The University of California Press (UC Press) has announced the appointment of two new members to its Board of Directors. Publishing veterans Michael Morgan and Stephen Rhind-Tutt will support the Press in its mission to push the boundaries of traditional publishing through digital products and initiatives that were not possible in a print world.
Alison Mudditt, who became Director of UC Press in January, has identified several key areas of growth for UC Press over the next several years. These include aligning more closely with the strengths and priorities of the University of California, connecting knowledge and research on significant contemporary problems with genuine solutions, and embracing new types of products that were simply not possible in a print world.
Michael Morgan and Stephen Rhind-Tutt bring deep experience in both scholarly and electronic publishing as well as entrepreneurial leadership to advance this mission.
Morgan is CEO of Morgan & Claypool, a digital science and technology publisher that he co-founded in 2003. Morgan & Claypool is best known for its Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science, which is used by over 300 universities and corporate and government labs worldwide.
Rhind-Tutt is President of Alexander Street Press, an electronic publisher of online collections in the humanities and social sciences, and has worked in electronic publishing for libraries for more than 20 years. Before co-founding Alexander Street Press in 2000, he was President of Chadwyck-Healey, Inc., a scholarly electronic and microfilm publisher, and held a number of roles at Gale and SilverPlatter.
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