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The ALPSP Learned Journals Collection (www.alpsp-collection.org) is a project of the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) in cooperation with Swets Blackwell and Extenza, which enables smaller (and, indeed, medium-sized) publishers to sell more effectively to consortia and other large customers by including their journals in a single package, organised and sold on their behalf by Swets Blackwell with a single umbrella licence, pricing model and delivery platform ('SwetsWise online content').  It is an attempt to counter the effect of the 'Big Deals' which the largest publishers are able to offer, and which tend to squeeze out the offerings of small publishers, however high quality and reasonably priced their journals may be.

 

August 15th was the closing date for publishers to sign up for the Collection.  Interest in the Collection has exceeded our wildest expectations - no fewer than 247 journals from 25 publishers are included in the Collection for 2004, which will also be available in discipline-based subsets for those customers who don't need to buy them all.  Indeed, a significant number of publishers have joined ALPSP primarily in order to be included in the Collection.  Full details of titles and prices are available at www.alpsp-collection.org

 

I'm sorry if some publishers missed the deadline - we had to have a cut-off date so that Swets Blackwell could start their sales efforts, with a definitive list of journals and a definitive price;  they already have a good list of interested customers, including JISC representing all the universities in the UK.   However, we hope that the 2005 Collection will be even bigger and better - so if additional publishers are interested in signing up in good time for that, they should let Caroline Mackay know at Swets Blackwell ([log in to unmask]).  Participation is only open to ALPSP members, so if publishers are interested in joining (this is, of course, by no means the only benefit of membership) they should see http://www.alpsp.org/memship.htm.

 

Libraries interested in purchasing the Collection should also contact Caroline Mackay at Swets Blackwell ([log in to unmask]).   Swets' own press release about the Collection follows

 

Sally Morris, Secretary-General, ALPSP ([log in to unmask])

 

 

About ALPSP

The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) is the international trade association for not-for-profit publishers and those who work with them; it currently has 272 members in 27 countries. We provide representation of our sector, professional development activities, and a wealth of information and advice.              Website:  www.alpsp.org

 

 

 

Sally Morris, Secretary-General
Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
South House, The Street, Clapham, Worthing, West Sussex BN13 3UU, UK

Phone:  01903 871686 Fax:  01903 871457 E-mail:  [log in to unmask]
ALPSP Website  http://www.alpsp.org

SWETS BLACKWELL PRESS RELEASE



Lisse, the Netherlands

September 4, 2003

 

 

ALPSP Learned Journals Collection Opens its Doors With a Whopping 247 Titles





The ALPSP Learned Journals Collection (ALJC) is open for business today, launching its unique collection of 247 journals from 25 diverse publishers. The ALJC (www.alpsp-collection.org) enables small and medium-sized publishers to package their journals with a single umbrella license, pricing model and delivery platform. The new online collection is the result of a unique collaboration between the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP), Swets Blackwell and Extenza. Swets Blackwell has orchestrated ALJC's complex licensing and legal structure and also serves as its worldwide sales, marketing and access channel. 

 

The ALJC spares customers the hassle of negotiating e-licenses and pricing with diverse publishers, allowing them to access high quality e-journals directly via SwetsWise online content. The 247 ALJC titles are available both in the full Collection and in three discipline-specific packages in the areas of medicine & life science (85 titles), science & technology (57 titles), and the arts, humanities & social sciences (129 titles). Pricing is based on a percentage of the ALJC's current collective print value and is guaranteed for 3 years.  Both print-plus-electronic and electronic-only options are available - customers may migrate from one to the other during the 3-year license agreement period.  Special consortial arrangements are available. Detailed pricing and license information is available on the ALJC website.

 

Sally Morris, Secretary-General of ALPSP, said: "The ALPSP Learned Journals Collection represents a win-win solution both for smaller publishers and for libraries.   We are delighted by the scale of publisher support in its very first year, and - if early reactions from libraries are anything to go by - all the participants will be seeing increased sales in 2004."

 

Steven Hartman, Swets Blackwell's Commercial Director, said: "An exciting new era for global consortia and multi-site purchasing has arrived. The ALJC project allows key scholarly content to be easily maintained and used, while the ALJC partnership has created an excellent precedent for future initiatives."

 

The ALJC is accessible via SwetsWise and currently contains 247 titles from the following 25 publishers: ALPSP, American Institute of Biological Sciences, Australian Academic Press, Beech Tree Publishing, British Psychological Society, Carden Jennings Publishing Co. Ltd., Chartered Institute of Building, Hindawi Publishing, Imaginative Minds, Institute of Psychoanalysis, Institution of Chemical Engineers, IOS Press, Kingston Press, Makerere, Multilingual Matters / Channel View Publications, OECD, Questions Publishing, The Royal Society, Royal Society of Medicine Press, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, School of Social Work, Society for Personality Research, Swets & Zeitlinger Publishers, Vathek, and Walter de Gruyter.

 

About ALPSP
ALPSP is the international trade association for the community of not-for-profit publishers and those who work with them to disseminate academic and professional information.  It was founded in 1972, and currently has 272 members in 27 countries. ALPSP carries out research and other projects, monitors national and international issues and represents members' interests to the wider world. It offers an extensive program of courses, seminars, and training as well as an informative website (www.alpsp.org), a quarterly journal, Learned Publishing, and a monthly electronic newsletter, ALPSP Alert. 

 

About Swets Blackwell

Swets Blackwell is the world's leading subscription agent, with offices in 23 countries on 6 continents. It provides a wide range of subscription management solutions for academic, scientific, technical, medical, corporate and government libraries and information centers worldwide. Founded in 1901, Swets Blackwell counts among its 60,000 customers many of the world's major research libraries and over 30% of the Fortune 500 companies. Swets Blackwell's ongoing search for excellence in both process and service is reflected in its ISO 9001:2000 certification. Please note: Swets Blackwell will change its name to Swets Information Services as of December 2nd 2003.

 

 

News Media Contact

For more information please contact: 

Ylann Schemm, Communication Executive

Swets Blackwell

P.O. Box 830

2160 SZ Lisse, The Netherlands

Tel.: +31 (0) 252 435 584

Fax: +31 (0) 252 435 514

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