The Electronic Publishing Initiative at Columbia (EPIC) is a groundbreaking initiative in digital publishing at Columbia University that involves Columbia University Press, the Columbia University Libraries, and Columbia University Information Technology. Its mission is to create new kinds of scholarly and educational publications through the use of new media technologies in an integrated research and production environment. Working with the producers of intellectual property at Columbia University and other leading academic institutions, it aims to make these digital publications self-sustaining through subscription sales to institutions and individual users.

EPIC is committed to pursuing the highest standards in the development of content, use of technology, handling of issues of intellectual property and copyright, development of business plans, and evaluation of use. Its publications are designed to be innovative, efficient and cost-effective.