The University
Press of Kentucky (UPK) is pleased to welcome Leila Salisbury as its
new director, becoming only the fourth in UPK's 68 year
history. Salisbury comes to UPK from the University
Press of Mississippi, where she has served as director since 2008.
While at UPM, Salisbury was responsible for
strategic planning and the management of a $2.7 million scholarly publishing
operation and a $3.8 million endowment. She also has been very involved with
the Association
of American University Presses (AAUP), an organization of
nonprofit publishers whose members strive to advance scholarship through their
publications. A former member of the association's national board of directors,
she has also previously chaired and participated in a number of panels and
workshops at both national and regional levels and served as the chair of the
AAUP marketing committee.
This is a homecoming for Salisbury. She grew up
in Lexington and began her career in publishing as a student assistant at UPK
when she was an undergraduate. She began working for the press full time in
1994 as the assistant to the director. After receiving an M.A. in English from
the University of
Kentucky in 1997, Salisbury moved to the marketing
department, eventually becoming the department director as well as an
acquisitions editor before leaving for UPM in 2008. “This is an exciting time
to work at the University Press of Kentucky. Leila is an exceptional leader who
possesses a rare combination of institutional knowledge and outside expertise,”
said Amy Harris, UPK’s director of marketing and sales. “I anticipate that the
press will reach new heights under her direction.”
Salisbury brings particular expertise to the
position through her work with the Charleston
Library Conference, where she has served as a speaker, panelist,
and plenary session moderator. “I’m particularly eager to explore partnerships
with UK Libraries,” said Salisbury. “Engaging with exciting new research
and fields of study from flagship programs at UK and our other state
universities will be an important part of the Press’s work moving forward.”
Salisbury is looking forward to bringing this
experience back to UPK. “At the core, my mission is to be a useful connector of
people, programs, and institutions,” she said. “Kentucky has a wonderfully rich
history and culture, and the possibilities for telling the state’s story and
working in concert with cultural institutions and university programs seem
endless.”
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