The ALJC launches its largest ever collection for 2011

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Lisse, The Netherlands,
6 December 2010


The ALJC launches its largest ever collection for 2011

The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP), the international association for scholarly publishers, and Swets, the world’s leading subscriptions services company, are pleased to announce the launch of the 2011 ALPSP Learned Journals Collection (ALJC). With a total of 1014 titles the 2011 collection is the largest to date, offering libraries access to an unparalleled wealth of high quality electronic content in an affordable manner. There are 7 new publishers making their content available within the 2011 collection, bringing 35 titles with them. Those publishers are:

• Atlantis Press
• El Profesional de la Informacion
• OULA - Ottawa United Learning Academy
• SNM - Society of Nuclear Medicine
• The Clay Minerals Society
• Science Reviews 2000
• Pier Professional

“The ALJC continues to go from strength to strength,” said Ian Russell, Chief Executive of ALPSP. “Its unique structure allows journals from small and medium sized publishers to compete in the market with the bigger players and, with more than 1000 titles now included, its inherent value continues to increase year upon year.”

“The importance of the ALJC can not be stressed highly enough,” said Debbie Dore, Chief Commercial Officer at Swets. “It provides incredible value for libraries and consortia around the world, offering a flexible and cost-effective means to acquire content from a broad range of highly-respected publishers. Swets is delighted with the continued growth of the ALJC and proud of its role in the collection’s success.”

Alongside the 2011 main collection 9 subject-specific sub collections are available, providing greater flexibility for those libraries interested in specific sections of the overall collection. 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 2011 ALJC, in partnership with Swets, can be found at www.alpsp-collection.org

About ALPSP
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) is the international association for all those involved in research-based publishing. ALPSP is the only international trade association that represents scholarly and professional publishers across all disciplines of academic endeavour and is the largest trade association for these kinds of publishers in the world. It has over 350 members in 38 countries who collectively publish over 12,000 journals – around half the world’s total - as well as books, databases and other products.

ALPSP's mission is to connect, train and inform the scholarly and professional publishing community and to be an advocate on behalf of the non-profit publishing sector. ALPSP represents the scholarly publishing industry at both national and international level, carries out research and other projects, establishes good practice guidelines, monitors national and international issues and plays an active part in shaping the future of academic and professional communication, promoting 'Scholarship-Friendly Publishing'. At this time of unprecedented change in the publishing environment, we serve, represent and strengthen the community of non-profit publishers, and those who work with them.

Visit ALPSP at www.alpsp.org

About Swets
Swets is the world's leading subscription services company. We build on more than 105 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 is regularly included in E-Content Magazine's annual "100 Companies that Matter Most in the Digital Content Industry", 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 9001:2008 certified on a global basis - a testament to our stringent operation and client service procedures.

Media Contacts
Damian Leslie
External Communications Executive
Swets
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The Netherlands
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Email: dleslie@nl.swets.com
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Ian Russell
Chief Executive
Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP)
T: +44 (0)123 584 7776
F: +44 (0)870 706 0332
www.alpsp.org