Impressive 2nd Year Growth for ALPSP Learned Journals Collection

[Ylann Schemm <yschemm@nl.swets.com>]

This should be of interest to liblicense members.

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Impressive 2nd Year Growth for ALPSP Learned Journals Collection 

The ALPSP Learned Journals Collection (ALJC) in partnership with Swets has
expanded dramatically for its second year and now offers a range of 430
titles from 44 diverse international publishers. This unique initiative
forms part of Swets' far-reaching e-journals management drive.

The ALJC (www.alpsp-collection.org) 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
(www.alpsp-collection.org).

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.

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 300 members in 31 countries. ALPSP carries out research and
other projects, establishes good practice guidelines, monitors national
and international issues and represents members' interests to the wider
world. It offers an extensive programme 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. The
ALPSP Learned Journals Collection is the most important of ALPSP's range
of collaborative initiatives for members.

About Swets Information Services

Swets Information Services is the premier outsourcing and facilitating
partner for the acquisition, access and management of scholarly, business
and professional information. The world's leading academic, government and
medical organizations and one in three Fortune 500 companies choose Swets
as their agent. Our dedicated and experienced staff supports customers in
over 160 countries through 23 offices around the world.

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