ALPSP Learned Journal Collection: Supporting Scholarly Publishers

1. The ALPSP Learned Journals Collectionand the place of scholarly publishers in the 'information jigsaw'. Nick Evans ALPSP Member Services Manager

2. What they say . . . • “There can be no doubt about how valuable such a development could be for a journals market increasingly dominated by large – and consolidating – players.”Nick Dempsey, EPS • “. . . A real advantage for the smaller publishers.”Judy Luther, Informed Strategies • “Kudos to ALPSP for this achievement.” Ann Okerson, Yale University Library • “A very welcome development for both publishers and libraries.” UK Serials Group

3. What I’d like to cover . . . • ALPSP – who we are, what we do • The Virtual Scholar – the changing way scholars communicate • A question of trust • The ALPSP Learned Journal Collection • Questions and answers

4. ALPSP The international trade association for not-for-profit publishers and those who work with them. 300 + organisations in membership • Increasingly international – 60 + non-UK members • Large and small (e.g. Institute of Physics, Monash University ePress) • Associates: ‘commercial’ members and suppliers • ALPSP members publish over 7,000 journals = over 30% of the world total

5. There is strength in numbers

6. What we do • Representation of the not-for-profit sector • Support of new initiatives and research • Information and professional development

7. Why is the way scholars are working changing? • From control to no-control, from mediated . . . • From bibliographic systems to full-text, visual interactive ones • From niche to universal systems • From a few searchers to everybody • From little choice to huge choice • From little change to constant change • From end-user to information consumer

8. What do we know about the “virtual scholar”? Deep log analysis techniques – CIBER* - recent research for Blackwell, Emerald and NHS in the UK * David Nicholas and Paul Huntington of CIBER (Centre for Information Behaviour and Evaluation of Research) at University College, London

9. Information seeking characteristics • Shallow searching, suggesting a checking, comparing sort of behaviour that is a result of easy access, a shortage of time (and patience?) and enormous digital choice. = Flicking

10. A digital consumer trait – scholarly journal users (CIBER, University College, London)

11. Promiscuous, which means enormous volatility and unprededictability – all types of user

12. I’m small and confused. Who shall I trust in a rapidly changing world?

13. Does trust effect the library too? The Library • Value Proposition being questioned • Strain on available budgets • Organisation and categorisation – what am I for, in the age of the desk-top virtual scholar? • Content comparatively hidden • Brand increasingly hidden

14. The Future? • Need for TRUST means publishers will need to build more value and authority into content, as well as ease of use. • Which means greater granularity of content and more “value-added” • With more varied business models • Technology changing worldwide will mean even more content (India/China) available even faster – exponential leaps in raw data transfer • Which means more need for TRUSTED intermediaries – INCLUDING YOU, THE LIBRARIAN.

15. So what? • Naturally you Librarians arrange access to the largest, most important resources first – the big publishers • You arrange access to everything else through a gateway • Often anything that is too difficult or time consuming to arrange access to, and is not available via any content collection, is organised later or never • So the small scholarly publisher loses out, although their content definition fits the “trusted brand” model • Which is why the ALPSP Learned Journal Collection

16. How did the ALJC come about? • Small publishers having a problem selling to consortia – squeezed out by ‘Big Deals’ • Libraries wanted to support high quality, good value journals from small publishers • Consultation with members, libraries and those offering packages • Tender process – Swets selected

17. The challenges – and how we solved them • A single pricing model • A single revenue-sharing model • A single licence • A single publisher agreement • Online hosting • Timing • Oversight

18. The ALJC Collection • 44 ALPSP member publishers • 433 journals • 3 sub-collections • Medicine and Life Science • Science & Technology • Humanities & Social Science

19. Benefits for libraries • Simplifies negotiation process • Value for money • Price guaranteed for 3 years • Allows libraries to retain titles that would otherwise be cancelled because of budget restrictions • Trusted content

20. The bottom line • A new partnership • Fills a gap in the library market • Meets the need of small and medium sized scholarly publishers • Provides fair deals for the consorti market

21. ALPSP Learned Journal Collection and ANKOS • Your local ANKOS contact is Ms Mine Tarlan • The SWETS office in Ankara is at your service: Swets Information ServicesKenedy CaddesiNO 13/8Kavaklidere 06550 AnkaraT +90 312 418 6323 T +90 312 418 6324F +90 312 418 6325E info@tr.swets.com

22. Thank you