It is responsible for the production and dissemination of physical and digital books and magazines that offer new knowledge for the global society.
These publications constitute a key pillar in the formation and development of Peruvian humanistic and scientific traditions, and represent the firm commitment of the University of San Marcos to culture and disciplinary research.
Currently, it belongs to the General Directorate of Libraries and Publications of the Vice-Rector for Research and Postgraduate Studies of the UNMSM.
During all these decades, it assumed as a task the provision of editorial services correlated with the teaching and research carried out at the National University of San Marcos by intellectuals and academics from various parts of the world.
After the approval of the document, it goes through a process of editorial review, printing and distribution through multiple commercial channels, in order to disseminate new knowledge in various disciplinary fields (such as literature, history, art, sociology, anthropology, archeology, communication, medicine, philosophy, biology, linguistics, law, among others).