Impressive 2nd Year Growth for ALPSP Learned Journals Collection
Lisse, the Netherlands - August 12, 2004
The ALPSP Learned Journals Collection (ALJC) in partnership with Swets has
expanded dramatically for its second year and now offers a range of close to
430 titles from over 44 diverse international publishers. This unique
initiative forms part of Swets' far-reaching e-journals management drive.
The ALJC enables small and medium-sized publishers to package their journals
under a single umbrella licence, pricing model and delivery platform. The
online collection was established in 2003 through a unique collaboration
between the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
(ALPSP), Swets Information Services and Extenza, Swets' publisher
outsourcing services division. Since its launch, Swets has coordinated
ALJC's complex licensing and legal structure and serves as its worldwide
sales, marketing and access channel. Although working against the clock,
Swets global sales staff signed 29 ALJC licenses for the period
2004/2005/2006.
The ALJC offers libraries the benefit of a single negotiation. Rather than
dealing individually with a large number of different small publishers,
their users can access all these high quality full-text e-journals directly
via SwetsWise Online Content. The ALJC titles are available in both the Full
Collection and in sub collections. Further to subject specific packages,
established last year in the areas of Medicine & Life Science, Science &
Technology, and the Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences, additional sub
collections are being compiled. Pricing is based on a percentage of the
ALJC's current collective value and is guaranteed for 3 years. Both
print-plus-electronic and e-only options are available, as well as special
consortial arrangements. Customers may migrate from one to the other during
their 3-year licence agreement period. Detailed pricing and licence
information is available on the ALJC website.
Sally Morris, Chief Executive of ALPSP, said: "The ALPSP Learned Journals
Collection in partnership with Swets is proving to be of considerable value
both to smaller publishers and to the libraries that want to license their
journals. The dramatic growth for the Collection's second year is a clear
indication of its value to publishers, and can only make the Collection more
attractive to libraries as well."
Steven Hartman, Swets Information Services' Commercial Director, said: "The
continuing success of Swets' partnership with ALPSP in the Learned Journals
Collection demonstrates the dynamic role of the subscription agent in the
rapidly changing world of E-Journals."
The ALJC is accessible via SwetsWise and contains 430 journals from the
following 44 publishers: Academy of Traumatology, Akademiai Kiado RT, ALPSP,
American Institute of Biological Sciences, American School of Classical
Studies at Athens, Australian Academic Press, Austrian Academy of Sciences
Press, BC Decker, Beech Tree Publishing, British Psychological Society,
Carden Jennings Publishing Co. Ltd., Chartered Institute of Building, EDP
Sciences, Equinox, Hindawi Publishing, IFIS Publishing, Imaginative Minds,
Institute of Psychoanalysis (UK), Institution of Chemical Engineers,
Imperial College Press, Intellect, International Labour Office, IOS Press,
John Benjamins, Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, Kingston Press,
Makerere University Medical School, Medknow Publications, Multilingual
Matters / Channel View Publications, Multi-Science Publishing, OECD,
Pharmaceutical Press, Questions Publishing, Royal College of Obstetricians
and Gynaecologists, The Royal College of Surgeons of England, The Royal
Society, Royal Society of Medicine Press, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences,
School of Social Work, Harare, Society for Endocrinology & BioScientifica
Ltd, Society for Personality Research, Vathek Publishing, Walter de Gruyter
and World Tourism Organization.
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