The unique cross-publisher package Katinka Bratvold, ALJC Product Manager ICSTI Conference, February 26, 2009

What is ALPSP and what is the ALJC? – ALPSP = Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (more than 360 members in 36 countries) – ALJC = ALPSP Learned Journals Collection – ALJC = a collection of online journals from smaller ALPSP members, sold by Swets as a single package (single umbrella licence, single pricing model), offered via SwetsWise Online Content. – This product is the result of a unique partnership between Swets and ALPSP (2003)

How did the ALJC come about? – Libraries wanted to purchase high quality journals from smaller publishers – Smaller publishers wanted to sell their quality journals but were squeezed out by the ‘big deals’ and had problems reaching the market – The ALJC took away the barriers and brought both parties together Library demandPublisher supply ALJC

Benefits for customers: -Single licence for 49 well respected smaller and medium sized publishers -Content is of very high quality: –90% are peer review journals –Many are official journals of the societies – No embargoes – Back file access from 1997 – Unique product – Special consortia arrangements – Highly discounted

10 Different collections – Full Collection titles – 9 subject collections –Archaeology & History –Law –Life Science –Linguistics & Arts –Medicine –Religion & Philosophy –Science –Social Science –Technology

ALJC publishers, amongst others: – B.C Decker – Brill – Walter de Gruyter – INFORMS – OECD – IOS Press – British Psychological Society

The ALJC – important facts – Each year a new collection is launched, where existing publishers leave and new publishers join. – A licence runs for a period of 3 years and cannot be cancelled within this period – Throughout this period customers receive volumes published during the period, plus backfiles back till 1997 when available – When the licence expires (in the third year) customers continue to receive access (until perpetuity) to the volumes published in the years of the licence, but they will loose access to the backfiles

Swets’ Role – Exclusive Sales Agent for the ALJC – SwetsWise online content as delivery platform – Organising all aspects of the ALJC: –Preparing new collection each year and managing the existing collections –Trial Management –Holding check –Sign the single customer licence agreement –Marketing material –ALJC website: –User statistics

e-only licence print maintained licence e-access fee e-content fee = value of existing subscriptions to titles in the collection -/- 5% discount e-access fee Maintain existing subscriptions to titles in the collection ++

ALJC Consortia pricing Different levels of discounts will be offered on the E-Access Fee depending on: –Number of participants –Existing subscription spend –Invoicing requirements

Consortia deals – Different deals: – Opt-in or central purchasing – One licence or individual licences per institution – One invoice or individual invoices – National and multinational deals – Consortia deals in place: –CRKN –SELL –CAUL –Knowledge Exchange

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