ACADEMIA
Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education
The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education is the leading typology of American colleges and universities.
Chronicle of Higher Education
The Chronicle of Higher Education is the No. 1 source of news, information and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators.
EDUCAUSE
EDUCAUSE is a nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology.
For additional information, please contact:
Email: info@educause.edu
Phone: 303-449-4430 Science Watch
Tracks trends and performance in basic reserch.
ARCHIVING & PRESERVATION
LOCKSS
LOCKSS is open source, peer-to-peer software that functions as a persistent access preservation system. Information is delivered via the web, and stored using a sophisticated but easy to use caching system.
For additional information, please contact:
Email: vreich@stanford.edu
Phone: 001-650-725-1134
CLOCKSS
Controlled LOCKSS (CLOCKSS) is a not for profit, community governed, distributed archive network. Presently seven libraries (six in the U.S. and one in the U.K.) are each hosting two CLOCKSS boxes. For additional information, please contact:
Email: info@clockss.org
Phone: 650-721-5838
Portico
The mission of Portico is to preserve scholarly literature published in electronic form and to ensure that these materials remain accessible to future scholars, researchers, and students.
For library participation inquiries:
149 Fifth Avenue, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10010, USA
609 986-2276
participation@portico.org
For publisher participation inquiries:
100 Campus Drive, Suite 100, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA
609 986-2222
publisher.relations@portico.org
For all other inquiries:
301 E. Liberty St., Suite 250, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, USA
734 887-7087 or toll-free 877 422-4022 in the USA
support@portico.org
The BiblioVault: A Digital Repository for Scholarly Books
The BiblioVault initiative is dedicated to helping presses manage the lifecycles of their books and make these books known and available for as long as they have value. For additional information, please contact Kate Davey.
Email: kdavey@press.uchicago.edu
Phone: 773-834-4417
The Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. The Internet Archive Wayback Machine is a service that allows people to visit archived versions of Web sites.
Biblio Used, Rare and Out-of-Print Books
We provide tens of millions of used, rare, and out-of-print books and textbooks from a global network of independent booksellers.
BOOK REVIEWS
Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries
CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries reviews significant current books and electronic media of interest to those in higher education.
H-Net Book Reviews
Reviews published online; authors and readers engage in discussion of the reviews online.
Law and Politics Book Review
An electronic periodical published by the Law and Courts section of the American Political Science Association.
New York Times Book Review Archive
Free (for reviews from the past 10 years), registration required.
New York Review of Books
With a national circulation of over 125,000, The New York Review of Books has established itself, in Esquire's words, as "the premier literary-intellectual magazine in the English language."
For additional information, please contact:
Phone: 212 757-8070
COPYRIGHT & INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
CENDI Projects: Copyright and Intellectual Property
Extensive information on U.S. copyright law, especially as it applies to U.S. government documents. CENDI is an interagency working group of senior Scientific and Technical Information Managers from nine U.S. Federal Agencies.
CONTU Guidelines
Guidelines on Photocopying under Interlibrary Loan from the Final Report of the National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works, July 31, 1978, Library of Congress, Washington, DC, 1979, pages 54-55
Copylaw Online
Web site of The Law Offices of Lloyd J. Jassin. Copylaw.com is contains useful articles and forms, including articles on fair use, collaboration agreements, etc. In addition, there is a special "How to Locate an Author" section for clearing permission to copyrighted materials.
Copyright Clearance Center
Copyright Clearance Center is the world's premier provider of copyright licensing and compliance solutions for the information content industry.
For additional information, please contact:
Email: info@copyright.com
Phone: 976-750-8400
Creative Commons
Creative Commons is a nonprofit that offers a flexible copyright for creative work.
For additional information, please contact:
Email: info@creativecommons.org
Phone: +1-415-369-8480
freedominfo.org
This site is a one-stop portal that describes best practices, consolidates lessons learned, explains campaign strategies and tactics, and links the efforts of freedom of information advocates around the world.
Licensingmodels.com
Model standard licenses in the public domain for use by publishers, librarians and subscription agents for electronic resources.
For additional information, please contact:
Email: John.E.Cox@btinternet.com
Phone: +44 (0) 1327 861193
Stanford University Library/Copyright and Fair Use
This site is sponsored by Stanford University Libraries and Academic Information Resources, NOLO - Law Books & Legal Forms, Onecle, LexBlog Lawyer Blogs.
