AU Press launched by Athabasca University, Canada

"AU Press is the centre of scholarly publishing expertise for Athabasca University, Canada's Open University. It is the first scholarly press to be established by a Canadian university in the twenty-first century. We are dedicated to the dissemination of knowledge and research through open access digital journals and monographs, as well through new electronic media. AU Press will offer its imprint only to scholarship of the highest quality, as determined through peer review. In keeping with Athabasca University's mission of overcoming barriers to education, we intend to work with emerging writers and researchers to promote success in scholarly publishing"