Imperial College Press continues to produce excellent titles and acquire quality journals. We have a host of promising new titles in the pipeline, apart from an ever-growing backlist.
Important titles published in the year 2000, included An Immaculate Misconception, by Carl Djerassi; Candid Science: Conversations with Famous Chemists, edited by I Hargittai; From Knowledge Management to Strategic Competence, edited by Joe Tidd (part of the series on Technology Management); The Mechanics of Solids and Structures, by D Rees; and The Letters of Sir Joseph Banks: A Selection 1768–1820, edited by N Chambers. The current ICP titles total 161, with 7 new titles to be published within the next 3–4 months. Two possible book series are under consideration, one in biomedical systems engineering, and the other in genetics.
ICP’s existing journals, the International Journal of Innovation Management, Mineral Resources Engineering, Journal of Environment Assessment Policy & Management, and the Journal of Earthquake Engineering continue to flourish, and subscriptions have grown steadily over the past year. We hope to offer a free electronic version of all the journals to all print subscribers in 2001. We also look forward to launching a new ICP Imperial College Press journal, the International Journal on Computational Intelligence and Applications this summer.
The Press has seen a few staff changes, including 2 new Commissioning Editors and a new Editorial Assistant. Dr Ola Törnkvist is Comissioning Editor for Engineering, Theoretical Physics & Pure Mathematics. Katherine Williams has recently joined us, and will commission titles in Medicine and the Life Sciences. Sasha Henriques has also joined the team as an Editorial Assistant. She takes care of the administration of two journals, and assists the Commissioning Editors with their book projects. She also handles translation rights.
As a result of recent restructuring of our Marketing Department, Matthew Heaven, Marketing Executive, is now responsible for the initiation and coordination of the global marketing of all ICP titles. This new situation allows information to be exchanged more easily between the Marketing Department and the Commissioning Editors. The Marketing Department has a busy schedule lined up, involving several book exhibitions in Europe, for the new academic year. There will be an exhibition solely for ICP titles at the Waterstones Bookshop, in the Imperial College, at the beginning of November. We also have developments with regard to our US distribution. The assignment of sales representatives for textbooks, general trade books and research books should commence in autumn 2001.