The Publishing Law Center
This site is devoted to providing quality information for the publishing community - publishers, authors, editors, web masters, and freelancers.
The US Copyright Office
The mission of the Copyright Office is to promote creativity by administering and sustaining an effective national copyright system.
For additional information, please contact:
Phone: (202) 707-3000
World International Property Organization
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is an international organization dedicated to promoting the use and protection of works of the human spirit.
DIRECTORIES & SEARCH ENGINES
Google
Google's mission is to organize the world's information.
Google Scholar (Beta)
Search scholarly papers (in beta) iBerry: The Academic Porthole
Annotated links for educators, researchers, graduates and others requiring access to general and subject-specific resources and courseware in Higher Education.
Open Directory Project
The Open Directory Project is the largest, most comprehensive human-edited directory of the Web. It is constructed and maintained by a vast, global community of volunteer editors.
PubList.com
PubList.com provides detailed publication information, including titles, formats, publisher addresses, editor contacts, circulation data, and ISSN numbers, for domestic and international publications.
Yahoo
The de-facto yellow pages of the web.
ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING RESOURCES & INITIATIVES
Coalition for Networked Information
CNI is an organization dedicated to supporting the transformative promise of networked information technology for the advancement of scholarly communication and the enrichment of intellectual productivity. Current Cites
An annotated bibliography of selected articles, books, and digital documents on information technology.
Digital Library and Archives
The Digital Library and Archives works with members of the university community to help them create online resources.
Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities
The Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities provides researchers in the arts and humanities with an opportunity to employ sophisticated technical support and advanced computer technology in the service of their scholarship.
Ithaka
Ithaka is a not-for-profit organization with a mission to accelerate the productive uses of information technologies for the benefit of higher education around the world.
For additional information, please contact:
Email: info@ithaka.org
Phone: 609-986-2200
Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH)
MITH is a collaborative community of scholars, an interdisciplinary institute, and an electronic space devoted to exploring the use of new technologies in university research, teaching, and community outreach.
For additional information, please contact:
Email: mith@umd.edu
Pew Internet & American Life Project
The Pew Internet & American Life Project produces reports that explore the impact of the Internet on families, communities, work and home, daily life, education, health care, and civic and political life.
ResourceShelf
Resources and News for Information Professionals
Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography
This bibliography presents selected English-language articles, books, and other printed and electronic sources that are useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing efforts.
Subject Index to Literature on Electronic Sources of Information
The Subject Index and its associated Bibliography deals with all aspects of electronic publishing and are continuously updated.
Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikipedia is a Web-based, free-content encyclopedia that is written collaboratively by volunteers. It consists of 195 independent language editions sponsored by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. WikiProfessional
WikiProfessional's Concept Web Initiative is a global collaboration to innovate how knowledge is represented and expanded on the Internet. For additional information, please contact: Albert Mons
Email: amons@knewco.com
Phone: 518-368-0542
FOUNDATIONS & PHILANTHROPY
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
The Burroughs Wellcome Fund is an independent private foundation dedicated to advancing the medical sciences by supporting research and other scientific and educational activities.
GuideStar: The National Database of NonProfit Organizations
Guidestar focuses on the operations and finances of nonprofit organizations and provides an interactive marketplace of information for nonprofit, organizations, donors, foundations, and businesses.
For additional information, please contact:
Email: customerservice@guidestar.org
Phone: 757-229-4631
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
NEH is an independent grant-making agency of the United States government dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities.
National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 "to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense…"
Open Society Institute
The Open Society Institute (OSI), a private operating and grantmaking foundation, aims to shape public policy to promote democratic governance, human rights, and economic, legal, and social reform.
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
THE ANDREW W. MELLON FOUNDATION makes grants in higher education, museums and art conservation, performing arts, conservation and the environment, and public affairs.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
The Chronicle of Philanthropy is the news source for charity leaders, fund raisers, grant makers, and other people involved in the philanthropic enterprise.
For additional information, please contact:
Email: help@philanthropy.com
The Foundation Center
The Foundation Center's mission is to strengthen the nonprofit sector by advancing knowledge about U.S. philanthropy.
For additional information, please contact:
Phone: (800) 424-9836
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation makes grants to address the most serious social and environmental problems facing society, where risk capital, responsibly invested, may make a difference over time.
