The winners of the 2011 ALPSP Awards were announced at the ALPSP
International Conference Dinner on Thursday 15 September.
Please see <http://awards.alpsp.org/> http://awards.alpsp.org for full
details
ALPSP Award for Contribution to Scholarly Publishing
The Council of ALPSP was delighted to make this award to Cliff Morgan of
John Wiley & Sons. Cliff has worked in publishing for over 36 years, during
which time he has been closely involved in special projects in the fields of
digital preservation, funder mandates, article metrics, legal deposit and
article versioning. He has used his extensive knowledge and experience to
the benefit of both commercial and not-for-profit publishers through his
longstanding involvement with and commitment to the work of ALPSP, the PA,
the STM Association, COUNTER and JISC.
ALPSP Award for Publishing Innovation
The winner was Your <http://www.oecdbetterlifeindex.org/> Better Life Index
by the OECD. This interactive tool presents statistics and raw data sets in
a new and accessible way, and has quickly achieved increased awareness and
usage of OECD publishing content.
A Highly Commended Certificate was awarded to Berg Fashion
<http://www.bergfashionlibrary.com/> Library from Berg Publishers. This
ambitious project involved creating a complex fashion taxonomy and employing
intuitive navigation and strong visual design to meet the needs of the
fashion and artistic community.
Also shortlisted were: F1000 Posters <http://f1000posters.com/> from the
Faculty of 1000 and SCM6 <http://silverchair.com/> by Silverchair
Information Systems.
ALPSP Award for Best New Journal
The winner was <http://pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/journalissues/sc> Chemical
Science, published by RSC Publishing. Launched to present high quality
cutting edge research across the chemical sciences, it has achieved swift
success. There are very close links with the community and the journal is
clearly defined by the science and the user.
A Highly Commended Certificate was awarded to Bioanalysis
<http://www.future-science.com/loi/bio> published by FutureScience Ltd.
The journal has seen rapid success, with growth both in subscription and
advertising. The interactive Bioanalysis Zone website is being used to
build stronger links with the community.
Also shortlisted were: Celebrity <http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/rcel>
Studies, published by Routledge, Taylor & Francis and Nature
<http://www.nature.com/ncomms/index.html> Communications, published by
Nature Publishing Group
About the Awards
ALPSP Award for BEST NEW JOURNAL - open to any peer-reviewed journal
launched in the last 1-3 years. The judges consider the main aspects of the
journal including its launch: market research, editorial strategy, marketing
and commercial success.
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.
Panel of Judges for Publishing Innovation & Best New Journal and Publishing
Awards.
Hazel Woodward, University Librarian & Director of Cranfield Press (Chair)
Stephen Ball, Senior Lecturer in Publishing, The Oxford International Centre
for Publishing Studies and Assistant Editor, The Political Quarterly
Richard Gedye, Director of Outreach Programmes, STM
Hugh Look, Senior Consultant, Rightscom
David Smith, Business Innovations Manager, CABI
Mark Ware, Director, Mark Ware Consulting
Lesley Ogg
Senior Coordinator, Events & Information Systems
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