It seems that almost everyone is using NLM DTD, from individual publishers and suppliers to online delivery platforms and archives.  At this ALPSP Update, you will learn how journal publishers of all sizes have incorporated this standard into their workflow. Podcasts and Presentations are now available.

The Book Business is changing.  How do you promote and sell your books to booksellers in a world of ONIX, PubEasy and online bookshops. How do academic and society publishers establish and maintain effective relationships with booksellers?  What do booksellers need from publishers, and why? 

What is E-learning, why do it, how to successfully publish it and what are the benefits? This seminar will demonstrate what E-learning must include and how a business needs to evolve to publish and implement successful E-learning solutions.  A practical seminar to help the small to medium sized organisation plan what could work for them.  Presentations are now available.

In this hour long conversation Copyright Clearance Center's Dru Zuretti, Manager of Copyright Education, and Ed Colleran, Senior Director, International Relations, discuss different licensing methodologies and their importance in global publishing today.

The how, what and why of the semantic web and why it matters to scholarly publishers. 
A non-techie overview of Web 3.0 (AKA the semantic web), focussing on the buzz words, the practicalities, the challenges and most importantly the opportunities.  Case studies will highlight key issues including workflow implications (for editorial and production), sales and marketing opportunities and ROI.
Podcast and Presentation now available

A practical update on text mining for publishers. How can it enrich the user experience?   How can text miners and publishers work together to provide services and standards that will support the next generation of scientific, life science and pharma publishing? 
Podcast and presentations now available.

ALPSP at Stand M455 at the London Book Fair and the free ALPSP Seminar on Monday 19 April (1300-1400)
Presentation and handouts from seminar now available here

A free one hour seminar chaired by Nick Evans
Speakers: Jamie McOuat, Rights Focus Ltd and Julie McNair, Publishing Consultant.  This seminar will cover many aspects of licensing opportunities including researching licences at LBF in advance of the Frankfurt Book Fair, setting up appointments with the appropriate contacts, rights guides versus sales catalogues, translation terms basics, Non-Disclosure Agreements and more. It will also demonstrate the importance of digital distribution and licensing agreements and the opportunities to build revenues from both front and back list.
Presentation and handout now available

This ALPSP one-day seminar provides a unique opportunity to consider both the present situation facing academic and scholarly publishers of all shapes and sizes, and the likely direction for the business of academic book publishing in the immediate future.  Presentations & audio available.

Recent research has given us significant insight into the behaviour of users as they navigate academic content online. Increasingly users are landing directly at the article level within a publisher website and that researchers favour library websites, Abstract and Indexing databases, search engines and a host of other known and unknown community sites and gateways as their tools of discovery.  So where does that leave the publisher website? What can you do to engage with your user community and what can you do to ensure your content is discovered? 
Podcast and Presentations now available

We regret that this seminar has been cancelled.  Further information: Lesley Ogg
This seminar will cover key aspects of secondary rights for small - medium sized publishers who are looking to fully exploit the content which they publish , whether their own books and journals or those published under license. The meeting review the most important sources of rights income and the various issues which the publisher should consider before deciding to offer rights to third parties.

How can publishers get the librarians attention to maximise marketing potential?  This seminar will cover this and all aspects of marketing to libraries.
Podcast and Presentations are now available

Detecting and managing plagiarism has always been a problem for authors, readers and publishers. The same technology that enables easy access and use of content also has made it easier to identify cases of plagiarism.  Amongst other things this seminar will explore the technologies available for detecting potential cases of plagiarism and their practical application to the publishing.
Podcasts and Presentations are now available

Residential conference incorporating ALPSP Awards Dinner and AGM. 
Podcast and presentations now available

Visit ALPSP at Stand N398. 
Free seminar: Surviving the future: how authors' rights are impacting scholarly publishing on Monday 20 April.

A free one hour seminar chaired by John Cox and based on the findings of the ALPSP Scholarly Publishing Practice Survey (2008).
Presentation PDF and AUDIO now available here

What is the growing importance of national consortia and how are these mega-deals impacting on both publishers and librarians? What is happening in developing markets?  For publishers already working within or looking to break into the consortia market, librarians, consortia staff and agents.
Podcast and Presentations now available

ALPSP will be holding a special meeting on Monday 19 January, on the eve of the APE2009 Conference in Berlin, with guest speaker Celina Ramjoue from the EC Research Directorate-General.  There is no charge to attend.  (ALPSP members wishing to register for the full conference are entitled to the special 'Member' rate of €450.) Celina Ramjoue's presentation is available to ALPSP members only.

With primary research literature becoming increasingly accessible through a variety of channels, the role of the traditional journal is being called into question. Many journals are developing features to interpret or supplement their primary content. This seminar will present examples of some successful developments and will help delegates consider what might be suitable for their own journals.
Podcasts and Presentations now available

New two day conference incorporating the ALPSP Awards Dinner and AGM,  the not-to-be-missed event in 2008 for all those involved in the scholarly communication chain.  Final Conference Program (pdf); Conference Review by Kurt Paulus (pdf); Conference review by Zhang Yuehong (Chinese translation by Helen Zhang) (pdf); Speakers' presentations ; Research Information Report on Running a Green (Publishing) House by Siân Harris.

Editorial Boards are an essential and valuable resource for journals. Are you using yours to its full potential? How do you harness loyalty and potential? This seminar will look at the different ways that journals structure and utilise their editorial boards.

Half day seminar for ALPSP Members organised by Microsoft,  as part of its Microsoft Live Search UK launch programme. 

Watch while industry experts pitch the latest and newest ideas in the industry. We put 5 new and emerging publishing trends to the test - will our Panel invest? Would you?

E Books - the future without print?  What are the choices and opportunities for publishers?  An examination of the key issues faced by publishers, including platforms, pricing models, copyright, DRM, conversion, digital asset management.

In this ALPSP Debate two senior publishers, Robert Kelly, American Physical Society, USA and Sue Corbett, Wiley-Blackwell, UK, look at the whole question of repositories and their likely effect on publishing, and provide some context to what is becoming an increasingly vexed issue. 

What will the library look like in five years? How will the role of the librarian and publisher need to change to cope with shifting demands? Hear how users, librarians, information providers and researchers envisage the future.

This seminar will present an overview of some innovative business models and offer an insight into which might be applicable for publishers. Presentations will also look at the issue from the perspective of libraries and subscription agents, who themselves face considerable change.

Can scholarly communication operate without journals? Are these forces for change really working for the public good?  Come along and be challenged to think through our future. Have your say in a lively 'question time' style of debate. Help to refine our message and identify where we should be doing more and where we could better serve our authors and readers.