Everything about scholarly publishing
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An overview of everything you ever wanted to know about scholarly publishing (but were too afraid to ask) for the students on the UCL Publishing Studies courses.
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- 1. Everything you ever wanted to know about scholarly publishing (but were too afraid to ask) Suzanne Kavanagh Director of Marketing & Membership Services suzanne.kavanagh@alpsp.org T. 020 8670 4244 @sashers www.alpsp.org @alpsp
- 3. A little bit of history… 1970 • Launch of the ISBN 1972 • ALPSP formed by 24 UK based learned societies 1977 • Membership reaches 85 1981 • Publishers Licensing Society formed by ALPSP, PA and PPA 1990 • First HTTP client and server communication 1993 • ALPSP celebrates 21 years, Adobe launches PDF 1998 • Launch of Google 2002 • Launch of Amazon.co.uk 2006 • Launch of Twitter and Sony eReader 2008 • Inaugural ALPSP conference launched 2013 • Membership exceeds 320 organisations in 40 countries
- 4. Publishing trade associations (amongst others)
- 5. We like to think small…
- 6. And geeky…
- 7. So what exactly do we do?
- 8. Like all good publishers… • Highlights video from the ALPSP International Conference 2013: http://youtu.be/jXeyCfYhvQ0
- 9. Together we are big… Source: Creative Skillset (2011) Publishing – Labour Market Profile
- 10. Learned Societies Geographical area % of total (2001) Number (2001) World 100% 25,000 UK 8% 2,000 Europe (exc. UK) 22.5% 5,625 North America 27.6% 6,900 Australia & NZ 4% 1,000 Source: Scholarly Societies Project (2001)
- 11. Do you ever wonder what the future holds?
- 12. So do we…
- 13. What does it all mean? Risk of falling behind or missing opportunities in: • New or existing markets • Extending reach into new product areas • Scaling up or extending capacity • Keeping up-to-date on new initiatives • Increasing revenue • Mitigating changes in market place • Ability to innovate
- 14. 7 things you can do to find out more…
- 15. 1. Follow @alpsp on Twitter
- 16. 2. Join LinkedIn
- 17. 3. Look at ALPSP’s website
- 18. 4. Read research
- 19. 5. Visit Creative Skillset site
- 20. 6. Look at ALPSP YouTube
- 21. 7. Read industry blogs
- 22. What do publishers think about the future?
- 23. Here’s what they said… • Reflections on what the future holds for scholarly publishers from attendees at the ALPSP International Conference 2013: http://youtu.be/D2ZFRwPFNOI
- 24. Pub Quiz 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. How many members does ALPSP have? How many countries are they in? In which year was ALPSP set up? Name 3 ALPSP members What does DRM stand for? What is open access