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2009 ALJC collection
When confirming an order now for the ALJC 2009 collection you may enjoy 3 months free access between the 1st of October and the 31st of December 2008. Please contact Katinka Bratvold (info@alpsp-collection.org) or your local Swets office to get an offer. For a complete overview of all titles, including the ones from newly joined publishers INFORMS (3 titles) and Guilfords Publications (13 titles) please click here.
The ALPSP Learned Journals Collection adds more than one hundred new titles into its 2009 offering!
PRESS RELEASE
16 July 2008
Lisse, the Netherlands
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) and Swets, the world’s leading subscriptions services company, are pleased to announce the launch of the 2009 ALPSP Learned Journals Collection (ALJC). With a total of 773 titles making up the full set — of which 122 titles are new to the collection — and the availability of nine subject-specific collections, the 2009 ALJC offers a wealth of high quality electronic content in an affordable and flexible manner. Two new publishers have agreed to make their titles available in the 2009 Collection, INFORMS (www.informs.org) and Guilford Publications (www.guilford.com), bringing the total number of publishers involved to 49.
“Our partnership with ALPSP has helped provide libraries and consortia with the most straightforward, flexible and cost effective way to acquire content from a wide palette of highly regarded publishers,” said Thomas Snyder, Swets’ Chief Commercial Officer. “Swets is delighted with the continued growth of the ALJC and proud of its role in the collection’s success.”
"The importance of the ALJC cannot be stressed enough,” said Nick Evans, Chief Operating Officer, ALPSP. “Its unique structure allows journals from smaller publishers to compete in the consortia market with the bigger players and, as the 123 new titles in this year’s collection show, its inherent value continues to grow year upon year.”
Initiated by ALPSP in 2003, the ALJC is a unique cooperation that enables smaller and medium-sized publishers to sell their titles effectively to consortia and other library customers. The impressive range of content from the ALJC is supplied to customers through a single umbrella license, pricing model and delivery platform. The complex licensing and legal structure of this cross-publisher initiative is coordinated by Swets, who also service the worldwide sales, marketing and online content access channels for the Collection. Rather than dealing individually with a large number of publishers, library customers can access all of the high quality, full-text E-Journals simply and directly via SwetsWise Online Content or through the ALJC’s own web portal.
Pricing details and further information on the 2008 ALJC in partnership with Swets can be found at www.alpsp-collection.org
About ALPSP
ALPSP was formed in 1972 – today it is the largest international trade association representing all types of non-profit publishers and those who work with them..Its members publish approximately 10,000 journals worldwide, as well as numerous books, databases and other products and services. ALPSP’s mission is to play an active part in shaping the future of academic and professional communication. At this time of unprecedented change in the publishing environment, ALPSP believes that non-profit publishers have a unique role to play. The Association therefore aims to serve, represent and strengthen the community. Like scholarly publishing itself, ALPSP has a strongly international focus with over 350 member organisations in 36 countries. 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 (ALJC) is one of the most important of ALPSP's range of collaborative initiatives for members.
Visit ALPSP at www.alpsp.org
About Swets
Swets is the world's leading subscription services company. We build on more than 100 years of experience to maximize the return on investments in time and money for clients and publishers in today's complex information marketplace. With clients in over 160 countries and more than twenty offices around the world, Swets is a true “long tail” powerhouse that provides the most comprehensive and sophisticated e-commerce platform currently available in its field.
Swets has been included in E-Content Magazine's “100 Companies that Matter Most in the Digital Content Industry” for the past five years, and is consistently featured in the top 25% of FEM Business' “Top 500 Companies in The Netherlands”. We are the only subscription services company that is ISO 9001:2000 certified on a global basis for 10 years running--a testament to our stringent operation and client service procedures.
Media Contacts
Damian Leslie
External Communications Executive
Swets
Heereweg 347 B, 2161 CA Lisse
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 252 435 189
Fax: +31 252 415 888
Email: dleslie@nl.swets.com
www.swets.com
Nick Evans
Chief Operating Officer
Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP)
T: +44 (0)208 789 2394
C: +44 (0)7793 559992
F: +44 (0)87 0051 1921
www.alpsp.org
There are another 100 valuable reasons to subscribe to the 2008 ALPSP Learned Journals Collection!
PRESS RELEASE
26 July 2007
Lisse, the Netherlands
ALJC, in partnership with Swets, adds nine new publishers and more than 100 titles for 2008.
