Jump to content

Haworth Press

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Haworth Press
Statusacquired
Founded1978
FounderBill Cohen, Patrick McLoughlin
SuccessorRoutledge,Informa Healthcare
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania
DistributionWorldwide
Publication types
Nonfiction topicsnon-fiction

Haworth Presswas a publisher of scholarly, academic and trade books, and approximately 200 peer-reviewedacademic journals.[1]It was founded in 1978 by the publishing industry executives Bill Cohen and Patrick Mcloughlin. The name was taken from the township ofHaworthin England, the home of theBrontësisters.[2]Many of the Haworth publications cover very specialized material, ranging from mental health, occupational therapy, psychology, psychiatry, addiction studies, social work, interdisciplinary social sciences, library & information science, LGBT studies,[3]agriculture, pharmaceutical science, health care, medicine, and other fields.

Their first publication wasLibrary Security Newsletter.Their early publications were all in the fields oflibrary and information scienceand in social work. As of 2006,they expected to publish over 230 periodicals and over 100 books.[2]

In 2003, the Press developed a publishing program in popular culture, under the direction of Marshall Fishwick ofVirginia Tech.[4]

In 2005, Haworth Press began usingPain Exhibitart on the cover of theirJournal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy.Art from thePain Exhibit,which is an educational and visual arts exhibit, has been used on the cover of JPPCP from 2005 to 2009.[5][6]

In 2007, Haworth began the archiving of its journal content on the Portico service[7]That same year, Haworth Press was acquired by theTaylor & Francis Groupand became part ofRoutledgeand Informa Healthcare.[8][9]Bill Cohen, the publisher of Haworth Press, said the merge was motivated by the need for improved computer interface, for "digital permanency", and for increased access to consortial deals.[9][10]

Harrington Park Press re-launch

[edit]
Main article:Harrington Park Press

Taylor & Francis acquired the non-fiction book titles from the imprintHarrington Park Press,but trademark rights to publish under that imprint in the future were retained by founder Bill Cohen. Harrington Park Press was re-launched in 2010 by Bill Cohen as an independent print/ebook scholarly book publisher distributed by Columbia University Press[11]with an emphasis on LGBTQ topics.

References

[edit]
  1. ^"Haworth Press, Inc.: Private Company Information".Bloomberg.Retrieved11 December2017.
  2. ^ab"The Haworth Press History".Haworth Press. 2006. Archived fromthe originalon 25 December 2008.Retrieved11 December2008.
  3. ^Healey, Trebor (6 December 2013)."Don Weise's Many Years in Gay Publishing Offer a Unique and Encouraging Perspective".HuffPost.
  4. ^"Fishwick To Edit New Series Of Haworth Press Books On Popular Culture".16 May 2003.
  5. ^"Welcome to PainExhibit.org".PainExhibit.org.Retrieved21 December2017.
  6. ^"Welcome to PainExhibit.org".PainExhibit.org.Retrieved21 December2017.
  7. ^"Haworth Press to archive journals with Portico".Portico.15 November 2006.Retrieved17 December2017.
  8. ^"Taylor & Francis Group and Haworth Press".liblicense.crl.edu.
  9. ^ab"Taylor & Francis Buys Haworth Press".Library Journal.12 September 2007.
  10. ^Strauch, Katina (November 2013)."ATG Interviews Bill Cohen".Against the Grain.20(5): 15.doi:10.7771/2380-176X.5193.
  11. ^"Harrington Park Press".Columbia University Press.
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Haworth_Press&oldid=1181165466"