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Welcome to our website. The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) is the international trade association for not-for-profit publishers and those who work with them... we provide information, education, representation, cooperative initiatives and guidelines for good practice. To be kept up to date with our activities, training and events sign up to our mailing list here. ALPSP Members - please log in to access the full range of information and services. Forgotten your password? Apply for a password.

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Project to update the UK National Occupational Standards for journals

ALPSP is working with the Publishing Training Centre on a scoping project to consider whether the Publishing 'National Occupational Standards' for the UK should be updated for journals. ALPSP Members are asked to comment on the consultative report by 6 January.
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ALPSP response to EC green paper ‘Copyright in the Knowledge Economy’

ALPSP has submitted our response to the latest EC green paper on copyright. Our position is that the current intellectual property regime is working pretty well and striking a good balance between the needs of users and those of rightholders. We therefore do not see the need for any new or expanded Europe-wide copyright exceptions.
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ALPSP Seminar: Medical Journals: Adding Value to Primary Content, 15 January 2009, London

Publishers need to keep up with their audiences. What more can you offer? An in-depth examination of the tools, services and features which can be used to increase the value and relevance of your journal.
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Academic Publishing in Europe 2009 Conference

Join ALPSP at the Academic Publishing in Europe Conference in Berlin on the 19th January 2009 ALPSP will be holding a special pre-meeting at the APE2009 Conference in Berlin the evening before the start of this important European meeting, with guest speaker Celina Ramjoue from the EC Research Directorate-General. ALPSP members can also receive a special full conference 'Member' rate of €450.
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Latest ALPSP Scholarly Publishing Practice Survey now available

The full report provides a vast array of evidence about current policies and shows how practices have changed over time with comparisons with survey results from 2003 and 2005. There are new sections on publishers' practice on author rights and also Web 2.0 technologies. The online version is free to ALPSP members. The report is available for purchase by non-members. Press Release (pdf)
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Long-term Preservation Strategies - new ALPSP report

The results from a survey investigating preservation strategies are now available as a free to download PDF. The report by Sarah Durrant was co-funded by ALPSP and Portico. Press Release
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