PSP Journals Committee 2012
Membership is open to Division representatives of any member journal publishing company or organization and includes for-profit, not-for-profit and university press members in science, technology, and social sciences. The committee focuses on industry issues specific to journal publishing. Provides a network for discussion of journal-related legislation, particularly postal, copyright, and new technologies. Presents a series of educational fora of interest to scientific and business journal publishers, i.e. the bi-annual Journals Boot Camp. Liaises with International STM, ALA, ARL, SSP, NASIG, NFAIS and other serials-related groups.
Upcoming Seminars:
Archive of Past Seminars & Conferences:
- Content Delivery on Mobile Devices:
More platforms, more apps, more options, more work — but is there more return?
Wednesday, December 5th, 2012
12:00-3:00pm
Association of American Publishers
71 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10003
How do we add another delivery mode for our content products and minimize the increasing costs?
Back in the 90’s, practical electronic publishing came about through the confluence of three “killer apps”: the World Wide Web, PDF, and HTML. At first we hoped that we could just repurpose the print files for online, and maybe even eventually be able to drop the print edition. Yet today print still exists and we continue to pay for preparing the same content in multiple formats. And we need sophisticated content management systems to handle all the content, deliver it incrementally (singly on submission, as accepted, as edited & corrected or in a traditional issue) and archive it for the inevitable platform changes/upgrades.
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Register- Social Media and Networking in PSP 3.0
Thursday, October 11th, 2012
12:00-3:00pm
Association of American Publishers
71 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10003
Social Media and Networking in PSP 3.0 is the next installation of this tremendously important topic in publishing. The seminar changes tack this year and focuses on Mobile, the Cloud, and User Engagement. For today’s demanding customer, delivering content to any location and to any device they own is increasingly important. And for publishers, finding new ways of engaging with our customers to understand their current and future needs helps us push our business forward.
More Information- The Usage Factor
A Webinar Presented by COUNTER and PSP Journals Committee
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 - 11:30am-12:15pm
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- PSP Journals Reboot:
Problem Solving in an Evolving Journals Landscape
(formerly PSP Journals Boot Camp)
September 20th-22nd
AGU Offices
Washington, DC
PSP Journals Reboot is appropriate for junior to mid level staff with an interest in broadening their knowledge of journal publishing beyond their current job function in all job categories, including acquisitions, finance, production, circulation, sales, and marketing. Attendance is limited, as experience has shown that for this intensive course the best learning environment is achieved with fewer participants to ensure a more interactive, hands-on experience.
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Registration Form- Social Media and Networking in PSP Publishing
Thursday October 14th, 2010
12:00-3:00pm
Association of American Publishers
71 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10003
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Registration Form- Online Advertising 101: Where is The Current Market for Online Advertising?
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
12:00-3:00pm
Association of American Publishers
71 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10003
This seminar is designed to offer a broad overview and market update to publishers with basic to intermediate level online advertising programs. A panel of advertising executives from the Professional and Scholarly journals market present and discuss their current offerings, the challenges of the current market, and the opportunities they see in the future
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Registration Form- PSP Journals Boot Camp
September 23rd-26th, 2009
Grand Hyatt Denver
1750 Welton Street
Denver, CO 80202
The AAP/PSP Journals Boot Camp is an intensive four-day course on journals publishing offered every two years (on every odd calendar year) by the Professional and Scholarly Publishing (AAP/PSP) division of the Association of American Publishers. The purpose of the boot camp is to expose participants to all aspects of journals publishing
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Registration Form- Citation Analysis & Evaluating Research Performance
The Impact Factor, h-index and Beyond
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
11:00am-3:00pm
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
2000 Florida Avenue N.W.
Washington, DC 20009-1277
The session will look at the current environment where a number of metric tools are available to measure research performance and trends.
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Registration Form- Citation Analysis & Evaluating Research Performance
The Impact Factor, h-index and beyond
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Association of American Publishers
71 Fifth Avenue (between 14th & 15th Streets)
New York, NY
The seminar will focus on the various metrics that are used in citation analysis and look at how the data derived in this process influence decisions throughout the research cycle. In today’s world where the competition for research funding is intense, with great demand for quick, relevant information, more and more people involved in research and scholarly communication are using bibliographic measurements – or bibliometrics -- to assess research quality and monitor research trends. Find out how the tools used in this field of study can play a strategic role in your work.
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Registration Form- Web Presence
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
12:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Association of American Publishers
71 Fifth Avenue (between 14th & 15th Streets)
New York, NY
This session will focus on the "web presence" that publishers provide for journals and will explore the different needs of editorial, marketing and sales, and fulfillment and how these departments work together to implement a well-rounded site that provides useful information and useful tools for subscribers, potential authors, journal editorial boards, and readers and researchers around the world.
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Explore the World of Professional and Scholarly Publishing (.pdf)
Commissioned by the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division of AAP, in association with the Society for Scholarly Publishing and the Association of American University Presses, as a service to students and professionals considering a career in the PSP field. For a paper copy email spinto@publishers.org.