Jim Draper is executive vice president at Readex, where he manages the Readex publishing program. Previously he was general manager at Gale, where he developed a number of major product lines. Jim has been in the publishing business for over 30 years and has also managed leading reference and journal programs.
This article, originally published May 13, 2020, has been updated. For many years, faculty and students have been asking Readex to “bring history to life” in new ways. “You have tremendous products,”...
An updated version of this blog post (September 2024) is now available. For ten years or more, faculty and students have been asking Readex to “bring history to life” in new ways. “You have tremendous...
When Readex recently posed this question to a wide range of researchers, we heard four crucial things: Modern styling—researchers want primary source databases that are visually engaging and feel...
What a story! Way back in the early 1940s, book publisher Albert Boni, co-founder of the Modern Library publishing company, established the Readex Microprint Corporation in New York City and Chester...
Earlier this year [2018] Readex published the Territorial Papers of the United States, 1764-1953, the most important early American content not yet digitized—until now. More than half of America’s...
Since the early 1940s, Readex has been the leading innovator in the publication of historical American resources. We started our work with massive projects, including Early American Imprints, based on...
Almost every week I’m asked, “How can we use historical newspapers to teach undergraduates?” Great question! Mostly it’s faculty who come to me asking for this advice, but librarians wonder about this...
Earlier this year Readex launched a new suite of online resources on the crucial issues that shaped the post-World War II world. The suite is titled Twentieth-Century Global Perspectives and includes...
