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Universytetska Dumka

The publishing and printing center of West Ukrainian National University, producing scholarly, educational and periodical literature since 1997.

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Overview

Universytetska Dumka (Ukrainian: «Університетська думка») is the publishing and printing center of West Ukrainian National University (ZUNU) in Ternopil, Ukraine. It was established in 1997 on the initiative of O. Ustenko and originally bore the name «Економічна думка» (Economic Thought). As a structural subdivision of the university, its stated purpose is to meet the publishing and printing needs of all ZUNU units, and its core tasks are to supply students with methodological literature, textbooks and manuals, to publish monographs and scholarly articles, and to produce blank/stationery products. The center's output spans monographs, textbooks, teaching aids, methodological recommendations, professional periodicals and printed forms. Among its periodical titles are the newspaper «Університетська думка», «Вісник економіки», the collection «Економіка і ринок: облік, аналіз, контроль», the «Журнал європейської економіки», «Комп'ютинг», «Психологія і суспільство», and «Регіональні аспекти розвитку продуктивних сил України», among others. The center also provides publishing and printing services. Leadership has included Ihor Moroz as editor/director from 2004 to 2009 and Volodymyr Frantsuzov from 2016. The center is located at Berezhanska Street 2, building No. 4, in Ternopil, and operates under the university's official web presence. Its work is closely tied to the development of economic science in Ukraine's transition to a market economy, a mission reflected in its original name.

History

The publishing and printing center «Universytetska Dumka» was created in 1997 on the initiative of O. Ustenko as a structural subdivision of what was then the Ternopil Academy of National Economy (later West Ukrainian National University). At its founding it was named «Економічна думка» (Economic Thought), reflecting its mission to support the development of economic science in Ukraine during the country's transition to a market economy. Its tasks were defined as providing students with methodological literature, textbooks and manuals, publishing monographs and scholarly articles, and producing printed forms. Over time the center expanded its periodical output. Its titles have included the newspaper «Університетська думка», «Вісник економіки», the collection «Економіка і ринок: облік, аналіз, контроль», the «Журнал європейської економіки», «Комп'ютинг», «Психологія і суспільство», and «Регіональні аспекти розвитку продуктивних сил України», among others. The center also offers publishing and printing services to the university community. Leadership of the center has included Ihor Moroz, who served as editor/director from 2004 to 2009, and Volodymyr Frantsuzov, who took the role in 2016. The center operates from premises at Berezhanska Street 2, building No. 4, in Ternopil, with a prepress department and editorial staff. It remains an active unit of West Ukrainian National University, publishing under the university's official web presence.

  • 2016

    Volodymyr Frantsuzov becomes director of the center.

  • 2004

    Ihor Moroz begins serving as editor/director (until 2009).

  • 1997

    Publishing and printing center founded on the initiative of O. Ustenko under the name «Економічна думка».

Products and positioning

A university-based academic and educational publisher serving the scholarly and instructional needs of West Ukrainian National University.

  • Newspaper «Університетська думка»

  • «Вісник економіки»

  • «Економіка і ринок: облік, аналіз, контроль»

  • «Журнал європейської економіки»

  • «Комп'ютинг»

  • «Психологія і суспільство»

  • «Регіональні аспекти розвитку продуктивних сил України»

  • Monographs, textbooks, teaching aids, methodological recommendations

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