There are many benefits available to ALPSP members. The membership details page gives the different grades of membership and subscription rates. If you would like more information, simply complete a membership pack request form. You will receive a full pack of information, including a sample journal, as well as an application form. If you have already decided that you would like to join ALPSP, complete and return the application form [PDF]
'We have joined ALPSP for a number of reasons. The most significant is the opportunity to have closer collective contacts with our fellow learned society publishers. We all face common problems and ALPSP provides a forum for discussion of possible solutions.'
Martin Blume, American Physical Society
'We joined ALPSP in order to join a network of like-minded specialist not-for-profit publishers. In these revolutionary times it is important to be able to benefit from the experience of others struggling to understand and cope with the new dynamics in learned publishing.'
Toby Green, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
'We value our membership of ALPSP not only for the journal, which is an important source of information on all aspects of journal publishing, but also for access to networks of colleagues in similar businesses.'
Sally Hardy, Regional Studies Association
'At this moment of turmoil in publishing learned society journals, membership gives us reassurance .... that we are aware of what is going on, of forward thinking, of mutual assessment of potential change... that we are not alone.'
Fred Andrews, Nutrition Society
Membership Benefits
Practical help and advice, when you need it.
ALPSP opens up a wealth of experience and expertise. Immediate queries can usually be dealt with at the end by telephone, or why not join our discussion lists. Support on wider issues is provided through the wide-ranging list of seminars and training courses on offer to ALPSP members.
Members Only
Logged in Members are able to access much, much more information.... This includes: key documents about the Association; advice on copyright, agreements, licensing, journal publishing and more; free online access to Learned Publishing and to selected ALPSP and other publications and reports; the current work of the ALPSP Council and committees.
ALPSP Learned Journals Collection (in partnership with Swets)
All publisher members (both Full and Associate) are eligible to include their journals in the ALPSP Learned Journals Collection (ALJC). This is an ALPSP initiative whereby smaller publishers work together to sell a combined package of their journals, thus enabling them to compete for library funds with the 'Big Deals' offered by many of the larger publishers.
The ALJC is managed in partnership with Swets, one of the world's leading subscription services company. In In 2010 it will consist of 824 titles from 48 publishers with nine discipline-specific subsets available in Archaeology & History, Law, Life Sciences, Linguistics & Arts, Medicine, Religion & Philosophy, Science, Social Sciences and Technology.
ALPSP eBooks Collection (in partnership with Ingram Digital)
Newly launched in 2008 this service is designed specifically for small and medium sized publisher members of ALPSP. The ALPSP eBooks Collection (AeBC) enables publisher members to add eBooks to a complete collection and a range of subject sub-collections so that they can be sold together as a significant group of titles to academic libraries worldwide.
ALPSP Alert newsletter
The monthly e-newsletter for members provides up-to-date news and views on the publishing world.
Specialised committees that keep an eye on important trends
All ALPSP members have the chance to serve on committees which monitor issues of particular importance to the industry. Members keep a close eye on developments and report back to the wider membership through the Council and seminars.
The Copyright Committee monitors developments in copyright and related areas, which are of vital significance to members. The Professional Development Committee is responsible for our comprehensive programme of training courses, seminars and other events. The Future Watch Committee produces regular White Papers on key developments.
ALPSP International Conference (8-10 September 2010). The conference is for everyone involved in all areas of scholarly publishing. It includes the ALPSP Awards dinner and offers ample time for discussion and networking.
Regular seminars, updates and briefings on publishing issues
ALPSP events offer members the chance to get together, exchange ideas and explore topics of common interest. Seminar Podcasts are available for events from 2009 onwards (Previous events)
Recent titles include:
Text Mining - unlocking the literature in STM publishing
The future of Academic Book Publishing
Does my content look big in this?
Marketing to Libraries
Plagiarism - detection and management
Online communities - what can scholarly publishing learn from other industries
Measuring up - the evolution of impact metrics
The Changing Face of Consortia
Medical Journals: adding value to primary content
Specially tailored training courses
We offer a growing programme of one-day training courses, specially tailored to the needs of people working in small learned and professional publishing organisations. The number of delegates is kept below 20, to encourage interaction, and the focus is on small group case-study work. Courses are organised in five subject strands - General Publishing; Business & Finance; Editorial; Production & E-Publishing; Marketing; and Legal Issues - and at three levels - introductory, intermediate and advanced (Strategic Management Workshops). ALPSP can also offer its existing courses or new ones on an in house basis.
Free subscription to Learned Publishing
Free online access to the award-winning journal, Learned Publishing, as well as one print copy, comes as part of a subscription to ALPSP. The journal publishes key papers on issues of concern to the international learned publishing community. Seen as vital intelligence by the industry leaders and much referred to, it will keep you in touch with developments that affect everyone working in learned publishing.
Email discussion lists
All members can subscribe to the general ALPSP discussion list, which provides a forum for lively discussions on many publishing issues, or to the specialised ALPSP-copyright list. Both lists are confined to members. We also have a discussion list for the North American Chapter which is open to all ALPSP members based in North America. (details)
Copyright Infringement Portal
ALPSP is pleased to announce a collaboration with the UK Publishers Association (PA) on an ALPSP branded version of the PA's Copyright Infringement Portal. (details)
Global Publishing Information
Free access (for publisher members) to the British Council/Publishers Association database of market reports. (details)
OECD Research & Development Databases
Free access for Full Members to these two databases (details)
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