Mission Statement

Indiana University Press’s mission is to inform and inspire scholars, students, and thoughtful general readers by disseminating ideas and knowledge of global significance, regional importance, and lasting value.

The Press will be an ultimate expression of the influence of the University in scientific and intellectual publishing. While thoroughly aware of its primary function—that of publishing the results of scholarly research—the Press will make every effort to balance its program with books in all fields of learning which will appeal to the intelligent general reader.

The Press will endeavor to extend the University’s teaching and research beyond the library, laboratory, and classroom, thus performing a function of a university peculiarly important in a democracy.

…While its interest will be wide, the Press is particularly concerned with the promotion of regional culture and literature in the Midwestern area.

—Herman B Wells, 1950