1 Electronic Storage and Document Delivery Services: A publishers’ viewpoint Nick Evans Member Services Manager Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP)

2 What is ALPSP? The international trade association for not-for-profit publishers and those who work with them organisations in membership Increasingly international – 45% non-UK Full members: publishers/scholarly societies Associates: ‘commercial’ members and suppliers ALPSP members publish over 10,000 journals and are based in 36 different countries

3 Worried about the future?

4 Repositories Concern that the introduction of institution and subject repositories will be ‘parasitic’ and have an effect on subscription based models arXiv – higher citations and reduced publisher downloads? 2,765 articles published in four maths journals from 1997 to 1997 indicate increase of 35% in citations (although OUP research shows lesser impact). Articles received 23% fewer downloads from the publisher’s website (about 10 fewer downloads per article) Will this lead to higher cancellations? ‘Does the arXiv lead to higher citations and reduced publisher downloads for mathematics articles?’ Philip M. Davis & Michael J. Fromerth, Cornell University Library –

5 ALPSP and Open Access “We are pleased to see that RCUK has recognised the differences between subject areas, both in terms of attitudes to preprints and the vulnerability of some journals to immediate or early self-archiving and has thus given individual Research Councils the flexibility to set their own policies.”

6 “Publishers – particularly learned societies and other non-profit organisations – are strongly committed to maximising access. The vast majority already have broadly liberal self-archiving policies, although concern is growing about the possible impact of widespread self-archiving and the imposition of short-term embargos is therefore increasing; many are also experimenting with Open Access as an alternative publishing model.” ALPSP Press Release July 2006

7 Open Access take up among publishers Scholarly Publishing Practice: Second Survey 2005, ALPSP 2006 (ISBN ) – John Cox and Laura Cox, Fig % of publishers recently surveyed publish open access journals as part of their publishing programme

8 Document Delivery What is it for? – to fill the gaps in journal subscriptions/licences These gaps are reducing, with widespread site and consortia licences etc etc Where gaps remain, readers have alternatives (Open Access, PPV, Inter- Library loans etc)

9 Questions which arise How does the user find out whether there’s a freely available version? If elsewhere – how to track it down? (network of institutional repositories) BUT Will readers be satisfied with less-than-published version? If no free version, what are the obstacles to uptake of PPV? Can PPV be a substitute for subscriptions?

10 Pay-per view If no free version, what are the obstacles to PPV? A large percentage of visitors get to an item, but do not buy. Why? Price level What version is acceptable?

11 Pay-per-view Scholarly Publishing Practice, 2005 survey, ALPSP

12 Pay-per-view Scholarly Publishing Practice, 2005 survey, ALPSP

13 Thanks. Nick Evans: Tel: +44 (0) Address: ALPSP, 9 Stanbridge Road, Putney, London SW15 1DX, UK