Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2003 05:17:29 -0400
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ALPSP appoints Swets Blackwell and Extenza as business partners
for consortia and multi-site sales

The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) =
has appointed Swets Blackwell and Extenza, divisions of Royal Swets & =
Zeitlinger, as its business partners for a ground-breaking initiative in =
the area of consortia and multi-site sales.

Under this arrangement, participating ALPSP publisher members will =
collaborate by making their journals and other content available in the =
ALPSP Learned Journals Collection and in three discipline-specific =
subsets in the areas of medicine and life science, science and =
technology, and the arts, humanities and business. This will represent =
the most collaborative, cross-publisher venture to date in the world of =
consortia and multi-site licensing of electronic content.

The collaborative aspect of this initiative is further enhanced by the =
appointment of Swets Blackwell and Extenza as business partners to =
ALPSP. Swets Blackwell will be the global sales and marketing channel =
for the ALPSP Learned Journals Collection, as well as providing access =
for subscribing organisations through SwetsWise. Swets Blackwell will =
also be providing its traditional back-office customer service and =
administrative support both to libraries and to participating =
publishers. In addition, Extenza will be offering a complete journal =
hosting service for those participating publishers who require it.

Sally Morris, Secretary-General of ALPSP, said: "It is very difficult =
for smaller publishers with just a few journals, however high quality =
these are, to break into the consortia market. We believe that by =
working together through the ALPSP Learned Journals Collection, our =
members can overcome this problem and reach additional customers. We are =
extremely pleased to be working with Swets Blackwell on this major =
initiative."

Steven Hartman, Executive Board member of Royal Swets & Zeitlinger, =
said: "We are delighted to be partnering with ALPSP in this exciting =
initiative. Both parties have much to offer the global consortia and =
multi-site market and under this arrangement the respective strengths of =
both parties will be used to the full to widen access to key scholarly =
content."

About ALPSP:

ALPSP is the international trade association for the community of =
not-for-profit publishers and those who work with them to disseminate =
academic and professional information; it was founded in 1972, and =
currently has 240 members in 21 countries. ALPSP carries out research =
and other projects, monitors national and international issues and =
represents members' interests to the wider world. It offers an extensive =
programme of courses and seminars, an informative website =
(www.alpsp.org), a quarterly journal, Learned Publishing, and a monthly =
electronic newsletter, ALPSP Alert.

About Swets Blackwell:

Swets Blackwell (www.swetsblackwell.com) is the world's largest =
subscription agent, with offices in 22 countries on 6 continents. It =
provides a wide range of subscription management solutions for academic, =
scientific, technical, medical, corporate and government libraries and =
information centres worldwide. Founded in 1901, Swets Blackwell counts =
among its 60,000 customers many of the world's major research libraries =
and over 30% of the Fortune 500 companies. In recognition of the =
superior service it provides, Swets Blackwell has been granted ISO =
9001:2000 accreditation.

About Extenza:

Extenza e-Publishing Services provides publishers with a comprehensive =
end-to-end conversion and hosting service for e-journals with minimal =
operational or technical inconvenience. Services include the conversion =
of electronic print files into internet-deliverable content, hosting =
titles on a global network of servers, authentication and access control =
to publications, PDF and HTML delivery, linking and web-based search =
capabilities across abstracts and titles. Find out more by visiting =
www.extenza-eps.com.

For more information contact:

Sarah Kellman

Tel: + 31 (0)252 435 584

Email: press@nl.swetsblackwell.com

or

Sally Morris, Secretary-General
Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
South House, The Street, Clapham, Worthing, West Sussex BN13 3UU, UK

Phone:  01903 871686 Fax:  01903 871457 E-mail:  sec-gen@alpsp.org
ALPSP Website  http://www.alpsp.org