The July issue of Learned Publishing is now online

["Sally Morris" <editor@alpsp.org>]

The July 2009 issue of Learned Publishing is now online. It's an 
extra-long issue, containing a stimulating mix of case studies, 
research and opinion on a range of topics.

All articles are free to all ALPSP and SSP members and to journal 
subscribers; in addition, editorials, reviews and letters to the 
Editors, as well as any articles where the author has taken up 
the 'ALPSP Author Choice' OA option, are now free to all.  If 
you're not a subscriber, why not sign up for a free trial?

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The Editorial (http://dx.doi.org/10.1087/2009301 - OA) looks at 
how the current financial downturn may impact scholarly 
publishers.  Andrew Ladds (http://dx.doi.org/10.1087/2009309) 
picks up a similar theme, giving his forthright view on what 
societies need to do if they are to survive in troubled times.

The emphasis on learned societies continues, with Peter Ashman's 
account (http://dx.doi.org/10.1087/2009307) of a BMJ study to 
ascertain learned societies' needs and wishes from a publishing 
partner, while Sally Morris and Sue Thorn 
(http://dx.doi.org/10.1087/2009308 - OA) report on a survey of 
the views on OA (both Gold and Green) of over 1000 learned 
society members. The actual surveys and data for both these 
studies are freely available online.

Two more articles also look at aspects of Open Access:  Stephen 
Pinfield (http://dx.doi.org/10.1087/2009302 - OA) puts forward a 
number of potential models for future interaction between 
journals and repositories;  and Turid Hedlund and Ingegerd Rabow 
(http://dx.doi.org/10.1087/2009303) describe the role of Open 
Access initiatives in the special publishing situation of the 
small Nordic countries.

Li Li (http://dx.doi.org/10.1087/2009304) outlines the kind of 
face-to-face support that editors of Chinese university journals 
are able to give to their authors.  But it's not all journals; we 
have accounts of two completely different types of publishing 
projects, both of which would only be possible online:  the Mark 
Twain Project Online is described by Lisa Schiff 
(http://dx.doi.org/10.1087/2009305), and Alastair Craven and 
Graham Dallas (http://dx.doi.org/10.1087/2009306) tell us how 
Emerald Management First was developed.

To round it off, there are no fewer than six reviews 
(http://dx.doi.org/10.1087/2009310 - OA) of publications on 
topics as diverse as scholarly communications in Asia, copyright, 
writing skills, information management, research fraud and 
indexing.  And Howard White (http://dx.doi.org/10.1087/2009315 - 
OA) writes a letter taking issue with Phil Davis' January article 
(http://dx.doi.org/10.1087/095315108X378712) on what authors are 
doing when they cite.

Enjoy your reading (and if anything stimulates you to respond, 
don't hesitate to contact us)!

Sally Morris, Editor-in-Chief (editor@alpsp.org)

Janet Fisher, North American Editor (us-editor@alpsp.org)