Multinational Licence Agreement
ALPSP Learned Journals Collection (ALJC)
The ALPSP Learned Journals Collection is a collection of e-journals published by members of the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP). Founded in 1972, the ALPSP is the international trade association for not-for-profit publishers and represents more than 300 members in 31 countries worldwide.
The ALJC Collection, customised for the Knowledge Exchange initiative consists of 544 high quality titles from 36 well-established small and medium-sized publishers and can be accessed via SwetsWise Online Content and via the individual publisher platforms. No embargoes apply and all content is current. A subscription to the ALJC Collection includes access to backfiles from 1997 (when available).
1. Content Description and title list
2. Subscription and Licensing Terms
3. Offer including pricing
4. Functionality and Standards Compliance
5. Library Support Information
1. Content Description
Main Subject Areas
Archaeology & History (36 titles), Law (39 titles), Life Sciences (62 titles), Linguistics & Arts (93 titles), Medicine (71 titles), Religion & Philosophy (55 titles), Science (120 titles), Social Sciences (106 titles) and Technology (94 titles).
Academic Level of Service
The ALJC Collection will be of interest to undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers.
For more information on the 544 e-journals include in the collections including the following information please click here:
- Title name
- ISSNs
- Publisher
- DDP rate
- Backfile availability
- Subject field
- Multi-level link
Updates
As soon as publishers make new content available, it is integrated in the ALJC Collection, often on a daily basis.
Further information on the ALJC Collection can be found at www.alpsp-collection.org.
Testimonials, Case Studies or User Reviews
“For a number of years we wished to have access to full-text journals from many of the publishers involved in ALJC, but negotiating with every publisher separately seemed like an impossible task. The ALJC solved this by placing content from a wide range of publishers under a single licence with a simplified pricing model - it is indeed a great initiative and we hope that more publishers will join. Moreover, we are very pleased that the ALJC is our first common agreement for the members of SELL. We believe that all members of the individual consortia (ANKOS, HEAL-Link, CBUC) participating in SELL will benefit greatly from this agreement”.
Claudine Xenidou-Dervou, Coordinator of the Steering Committee at HEAL-LINK and Bülent Karasözen, Chairman of ANKOS, commented on behalf of SELL, 6 March 2007.
Publisher's Selection Policy
90% of the titles included in the Collection are peer reviewed journals Many are ranked in the top of their group for ISI Impact Factor.
Many are official journals of the societies Approximately 40% of the collection is indexed in ISI The remaining 60% represent practical application and/or interdisciplinary journals.
Other Institutions that have expressed interest in or who are subscribing to this agreement
KE will opdate a current list of subscribers and applicable discount levels.
2. Subscription and Licensing Terms
The agreement will be for three years, starting from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2011. Institutions can subscribe up till the 1st of September 2009.
For instructions on how to subscribe, the pricing and to access the licence agreement, please see the subscription page on the local websites:
The agreement complies with the terms of the Knowledge Exchange Model Licence.
4. Functionality and Standards Compliance
Full Text Linking
Access to the ALJC is offered via the SwetsWise Online Content platform www.swetswise.com where header data and abstracts are hosted, linking to full-text on the publishers’ sites. Swets can provide institutions with the header data and the multi-level linking details enabling you to full text link from your own library system.
Federated Searching
SwetsWise Online Content supports federated searching via a webservice. With this webservice customers are able to remotely search SwetsWise Online Content and view the results within the interface of any federated search engine such as SwetsWise Searcher.
MARC Records
MARC records for the 544 titles can be provided for a fee of EUR 950 or £ 700. The file will contain one record for each with English language cataloguing. Customized records can be provided for an additional fee dependent on what level of customization is required.
Metadata Standards
XML, SGML
Search Options
SwetsWise Online Content offers several search options to users. Users are able to search on several different fields such as article title, abstract, author and journal title.
Post Search Options
SwetsWise Online Content offers the ability to save search criteria once they have performed the search. The user is able to set the frequency in which they would like SwetsWise to run the search automatically, any new results are then emailed to the user.
Usage Statistics
The SwetsWise platform complies with COUNTER2 standards.
In addition, you can receive the following reports via SwetsWise:
- COUNTER Journal Report 1
- COUNTER Journal Report 3
- COUNTER Journal Report 4
- Usage per article
- Usage per publication
- Usage per publisher
- Logins & sessions
- Ordered articles
- Searches with results
- Searches without results
- Top 20 search terms
Administrators of libraries will be able to download these statistic reports direct from www.swetswise.com at any time. You can schedule any of the reports so that they are automatically generated for you at a predefined frequency or simply have your ERM software retrieve them using the latest SUSHI standards.
Authentication
Access to the ALJC via SwetsWise is available through a range of methods including ATHENS and SHIBBOLETH or via User ID and Password and/or standard IP.
Personalisation of the Online Resource
SwetsWise interfaces contain customization features, which allow personalization including the ability to insert logos, change colors, and customize displays and functionality.
Accessibility
SwetsWise’s compliance with W3C standards is listed below:
Swets will continue to improve the accessibility of SwetsWise as required by the market.
5. Library Support Information
Login URL
www.swetswise.com
Product Documentation
SwetsWise Online Content offers several different documents to help users. These include a detailed user manual and quick reference card, both which can be downloaded from http://www.swetswise.com/web/show/id=44936/langid=42. Additionally, SwetsWise Online Content provides context sensitive help screens.
Training Materials
See ‘Product Documentation’ above.
Technical Support
- Denmark: Susanne Olsen, Electronic Product Manager
Email: solsen@dk.swets.com
Tel: +45 39 15 79 25
- Germany: Meinhard Kettler, Electronic Product Manager
Email: mkettler@de.swets.com
Tel: +49 69 63 39 88 45
- The Netherlands: Rob Noya van Delzen, Electronic Product Manager
Email: rnoyavandelzen@nl.swets.com
Tel: +31 25 24 35 166
- United Kingdom: Simon Litt, Electronic Product Manager
Email: slitt@uk.swets.com
Tel: +44 12 3585 7681
Administrative Support
User Support
- Denmark: Susanne Olsen, Electronic Product Manager
E-mail: solsen@dk.swets.com
Tel: +45 39 15 79 25
- Germany: Meinhard Kettler, Electronic Product Manager
Email: mkettler@de.swets.com
Tel: +49 69 63 39 88 45
- The Netherlands: Rob Noya van Delzen, Electronic Product Manager
Email: rnoyavandelzen@nl.swets.com
Tel: +31 02 52 43 51 66
- United Kingdom: Simon Litt, Electronic Product Manager
E-mail: slitt@uk.swets.com
Tel: +44 01 23 58 57 681
Trial Access
Free trial access for 30 days for the purpose of evaluation can be requested any time by e-mailing to aljcteam@nl.swets.com.
You will then receive a username and password via which you can access the trial on the SwetsWise Online Content platform.
At the end of the trial period you will be provided with usage statistics.
Knowledge Exchange contacts
- Denmark’s Electronic Research Library (DEFF) in Denmark: Janne Ve
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