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) and Swets, the world’s leading subscriptions services company, are pleased to announce the launch of the 2008 ALPSP Learned Journals Collection (ALJC). The expanded 2008 collection builds on a very successful 2007, as a result of the cross-country agreement with the Southern European Library Link (SELL) the ALJC has boosted its customer base in Italy, Greece and Spain with such esteemed parties as HealLINK – Heallenic Academic Library Link in Greece and CBUA - Consorci de Biblioteques Universitàries de Catalunya in Spain.
Now entering its fifth year in the market, this award-winning collection provides a unique and straightforward way for libraries and consortia to acquire content from 53 highly regarded publishers from a single source. With a total of 728 titles making up the full set--an increase of 100 titles from the 2007 collection--and the availability of nine subject-specific collections, the 2008 ALJC offers a wealth of high quality electronic content in an affordable and flexible manner.
The following nine well-respected publishers have joined the ALJC for 2008:
· Karnac Books - 4 titles (www.karnacbooks.com)
· Liverpool University Press - 7 titles (www.liverpool-unipress.co.uk)
· Manchester University Press - 13 titles (www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk)
· Mineralogical Society of Great Britain & Ireland - 2 titles (www.minersoc.org)
· OceanSide Publications - 2 titles (www.oceansidepubl.com)
· Pion Ltd. - 5 titles (www.pion.co.uk)
· Professional Engineering Publishing – 18 titles (www.pepublishing.com)
· Research Information - 1 title (www.researchinformation.co.uk)
· Royal Irish Academy - 6 titles (www.ria.ie)
“The ALJC partnership with Swets remains an unique and effective way to acquire quality content,” comments Thomas Snyder, Chief Commercial Officer of Swets. “Swets is proud of its role in the ALJC. It reinforces the value we bring to the market by leveraging our role to help bring content from a wide palette of publishers to customers in an efficient, affordable and simplified manner, and all that on a single license. The fact that the collection continues to attract new content and customers illustrates its importance, not only to subscribers, but to the publishers involved in the collection as well.”
"Our aim of creating a collection of journals from smaller publishers so that they can compete in the consortia market with the big players has certainly been achieved,” said Nick Evans, Chief Operating Officer, ALPSP. “The 2008 ALJC collection, containing over 700 journals from 53 ALPSP members, is now even more attractive to libraries looking for a straightforward, flexible and cost-effective route to these key journals.”
Initiated by ALPSP in 2003, the ALJC is a unique cooperation that enables smaller and medium-sized publishers to sell their titles effectively to consortia and other library customers. The impressive range of content from the ALJC is supplied to customers through a single umbrella license, pricing model and delivery platform. The complex licensing and legal structure of this cross-publisher initiative is coordinated by Swets, who also service the worldwide sales, marketing and online content access channels for the Collection. Rather than dealing individually with a large number of publishers, library customers can access all of the high quality, full-text E-Journals simply and directly via SwetsWise Online Content or through the ALJC’s own web portal.
Pricing details and further information on the 2008 ALJC in partnership with Swets can be found at www.alpsp-collection.org
About ALPSP
ALPSP was formed in 1972 – today it is the only international trade association representing all types of non-profit publishers, as well as the largest trade association for scholarly and professional publishers. Its members publish approximately 10,000 journals worldwide, as well as books, databases and other products and services. ALPSP’s mission is to play an active part in shaping the future of academic and professional communication. At this time of unprecedented change in the publishing environment, ALPSP believes that non-profit publishers have a unique role to play. The Association therefore aims to serve, represent and strengthen the community of non-profit publishers, and those who work with them. Like scholarly publishing itself, ALPSP has a strongly international focus with members in 36 countries. 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 (ALJC) is the most important of ALPSP's range of collaborative initiatives for members.
Visit ALPSP at www.alpsp.org
About Swets
Swets is the world's leading subscription services company. We build on more than 100 years of experience to maximize the return on investments in time and money for clients and publishers in today's complex information marketplace. With clients in over 160 countries and more than twenty offices around the world, Swets is a true “long tail” powerhouse that provides the most comprehensive and sophisticated e-commerce platform currently available in its field.
Swets has been included in E-Content Magazine's “100 companies that matter most in the Digital Content Industry” for the past two years, and appeared at number 95 in FEM Business' “Top 500 Companies in The Netherlands” in 2006. We are the only subscription services company that is ISO 9001:2000 certified on a global basis--a testament to our stringent operation and client service procedures.
