other operations at the Press. Chapter six concludes with a summary of the report and final remarks.