GLOBAL PUBLISHING RESOURCES
Annual World Development Indicators
Worldview of people, the economy, the environment, states and markets, and global links published by The World Bank Group (www.worldbank.org)
Health Internet Access to Research Initiative (HINARI)
The Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative (HINARI) provides free or very low cost online access to the major journals in biomedical and related social sciences to local, non-profit institutions in developing countries.
International Network for the Availability of Scientific Information (INASP)
INASP assists transitional and developing countries to access, create and use information and knowledge. INASP partners with information and communication professionals such as librarians, ICT experts, professional associations, publishers, editors and networks.
For additional information, please contact:
Email: inasp@inasp.info
Phone: +44 1865 249909
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is a unique forum where the governments of 30 market democracies work together to address the economic, social, environmental and governance challenges of the globalising world economy, as well as to exploit its opportunities.
PKP: The Public Knowledge Project
The Public Knowledge Project is dedicated to exploring whether and how new technologies can be used to improve the professional and public value of scholarly research.
Union of International Associations
The Union of International Associations (UIA) is a nonprofit clearing house for information on over 40,000 international organizations and constituencies.
GOVERNMENT RESOURCES
FedLaw
Fedlaw has assembled references of use to people doing Federal legal research and which can be accessed directly through hypertext connections.
FedWorld Information Network
The National Technical Information Service (NTIS) helps you access U.S. Government Information online.
First Gov
The U.S. Government's official web portal: government at your fingertips.
Library of Congress
MEDLINEPlus
MedlinePlus provides health information from the world's largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine. Information is authoritative and up to date. MedlinePlus has extensive information from the National Institutes of Health and other trusted sources on over 700 diseases and conditions.
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
NCES is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data that are related to education in the United States and other nations.
U.S. Department of Education
Provides useful information about programs, policies, people, and practices that exist at the Department, the projects it funds, and elsewhere.
United States Patent and Trademark Organization
The USPTO mission is to ensure that the intellectual property system contributes to a strong global economy, encourages investment in innovation, and fosters entrepreneurial spirit.
IMPACT FACTORS
Eigenfactor
Provides data for the nearly 8,000 titles in the Journal Citation Reports® (JCR) along with about 110,000 other publications referenced by the JCR-covered serials. The Eigenfactor method uses citations in the academic literature as tallied by JCR.
Impact Factor
Impact factors are calculated each year by Thomson Scientific for those journals which it indexes, and the factors and indices are published in Journal Citation Reports (JCR). Thomson Scientific also annually calculates the immediacy index, which is the average citation number of an article in that year; the journal cited half-life, which is the median age of the articles cited in JCR; and the aggregate impact factor for a subject category
INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORIES
CODA
Caltech’s institutional repository for faculty approved research results and other content supporting the mission of the Institute. This repository was launched in 2000 and has grown to include electronic theses, technical reports, books, conference papers, and oral histories from the Caltech archives.
DAEDALUS: A JISC FAIR PROJECT
DAEDALUS will establish a network of freely accessible Digital Collections at the University of Glasgow.
For additional information, please contact:
Email: daedalus@gla.ac.uk
DSpace
DSpace is a groundbreaking digital library system to capture, store, index, preserve, and redistribute all your scholarly research material in digital formats.
EPrints
eprints.org is dedicated to opening access to the refereed research literature online through author/institution self-archiving. eprints.org is part of the Open Citation Project, a DLI2 International Digital Libraries Project funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) of the Higher Education Funding Councils, in collaboration with the National Science Foundation.
eScholarship Repository
The repository is a service of the eScholarship initiative of the California Digital Library. Research and scholarly output included here has been selected and deposited by the individual University of California units.
Fedora Project
The goal of The Fedora Project is to work with the Linux community to build a complete, general purpose operating system exclusively from open source software.
HOFPRINTS
HofPrints is an electronic archive for papers produced by members of the Hofstra University Community. This archive includes papers written by Hofstra faculty and administrators, papers delivered at Hofstra University sponsored conferences as well as invited lectures.
Open Archives Initiative
The Open Archives Initiative develops and promotes interoperability standards that aim to facilitate the efficient dissemination of content.
The Case for Institutional Repositories: A Position Paper
This paper examines institutional repositories strategically, from two complementary perspectives: 1) as a natural extension of academic institutions' responsibility as generators of primary research seeking to preserve and leverage their constituents' intellectual assets; and 2) as one potentially major component in the evolving structure of scholarly communication.