Visit Swets at www.swets.com
Media Contacts
Damian Leslie
External Communications Executive
Swets
Heereweg 347 B, 2161 CA Lisse
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 252 435 189
Fax: +31 252 415 888
Email: dleslie@nl.swets.com
www.swets.com
Nick Evans
Chief Operating Officer
Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP)
T: +44 (0)208 789 2394
C: +44 (0)7793 559992
F: +44 (0)87 0051 1921
www.alpsp.org
ALPSP Learned Journals Collection signs major deal with the Southern European Library Link (SELL) consortia
PRESS RELEASE
6 March 2007
Lisse, The Netherlands
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers, in partnership with Swets, is pleased to announce the signing of the first cross-country consortia agreement for its ALPSP Learned Journals Collection. The agreement brings together members of the Anatolian University Libraries Consortium (ANKOS) in Turkey, Hellenic Academic Libraries Link (Heal-Link) in Greece, Consorcio de Bibliotecas Universitarias de Catalunya (CBUC), and other institutions in Italy, Portugal and Spain under the umbrella of the Southern European Library Link (SELL).
SELL is a unique library forum where library consortia from participating countries debate the challenges and opportunities associated with the management of e-consortia. This is the first time that this collaboration has extended beyond the forum, providing an agreement that equally benefits members of different consortia across Southern Europe, demonstrating SELL’s commitment to providing quality content to its many users.
Lluís Anglada and Núria Comellas from the CBUC were instrumental in arranging the agreement. “The ability to coordinate people from so many different libraries and countries was possible thanks to the confidence we have built in the SELL meetings and relations,” said Mr. Anglada.
Claudine Xenidou-Dervou, Coordinator of the Steering Committee at HEAL-LINK and Bülent Karasözen, Chairman of ANKOS, commented on behalf of SELL: “For a number of years we wished to have access to full-text journals from many of the publishers involved in ALJC, but negotiating with every publisher separately seemed like an impossible task. The ALJC solved this by placing content from a wide range of publishers under a single license with a simplified pricing model--it is indeed a great initiative and we hope that more publishers will join. Moreover, we are very pleased that the ALJC is our first common agreement for the members of SELL. We believe that all members of the individual consortia (ANKOS, HEAL-Link, CBUC) participating in SELL will benefit greatly from this agreement.
Arie Jongejan, CEO of Swets, adds: “We are delighted to welcome SELL to our expanding list of ALJC customers. Swets firmly believes in the importance of creating products and service solutions that adapt to the varying needs of our customers. Our unique and exclusive partnership with ALPSP allows us to help a significant number of consortia customers gain access to a substantial collection of valuable electronic journals that they would be unable to subscribe to otherwise.”
About the ALJC
The ALJC (www.alpsp-collection.org) is an initiative in which smaller member publishers of the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) work together, through Swets, to sell a combined package of their journals to consortia and other large customers. Now entering its fourth year in the market, the ALJC provides a unique and straightforward way for libraries and consortia to acquire content from 48 highly regarded publishers from a single source. With a total of 627 titles making up the full set and the availability of nine new subject-specific collections, the 2007 ALJC offers a wealth of high quality electronic content in an affordable, direct and flexible manner.
About Swets
Swets is the world's leading subscription services company. We build on more than 100 years of experience to maximize the return on investments in time and money for clients and publishers in today's complex information marketplace. With clients in over 160 countries and more than twenty offices around the world, Swets is a true “long tail” power that provides the most comprehensive and sophisticated e-commerce platform currently available in its field.
Swets has been included in E-Content Magazine's “100 companies that matter most in the Digital Content Industry” for the past two years and appeared at number 95 in FEM Business' “Top 500 Companies in The Netherlands” in 2006. We are the only subscription services company that is ISO 9001:2000 certified on a global basis--a testament to our stringent operation and client service procedures.
Swets has been the exclusive sales partner of the ALJC since winning the tender to represent the collection in 2003.
About SELL
The SELL consortium (http://www.heal-link.gr/SELL/) was created in an effort to bring together libraries from Southern European Countries. Its main purpose is to serve as a forum for the discussion of issues related to electronic publishing and consortia. It also aims to promote the special requirements of its members to information aggregators, to draw common policies towards information acquirement and provision, and to support other fields of collaboration.
About ALPSP
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) was formed in 1972 - today it is the only international trade association representing all types of non-profit publishers, as well as the largest trade association for scholarly and professional publishers. Its members publish approximately 10,000 journals worldwide, as well as books, databases and other products and services. ALPSP’s mission is to play an active part in shaping the future of academic and professional communication. The ALPSP Learned Journals Collection (ALJC) is the most important of ALPSP's range of collaborative initiatives for members.
Media Contacts
Damian Leslie
Swets Information Services B.V.
P.O. Box 830
2160 SZ Lisse, The Netherlands
T: +31 (0)252 435 189
F: +31 (0)252 415 888
E: press@nl.swets.com
ALJC in Turkish and Spanish
The ALJC web site has now been translated in Turkish and Spanish for the Latin American market.
