Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers

Association for Learned and Professional Society Publishers
Abbreviation ALPSP
Motto Shaping the Future of Learned and Professional Publishing
Formation 1972
Legal status A company limited by guarantee and incorporated in England and Wales
Purpose/focus To connect, train and inform the scholarly and professional publishing community and to be an advocate on behalf of the non-profit publishing sector
Headquarters 1-3 Ship Street,
Shoreham-by-Sea,
West Sussex BN43 5DH UK
Membership over 360 members in 36 countries
Chief Executive Ian Russell [1]
Website http://www.alpsp.org/

The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) is an international trade association of non-profit publishers[2] created in 1972[3] It is the largest association of scholarly and professional publishers in the world,[2] claiming "more than 360 members in 36 countries".[3] It was granted in 2004 the International Information Industry Award.[4] The association has committees on copyright, marketing, professional education and training, and electronic developments. Recent work has included policies and practice in online publishing.[5]

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ALPSP Awards

Winners of the 2010 awards were:[6]

Learned Publishing

It publishes a peer reviewed quarterly[7] journal called Learned Publishing, covering the field of scholarly publishing.[8] The Journal is considered to be of a high level and to offer stimulating insights on the evolution of digital publishing.[9] As part of a finely balanced[10][11] approach to open access, it launched in 2007 an open access trial version, whereby authors can choose to make the online version of their article freely available.[12]

ALJC Collection

In 2010 ALPSP entered a partnership with SWETS, a subscription service company, for the electronic distribution of 824 learned journals.[13]

Ebooks

In 2009 ALPSP launched a cooperative service enabling its members to offer multipublisher collections to libraries.[14][15]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Championing the case of smaller publishers". Research informmation. http://www.researchinformation.info/features/feature.php?feature_id=14. Retrieved December 24, 2010. 
  2. ^ a b Hames, Irene (2007). Peer review and manuscript management in scientific journals: guidelines for good practice. Wiley-Blackwell. p. Appendix III. ISBN 9781405131599. 
  3. ^ a b "About us". ALSP. http://www.alpsp.org/ngen_public/default.asp?ID=311&groupid=192&groupname=About+ALPSP. Retrieved December 23, 2010. 
  4. ^ "ALPSP/Swets Meilleur service d'information 2004" (in French). ADBS-Info. http://listes.adbs.fr/sympa/arc/adbs-info/2004-12/msg00080.html. Retrieved December 24, 2010. 
  5. ^ Prytherch, Raymond John (2005). Harrod's Librarians' glossary and reference book. Ashgate publishing. p. 19. ISBN 9780754640387. 
  6. ^ "ALPSP Awards 2010 - winners announced". ALPSP. http://www.alpsp.org/ngen_public/article.asp?aid=305942. Retrieved December 24, 2010. 
  7. ^ "Serial Archive Listings for Learned Publishing". The Online Books Page. http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/serial?id=learnedpub. Retrieved December 23, 2010. 
  8. ^ "Learned Publishing". Society for Scholarly Publishing. http://sspnet.org/Publications_and_Links/Learned_Publishing_-_member_acce/spage.aspx. Retrieved December 23, 2010. 
  9. ^ Schuwer, Philippe. "Un périodique des plus stimulants" (in French). Persée. http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/colan_0336-1500_2001_num_127_1_3066_t1_0122_0000_2. Retrieved December 23, 2010. 
  10. ^ "Open Access. Will learned societies signal the change?". Research Information. http://www.researchinformation.info/features/feature.php?feature_id=117. Retrieved December 24, 2010. 
  11. ^ Okerson, Ann (August 4, 2005). "ALPSP-Sally Morris Statement Re. Google Digitizing". Yale University Library. http://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/ListArchives/0508/msg00025.html. Retrieved December 24, 2010. 
  12. ^ "Learned Publishing launches trial Open Access option". The Ten Thousand Year Blog. http://www.davidmattison.ca/wordpress/?p=2088. Retrieved December 23, 2010. 
  13. ^ "ALPSP and Swets Announce Launch of 2010 ALJC Collection". Information today. August 10, 2009. http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/Digest/ALPSP-and-Swets-Announce-Launch-of--ALJC-Collection-55565.asp. Retrieved December 24, 2010. 
  14. ^ "ALPSP eBooks Collection Launched by Ingram Digital". Information Today. http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/Digest/ALPSP-eBooks-Collection-Launched-by-Ingram-Digital-52544.asp. Retrieved December 24, 2010. 
  15. ^ "Ingram Digital announces new eBook agreement with ALPSP". Research Information. March 15, 2008. http://www.researchinformation.info/news/news_story.php?news_id=236. Retrieved December 25, 2010. 

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