The unique cross-publisher package

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

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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 demand
Publisher supply
ALJC
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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

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10 Different collections

• Full Collection - 773 titles
• 9 subject collections
• Archaeology History
• Law
• Life Science
• Linguistics Arts
• Medicine
• Religion Philosophy
• Science
• Social Science
• Technology

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ALJC publishers, amongst others

• B.C Decker
• Brill
• Walter de Gruyter
• INFORMS
• OECD
• IOS Press
• British Psychological Society

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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

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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 www.alpsp-collection.org
• User statistics

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print maintained licence


e-only licence
e-access fee
e-access fee


e-content fee value of existing subscriptions
to titles in the collection -/- 5 discount
Maintain existing subscriptions to titles in the
collection
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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

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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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More information

• ALJC Website www.alpsp-collection.org

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• Questions???