Public Affairs

The director of the library at AUK, Asma Al-Kanan, joins the inaugural International Advisory Board for Princeton University Press (PUP). Library advisory boards are widespread for publishers to get advice and insight from librarians on new products, strategies, access modules, and licensing.
  
Sharing expertise and insights through such forums will inform PUB’s publishing philosophies and priorities. The focus of the board will be on academic resources and collections; the board will discuss a variety of strategic and operational topics of PUP. The role of the board involves active participation in the discussion and responding to questions that would help PUP shape up or improve certain services/collections.
  
Commenting on her new role in the Board, Asma stated, “Libraries are always referred to as the heart of academic institutions. So being at the heart of the academic conversation here at AUK for so many years has been a learning experience, which would definitely enable effective engagement with the outer communities—whether publishers or other strategic partners.”
 
Princeton University Press was founded in 1905 as a non-profit publisher that is associated with Princeton University. It commits to equitable, inclusive, and sustainable publishing. Publishers usually look for librarians that are active in the profession in various parts of the world, those who engage actively in different communication channels or with other publishers too along with members that represent a broad spectrum of library types.
  
  

Asma Al-Kanan, director of library