University press of mississippi (a proposal to support salary costs and create new humanities positions) [university press of mississippi (UPM) is a nonprofit humanities publisher of ground-breaking…

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded the University Press of Mississippi a $144,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022. The funding will support the creation of four new positions focused on improving the publisher's digital workflow and long-term sustainability through cloud-based publishing software and database implementation, file organization systems, and permanent digital asset storage. It will also retain three existing staff roles. The University Press of Mississippi, which publishes scholarly books in various humanities disciplines, will use the grant funding and new staff to transition its pandemic-driven emergency digital operations into a permanent infrastructure, maintaining output and enabling future growth in academic publishing demands. No subawards are associated with this award.

Activities

The university press of mississippi will use funds to create and hire four new humanities positions. New staff will work with current employees to improve and make permanent changes to the press? Workflow including the implementation of cloud-based publishing software, the improvement and expansion of a cloud-based publishing database and digital workflow system, the implementation of new file-naming policies and organization, and a system for permanent digital storage of editorial, marketing, production, and business files.

Expected outcomes

Funding will retain three existing staff positions, create four new positions, and allow the organization to implement a long-term digital workflow critical to its future success.

Intended beneficiaries

The press is affiliated with the eight state universities of mississippi, as well as state museums, and scholarly societies, and its publications are of interest to scholars, students, and the public.

Subrecipient activities

The project does not intend to issue subawards.]