National Taiwan University Press has remained committed to its original mission of “Leading Scholarship through Publication” since its founding. Our team has endeavored to publish academic books across all disciplines and build a rigorous review system in order to create an academic publishing platform that caters to researchers in particular. The scope of scholarship we aim for is not limited to the NTU campus, but encompasses Taiwan as a whole as well as the international community.

NTU Press has collaborated with the Harvard-Yenching Institute in publishing the National Taiwan University and Harvard-Yenching Institute Academic Book Series. We have also used copyright exchanges in order to authorize overseas publishers to print NTU Press books, which has boosted the visibility of Taiwanese research around the globe.

In addition, NTU Press has compiled and published textbooks for many years. Several textbooks of NTU Press are best sale books now. Furthermore, we are planning to compile a textbook, called Collected Essays on Taiwanese History,which will cover basic knowledge of Taiwanese studies with the aim of bringing Taiwanese studies more closely in line with historical experiences.

This year, a very special project will see the release of The National Taiwan University 90th Anniversary Book Collection in coordination with the university’s anniversary celebration. This boxed book set contains a selection of ten exemplary academic works and innovative and influential textbooks with original publication dates ranging from the university’s founding in 1928 to the present. The republication of these ten classic works authored by NTU faculty members highlights the outstanding academic research contributions produced at NTU since its founding while also honoring the individual achievements of the authors who dedicated their lives to research and teaching. For NTU Press, the collection stands as an example of an ideal publication and represents the ultimate goal of our determination and hardwork.

As we look to the future, I expect NTU Press to play a more active role in seeking manuscript submissions from outstanding researchers at NTU and Academia Sinica. Our digitization efforts have enabled us to distribute our books online and reach more readers through their smartphones and tablets. We are also continuing to develop multiple marketing channels this year. This will include participating in international book fairs, which will help expand the academic influence of Taiwanese scholars around the world. In addition, we will hold new book release conferences in order to bring readers face to face with the authors they read. These events make the sometimes dry and complex findings of academic research relevant to the readers’ real lives, transforming scholarship into an aspect of everyday life.

NTU Press has never taken a passive approach to marketing. We continue to pursue our goal of using marketing to promote scholarship and connect Taiwan to the world. It is my aspiration that, regarding Taiwan, NTU Press uses books to popularize academic knowledge and, looking to the world, we step out of the conventional framework and create more opportunities for exchanges through academic publishing.