Like other university presses throughout the Western world, the University of Oklahoma Press publishes important and original books that magnify, advance, and circulate knowledge and understanding. Since its founding in 1928, the Press has established and maintained a reputation for publishing seminal and enduring works, particularly in the fields of western American history, Native American and indigenous history and culture, American government and politics, and environmental history. In 2019, the University of Oklahoma Press joined 23 other university presses to participate in The Sustainable History Monograph Pilot (SHMP). SHMP is a Mellon-funded initiative to publish open digital editions of high-quality books from university presses in the field of history.