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University of Oxford: Report of the Committee on the University Press
published as Supplement 7 to the University Gazette, vol. c (May 1970), price 20s.
NOTE BY THE HEBDOMADAL COUNCIL
Council has received the report of Professor Sir Humphrey Waldock's Committee on the University Press and, with the agreement of the Delegates of the Press, has decided that it should be published in full.
Council will now discuss the report with the Delegates of the Press and the General Board of the Faculties and will then bring the matter before Congregation. In the meanwhile the University is not in any way committed to the recommendations of the Waldock Committee.
CONTENTS
PREFACE [Paragraphs 1 - 16]
1. THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
1. Introduction [Paragraphs 17 - 20]
2. The Growth of the Press [Paragraphs 21 - 30]
3. The Press Today [Paragraphs 31 - 45]
4. Conclusion [Paragraphs 46 - 53]
2. OTHER UNIVERSITY PRESSES [Paragraphs 54 - 76]
3. OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS AS A PUBLISHING HOUSE
1. Introduction [Paragraphs 77 - 80]
2. Control of Publishing Decisions [Paragraphs 81 - 90]
3. Publishing Provinces [Paragraphs 91 - 104]
4. Editorial Organization and Policy [Paragraphs 105 - 135]
5. Production [Paragraphs 136 - 137]
6. Promotion and Selling [Paragraphs 138 - 146]
7. Royalties and Subsidies [Paragraphs 147 - 150]
8. Conclusion [Paragraphs 151 - 156]
4. OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS AS A BUSINESS CONCERN
1. Introduction [Paragraphs 157 - 161]
2. The Publishing Businesses [Paragraphs 162 - 186]
3. The Manufacturing Businesses [Paragraphs 187 - 205]
4. Central Co-ordination [Paragraphs 206 - 209]
5. Management and the Board [Paragraphs 210 - 215]
6. Staffing [Paragraphs 216 - 218]
7. Financial Policy [Paragraphs 219 - 234]
5. OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS AND THE UNIVERSITY
1. Introduction [Paragraphs 235 - 238]
2. Relations with Congregation and Council [Paragraphs 239 - 242]
3. Recommended Modifications in Relations with Congregation and Council [Paragraphs 243 - 259]
4. The Administration of the Press [Paragraphs 260 - 277]
(a) The Delegacy
(b) The Finance Committee
(c) The Secretary
5. Recommended Modifications in the Administrative Machinery of the Press [Paragraphs 278 - 313]
(a) General Considerations
(b) Constitution of the Delegacy
(c) The Finance Committee
6. Relations with the Faculties [Paragraphs 314 - 319]
7. Recommended Modifications in Relations with the Faculties [Paragraphs 320 - 333]
6. SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND DRAFT LEGISLATION
1. Summary of Recommendations 1 - 38
2. Draft Statute and Decree
APPENDICES
APPENDIX A. Committee On the University Press: Preliminary note of the subjects on which information is desired
APPENDIX B. List of bodies and individuals giving written or oral evidence
APPENDIX C. Composition of the Delegacy
APPENDIX D. Secretaries to the Delegates
APPENDIX E. Chairmen of Finance Committee
APPENDIX F. Financial Reporting at Cambridge
APPENDIX G. OUP Results, 1949-1968
LIST OF FIGURES
1. Administration of Oxford University Press (Chapter 1, paragraph 30)
2. Oxford Editorial Offices (Chapter 3, paragraph 104)
3. London Business Editorial Offices (Chapter 3, paragraph 118)
4. The Growth of O.U.P. Inc., New York (Chapter 3, paragraph 135)
5. Clarendon Press - Business Organization (Chapter 4, paragraph 162)
6. Organization of the London Business (Chapter 4, paragraph 169)
7. Organization of the New York Business (Chapter 4, paragraph 178)
8. The Printing Business (Chapter 4, paragraph 187)
(9. Wolvercote Paper Mill )
10. The Approximate Composition of the Delegacy (Appendix C)
LIST OF TABLES
I. Composition of the 'Clarendon Press' and 'Oxford' Lists (Chapter 3, paragraph 104)
II. O.U.P. London - List and Output (Chapter 3, paragraph 119)
III. New York Business (Chapter 3, paragraph 131)
A. The List
B. Proportion of Sales by Editorial Origin (1967-8)
IV. Relative Size and Contribution to Earnings of the Separate Businesses (Chapter 4, paragraph 157)
V. Approximate Contribution of Different Publishing Categories to Total Turnover and Profit of Clarendon Press (1967-8) (Chapter 4, paragraph 163)
VI. Overseas Branches (Chapter 4, paragraph 175)
VII. Comparisons with Some Other Publishing Firms (Chapter 4, paragraph 220)
A. Profit as percentage of Capital Employed
B. Profit as percentage of Total Sales
C. Capitalization
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