ALPSP Senior Management Workshops

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Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 12:53:33 +0100
From: "Debbie Stoddart (ALPSP)" <marketing@alpsp.org>

ALPSP Senior Management Workshops  
The Novartis Foundation, 41 Portland Place, London, W1B 1BN 

These are 24-hour residential workshop for senior staff in not-for-profit
and commercial publishers interested in new business models and the future
strategy for their journals programmes.

They will begin with a working dinner on the evening and will finish at
approximately 5.00pm the following day; dinner and overnight accommodation
are included in the fee. All participants will leave with a workbook
showing how to work through the processes explained on return to the
office.

The Publishing Supply Chain 16-17 June 2004

How to Evaluate Journals as Potential Open Access Candidates 01-02 July
2004

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The Publishing Supply Chain 

Course Tutors
Deborah Kahn, DeepEnd Training
Helen Whitehorn, DeepEnd Training

What is the workshop about?

The journals publishing supply chain, from author to user, is facing
significant challenges and opportunities in the twenty-first century. Open
Access models, new opportunities for exploiting content, cost reduction
and speedier publication - all these require careful examination of
publishing workflows, use of people and technology, and interactions with
authors, editors, suppliers and partners. Change may be required, and this
brings benefits and risks. This highly interactive senior management
workshop aims to look at the challenges and opportunities facing journals
publishers, the benefits and risks of the various options available, and
will take a practical look at what needs to be considered to make
innovation in the supply chain work, both within individual organisations
and as an industry.

Who needs this workshop?

This practical workshop aims to give senior supply chain managers -
Editorial and Production Directors, Publishers, Production and Editorial
Managers - in commercial and non-commercial publishing companies the
opportunity to focus on a specific area of management strategy, learn from
experts and discuss ideas with other delegates. Places are limited to 16,
so please apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

To register

Please go online to: http://www.alpsp.org/training/tPSC160604.htm 
or contact Lesley Ogg on 01245 260571, email: events@alpsp.org

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How to Evaluate Journals as Potential Open Access Candidates  01-02 July 2004   
Facilitators: Jill Cousins 
                Alastair Dryburgh

What is the workshop about?

There is a lot of hype around Open Access. Publishers are asking
themselves: Should I be taking it more seriously? Is it applicable to my
journals? Can I survive the onslaught of open access? Do I need to defend
my business? Are there some business opportunities I am missing here? Can
I revitalise a flagging journal with a different business model? What are
my real options?

Under the Open Access (OA) model, research articles are free to the
reader. This requires a different business and pricing model from the
subscription/licensing model which currently dominates the academic
journal market. Advocates of Open Access are passionate evangelists for
the cause of free access to all, whereas others argue that open access
will never pay for itself and could end up costing more overall than the
current system. This workshop uses new tools and techniques, together with
some financial modelling, to determine the extent to which this brave new
world may be applicable to each delegate's business.

This practical workshop aims to give you the tools to evaluate when, and
if, you should be considering launching an Open Access journal, or
converting an existing journal or journals to an Open Access business
model. It will take you through the evaluation process and decisions that
you need to apply to your own disciplines and journals. Using three
fictitious journals and a sound analytical framework, the workshop will
demonstrate how you can arrive at different but valid decisions.

Who needs this workshop?

The workshop is intended for those who have P&L responsibility, who have
input into their organisation's strategy and are in a position to effect
change. Places are limited to 16, so please apply as soon as possible to
avoid disappointment.

To register

Please go online to: http://www.alpsp.org/training/tOAC010704.htm 
or contact Lesley Ogg on 01245 260571, email: events@alpsp.org

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Debbie Stoddart
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