02 November 2006
9 New Open Access titles added
Lisse, The Netherlands
27 July 2006
Hindawi Publishing added 9 open access titles to the 2007 Collection bringing the total from 618 titles to 627 titles.
Launch of Collection 2007
Lisse, The Netherlands
24 July 2006
The 2007 Collection has grown to 618 titles from 48 publishers – 2 new publishers have joined, and 11 existing publisher members have added titles.
ALJC Portal and web site go live
Lisse, The Netherlands
24 July 2006
See press release below
Two Mexican University libraries join ALJC
Universidad del Valle de Mexico and Universidad Autonoma de Sinaloa have licensed the Full 2006 Collection.
2007 ALPSP Learned Journal Collection provides additional benefits by offering more focused subject collections
Lisse, The Netherlands
24 July 2006
‘ALJC in partnership with Swets’ develops further enhancements in line with market feedback and launches new access portal.
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) and Swets Information Services are pleased to announce the launch of the 2007 ALPSP Learned Journals Collection (ALJC in partnership with Swets). Now entering its fourth year in the market, this award-winning collection provides a unique and straightforward way for libraries and consortia to acquire content from 48 highly regarded publishers from a single source. With a total of 618 titles making up the full set and the availability of new subject-specific collections, the 2007 ALJC will offer a wealth of high quality electronic content in an affordable and flexible manner.
Building on the established success of the ALJC, which already serves library customers located in approximately 20 countries, the 2007 Collection contains a number of additional benefits that have been developed in response to market feedback. The ALJC continues to grow, with 62 new titles being added to this year’s collection, with more than half of those titles being made available by two new publishers participating in the program, Alliance Communications Group and International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research.
A total of nine ALJC sub-collections are now available, which can be combined, allowing customers the opportunity to tailor a package suited to their needs, while still retaining the benefits that the collection model provides. The sub-collections are categorized as follows:
• Archaeology & History
• Law
• Life Sciences
• Linguistics & Arts
• Medicine
• Religion & Philosophy
• Science
• Social Sciences
• Technology
The close contact with ALJC licensees and publishers has also resulted in the creation and launch of a new website and access portal, which offers better service and more substantial information for new and existing customers. This new portal can be found at www.alpsp-collection.org.
Bülent Karasözen of the Anatolian University Library Consortium (ANKOS) testifies, “With over 80 members, ANKOS has a number of consortial agreements with major publishers. Because access to electronic journals is handled via bundled packages, it’s difficult for consortial deals to be arranged for journals from smaller publishers. The ALJC provides us with a unique and simple solution to this problem, offering access to a substantial collection of valuable journals that we would be unable to subscribe to otherwise.”
This unique cooperation initiated by ALPSP in 2003 enables smaller and medium-sized publishers to sell their titles effectively to consortia and other library customers. The impressive range of content from the ALJC is supplied to customers through a single umbrella license, pricing model and delivery platform. The complex licensing and legal structure of this cross-publisher initiative is coordinated by Swets, who also service the worldwide sales, marketing and online content access channels for the Collection. Rather than dealing individually with a large number of publishers, library customers can access all of the high quality, full-text E-Journals simply and directly via SwetsWise Online Content or through the newly established ALJC web portal.
About ALPSP
ALPSP was formed in 1972 – today it is the only international trade association representing all types of non-profit publishers, as well as the largest trade association for scholarly and professional publishers. Its members publish approximately 10,000 journals worldwide, as well as books, databases and other products and services. ALPSP’s mission is to play an active part in shaping the future of academic and professional communication. At this time of unprecedented change in the publishing environment, ALPSP believes that non-profit publishers have a unique role to play. The Association therefore aims to serve, represent and strengthen the community of non-profit publishers, and those who work with them. Like scholarly publishing itself, ALPSP has a strongly international focus with members in 36 countries. 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 (ALJC) is the most important of ALPSP's range of collaborative initiatives for members.
About Swets Information Services
Swets is the world’s leading subscription services company, connecting the supply and demand chain that exists between publishers and institutions, libraries and information centers. The company provides services for customers from academic, government, corporate and medical institutions. Swets has been operating successfully for over 100 years. The company has offices in over 20 countries, servicing clients and publishers from over 160 nations. Those offices manage more than 1.8 million subscriptions, with half of those related to electronic subscriptions, between some 65,000 publishers and over 60,000 clients, including one in three Fortune 500 companies. Swets is the only subscription agent to be ISO 9001:2000 certified on a global basis, which serves as a significant endorsement of its ability to provide clients and publishers with the kind of speedy, reliable and efficient service methods they expect to receive from an intermediary.
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