The winners of the 2009 Awards were announced at the ALPSP International
Conference Dinner on Thursday 10 September at the Oxford Belfry
(www.alpspconference.org).

ALPSP AWARD FOR CONTRIBUTION TO SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING

This was awarded by the Council of ALPSP to BOB CAMPBELL of Wiley-Blackwell
who, throughout his career, has been a fierce and passionate advocate of the
publishing industry and the role and importance of society publishing.  
 
ALPSP AWARD FOR BEST NEW JOURNAL 2009:
Sponsored by: DHL Global Mail (https://www.dhl-globalmail.com/)
 
The winner was EVOLUTIONARY APPLICATIONS
<http://www.evolutionaryapplications.org/>  published by Wiley-Blackwell
which has successfully targeted an emerging field and is exploiting the
online environment and communities in its development.

The judges awarded a Highly Commended Certificate to ART IN TRANSLATION
<http://www.bergjournals.com/artintranslation>  published by Berg
Publishers.  This online journal represents an ambitious project and offers
an innovative resource for the Humanities sector. 

Also shortlisted were: Clinical and Translational Science
<http://www.ctsjournal.com/>  from John Wiley & Sons; and ACS Applied
Materials & Interfaces <http://pubs.acs.org/journal/aamick>  from the
American Chemical Society

 
ALPSP AWARD FOR PUBLISHING INNOVATION 2009
Sponsored by: EBSCO
<http://www2.ebsco.com/en-us/app/AboutUs/Pages/abouteis.aspx> 

The winner was PLoS ONE <http://www.plosone.org/>  from the Public Library
of Science.  This combines the traditional values of the journal with
innovative online features to create an inclusive and efficient publication
channel.  It is bold and successful and shaping the future of publishing.

A Highly Commended Certificate was awarded to The LEAP exemplars, Internet
Archaeology <http://intarch.ac.uk/>  published by the Council for British
Archaeology and hosted by the University of York.  By providing the
integration of journal articles with data, this project enhances the value
of both current and future scholarship and is reconfiguring the publishing
landscape for the archaeology.

Also shortlisted were: The Royal Marsden Hospital Manual of Clinical Nursing
Procedures from Semantico <http://www.semantico.com/>  & Wiley-Blackwell
<http://www.wileyblackwell.com/> ; and Brain Navigator
<http://www.brainnav.com/>  from Elsevier
 

ALPSP AWARD FOR BEST eBOOK PUBLISHER 2009:
Sponsored by: Ingram Digital <www.ingramdigital.com>

The winner was THERAPEUTIC GUIDELINES eTG COMPLETE <http://www.tg.org.au/>
as an excellent example of a small publisher doing something very ambitious
and succeeding.

Also shortlisted were Palgrave Macmillan's Palgrave Connect
<http://www.palgraveconnect.com/> ; and Taylor & Francis' eBookstore
http://www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk/ and http://www.ebooksubscriptions.com/.


ABOUT THE ALPSP AWARDS

ALPSP Award for PUBLISHING INNOVATION - in recognition of a truly innovative
approach to any aspect of publication. Applications are judged on their
originality and innovative qualities, together with their utility, benefit
to their community and long term prospects.  Any area of innovation is
eligible - it could, for example, be a novel type of print or online
publication or service, or even a radically different approach to a
marketing campaign. 

ALPSP Award for BEST NEW JOURNAL - open to any journal launched within the
past 3 years. The judges consider four main aspects of the journal and its
launch: market research, editorial strategy, marketing and commercial
success. The journal should include a substantial number of peer reviewed
articles.    

ALPSP Award for BEST eBOOK PUBLISHER - open to all publishers of academic
content made available in eBook format, this new award recognises enterprise
and innovation in this increasingly important feature of scholarly
publishing.

 
Panel of Judges for Award for Best New Journal and Award for Publishing
Innovation
Hazel Woodward, University Librarian & Director of Cranfield Press (Chair)
Richard Gedye, Research Director, Oxford Journals
Geoffrey Bilder, Director of Strategic Initiatives, CrossRef
Ann Lawson, Publisher Relations Executive, EBSCO Information Services
Mark Ware, Director, Mark Ware Consulting
Hugh Look, Senior Consultant, Rightscom

Panel of Judges for Award for Best eBook Publisher
Sue Pandit, Dean of the School of Print and Publishing at the London College
of Communications (Chair)
Linda Bennett, Gold Leaf Publishing Consultancy
Sarah Stamford, Project Manager, eBooks Cambridge
Irving Rockwood, Editor and Publisher, Choice, Association of College and
Research Libraries, USA.

ABOUT ALPSP (www.alpsp.org)

The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) is
the international association for all those involved in research based
publishing.  ALPSP is the only international trade association that
represents scholarly and professional publishers across all disciplines of
academic endeavour and is the largest trade association for these kinds of
publishers in the world.  It has over 350 organisational members in 37
countries who collectively publish books, databases and other resources, as
well as over 12,000 journals - around half the world's total.

Further information
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