• Download the Winter 2012 Bulletin
• Letter to House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform in Opposition to the Federal Research Public Access Act H.R. 4004
• Letter to Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs in Opposition to the Federal Research Public Access Act S. 2096
• 2011 PROSE Award Winners Announced; McGraw-Hill Professional Receives Competition’s Top Honor
  The winners of the prestigious 36th “PROSE Awards: American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence” were announced February 2, 2012.
• Publishers Applaud “Research Works Act,” Bipartisan Legislation To End Government Mandates on Private-Sector Scholarly Publishing
  AAP and its Professional and Scholarly Division welcomed the introduction of the bipartisan Research Works Act.
• Publishers Support Sustainable Open Access
• The AAP/PSP and DC Principles Coalition for Free Access to Science submit comments in response to the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy Request for Information regarding Public Access to Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Publications Resulting from Federally Funded Research.
• The AAP/PSP submits comments in response to the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy Request for Information regarding Public Access to Digital Data Resulting from Federally Funded Research.
• AAP submitted comments in response to the request for information from the U.S. Copyright Office about how the current legal system hinders or prevents copyright owners from pursuing copyright infringement claims that have a relatively small economic value ("small copyright claims").
• PEER Economics Research: Final Report now available.  This study considers the effect of large-scale deposit on scholarly research publication and dissemination (sharing of research outputs), beginning with the analysis of publishers and institutions managing repositories and their sustainability.
• PSP Endorses British Library Framework Agreement
• Letter to John Holdren, Director of OSTP from Tom Allen (AAP) and Martin Frank (DC Principles) regarding Section 103 of America COMPETES - 4/6/11
• AAP & DC Principles Response to NIH Images, a database of images in biomedical literature
• Publishers Welcome America COMPETES Act Public Access Provision - Press Release from AAP and the DC Principles
• Publishers Welcome America COMPETES Act Public Access Provision - Press Release from STM
• The AAP filed comments in response to a Notice of Inquiry (“NOI”) from the U.S. Department of Commerce seeking public comment “on the challenges of protecting copyrighted works online and the relationship between copyright law and innovation in the Internet economy.”
• Letter from AAP & DC Principles in Opposition to the Provision Expanding the NIH Public Access Policy to other Federal Agencies in the Omnibus Appropriations Bill   
• patientINFORM Slideshow: To view the presentation, scroll down the “About patientINFORM” page to the section entitled Why patientINFORM? Display on ‘Slide Show’ to view the presentation most effectively
• Publishers Express Concern over Government Mandates on Journal Articles
• Allan Adler Testimony before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Government Mandates on Journal Articles
  




• Information on the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)
• Information on the Fair Copyright In Research Works Act

 

 

 

 

Seminars & Conferences

PSP Seminars
PSP/EIC Seminar Series on Selected Topics in Electronic Publishing - Spring Semester
In Person - AAP Offices/71 Fifth Avenue (between 14th & 15th Streets), New York, NY or
Via Webinar
12:00-1:30pm
The PSP Electronic Information Committee (EIC) is introducing another Seminar Series on Selected Topics in Electronic Publishing. The programs are targeted to staff new to electronic publishing and address the transition underway from print to the electronic side of scholarly and professional publishing.
The spring semester dates and topics are:

Tuesday, April 10th — 12:00-1:30pm
ORCID: a Unique Solution to a Scholarly Problem Set

Tuesday, May 15th — 12:00-1:30pm
Challenges and Benefits of New Media Formats

Wednesday, June 20th — 12:00-1:30pm
Creating Engaging Learning Experiences
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Webinar: Digital Piracy Briefing
May 16, 2012
11:30am-12:30pm (Eastern Daylight Time)
The Professional and Scholarly Publishing industry has been a forerunner in the transition from print to digital publication. While digital delivery provides new enhancements and services to customers, it also makes scholarly publications increasingly vulnerable to online piracy.

Join us for the Digital Piracy Briefing — a webinar designed to provide you with an overview of issues relating to piracy, both domestic and international, with a specific focus on addressing online piracy.
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PSP Professional, Scholarly & Academic Books:
The Basic Boot Camp
Friday, May 18, 2012
9:00am-5:00pm
AAP Offices
71 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10003
If you have less than three years’ experience with professional, scholarly, and academic book publishing this course will provide an overview of the industry. Or, if you have spent most of your career working in one aspect of PSP publishing and want to learn about other PSP job functions, you should attend.
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PSP Webinar: New British Library Cross Border Licensed Document Delivery Service
The PSP Executive Council recently endorsed a new cross-border licensed document delivery service for educational uses developed in a collaboration between publishers and the British Library. Introduction of this service represents a step forward in cooperation between publishers and librarians to provide cost-effective access to scholarly articles used for educational and research purposes.
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PSP Upcoming Guest Speakers (Free of Charge):
PSP Books Committee
The PSP Books Committee will be hearing from guest speaker Rick Bowes on accessibility issues at their next meeting on Friday, May 11th from 12:30-1:30pm at the AAP/NY offices.

Digital formats are rapidly becoming the preferred vehicles for delivering intellectual property. E-books are proliferating, and the Internet is the go-to place for all sorts of information — whether accessed online or downloaded. For those living with disabilities, the expanding amount of information that is, in a practical sense, available in digital formats is a two-edged sword. Often the technology presents barriers that prevent them from having the kind of timely access that their non-disabled peers take for granted.

Essentially an “Accessibility 100” for PSP publishers, this presentation will examine the various accessibility drivers at work in the marketplace and then provide time for a free form time for questions and reflections on both were things stand today and where they may be headed from a variety of perspectives.

PSP Journals Committee
The PSP Journals Committee will be hearing from guest speaker Chris Burghardt, Vice President of Product & Market Strategy for Scientific and Scholarly Research (SSR) at Thomson Reuters at their next meeting on Thursday, May 17th from 12:00-1:00pm at the AAP/NY offices.

Mr. Burghardt, will be providing an overview of Thomson Reuters with particular emphasis on the Scientific & Scholarly Research business. The presentation will outline the new Thomson Reuters IP & Science structure which focuses on the innovation lifecycle including primary research, research and development and intellectual property. Thomson Reuters develops a variety of solutions that impact discovery and impact measurement that will be of interest to PSP members. Chris will provide an update on recent product developments at SSR and will share market insights regarding dynamics that are changing how researchers are accessing, sharing, and publishing content.

The guest speaker talks are free of charge but you will need to sign up as space is limited. You can sign up to hear the talk in-person or via webinar. If you or a colleague would like to attend the talk please contact Sara Pinto at spinto@publishers.org.

 

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