New ALPSP study on the effects of Open Access on scholarly publishing

["Sally Morris \(ALPSP\)" <sally.morris@alpsp.org>]

Apologies for duplication, but I thought your members/readers of all these
lists would be interested in the message below


Sally Morris, Chief Executive
Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
Email:  sally.morris@alpsp.org

----- Original Message -----
From: Nick Evans=20
To: alpsp-discuss@mailbase.ac.uk
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 2:32 PM
Subject: New ALPSP study on the effects of Open Access on scholarly 
publishing

I am pleased to let you know that the substantial research study into the
quickly evolving landscape of Open Access publishing has been released by
ALPSP today (Tuesday 11 October 2005). A free to download pdf of the full
report is available on our website (www.alpsp.org)  together with the
Overview section (the first 32 pages of the report)  and a press release.
The priced printed version of the report (which is 128 pages long) can
also be ordered online.

As you will know this new study 'The Facts About Open Access' was
sponsored by ALPSP with the American Association for the Advancement of
Science (AAAS) and HighWire Press, with additional data from the
Association of American Medical Colleges. The research was conducted by
the independent consultants Kaufman-Wills Group LLC.

It makes fascinating and instructive reading. As Sally says in her
introduction: "Discussion of Open Access tends to be strong on rhetoric
but short on facts. But now we have, for the first time, a substantial
body of data about different forms of Open Access publishing, and a
baseline of comparison with traditional subscription publishing."

Nick Evans
Member Services Manager
Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP)
Email: nick.evans@alpsp.org
Web: www.alpsp.org

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