LIBRARY ORGANIZATIONS & RESOURCESAcqWeb
A site developed for acquisition librarians
Association of Research Libraries.
ARL influences the changing environment of scholarly communication and the public policies that affect research libraries and the communities they serve. For additional information, please contact:
Email: arlhq@arl.org
Council on Library and Information Resources
CLIR's mission is to expand access to information, however recorded and preserved, as a public good.
For additional information, please contact:
Phone: (202) 939-4750
Government Documents Round Table (GODORT)
The American Library Association Government Documents Round facilitates exchange of ideas by librarians working with government documents.
ICOLC
The International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC) is an informal, self-organized group comprising nearly 150 library consortia from around the world. The Coalition serves primarily higher education institutions by facilitating discussion among consortia on issues of common interest.
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
IFLA is the leading international body representing the interests of library and information services and their users. It is the global voice of the library and information profession.
For additional information, please contact:
Email: IFLA@ifla.org
Phone: +31 70 3140884
LIBLICENSE
LIBLICENSE provide sinformation and assistance for academic and research libraries as they read and negotiate licenses with information providers for electronic information content.
Library Journal
Library Journal delivers features, news, technology, and analysis, along with nearly 7000 book reviews and hundreds of reviews of audiobooks, videos, databases, systems, and software 20 times a year.
For additional information, please contact:
Phone: 646-746-6819
MLANET
The Medical Library Association is a nonprofit, educational organization of more than 1,100 institutions and 3,600 individual members in the health sciences information field. NEDLIB: Networked European Deposit Library
NEDLIB is a collaborative project of European national libraries. It aims to construct the basic infrastructure upon which a networked European deposit library can be built.
North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG)
NASIG is an independent organization that promotes communication, information, and continuing education about serials and the broader issues of scholarly communication.
For additional information, please contact:
Email: info@nasig.org
OCLC (Online Computer Library Center)
OCLC is a nonprofit, membership, computer library service and research organization dedicated to the public purposes of furthering access to the world's information and reducing information costs. More than 53,548 libraries in 96 countries and territories around the world use OCLC services to locate, acquire, catalog, lend and preserve library materials.
ODLIS: Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science
The most comprehensive and reliable English-language resource for terminology used in all types of libraries. For additional information, please contact:
Phone: 1-800-225-5800
The Shifted Librarian: Shifting Libraries at the Speed of Byte
The Shifted Librarian covers how the change from pursuing information to receiving information is and will be affecting libraries.
LISTSERVS
Current Cites
To log on, send a message to listproc@library.berkeley.edu with the single line in the message of your email: "sub cites YourFirstName YourLastName"
LIBLICENSE-L
To log on, send a message to ListServ@pantheon.yale.edu with the single line in the message of your email: "SUB LIBLICENSE-L YourFirstName YourLastName"
SSP
Join the Debate about Open Access on the SSP General Listserv.
Usage Listserv
To post messages to the listserv you will first need to join it. Simply send an untitled message to jiscmail@jiscmail.ac.uk and in the body of the text type: join usage [Your first name Your last name]. JISCMAIL will send you a confirmation message.
OPEN ACCESS
BioMed Central
BioMed Central is an independent publishing house committed to providing immediate free access to peer-reviewed biomedical research.
Budapest Open Access Initiative
The initiative invites governments, universities, libraries, journal editors, publishers, foundations, learned societies, professional associations, and individual scholars who share our vision to join us in the task of removing the barriers to open access and building a future in which research and education in every part of the world are that much more free to flourish.
For additional information, please contact:
Email: mhagemann@sorosny.org
Directory of Open Access Journals
This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. We aim to cover all subjects and languages.
For additional information, please contact:
Email: Lotte.Jorgensen@lub.lu.se
Phone: +46 46 222 34 31
Flying Publisher Free Medical Information
Promotes free access to medical information online
OAIster
OAIster is a project of the University of Michigan Digital Library Production Service. The Project's goal is to create a collection of freely available, previously difficult-to-access, academically-oriented digital resources that are easily searchable by anyone.
Open Access News Blog
Open Access Overview
An introduction to open access for those who are new to the concept
Oxford Open
Oxford Open is an open access project of Oxford Journals, a division of Oxford University Press (OUP). Oxford Open offers an optional author-pays model to authors of accepted papers in a range of Oxford Journals titles.
Policy on Enhancing Public Access to Archived Publications Resulting from NIH-Funded Research
NIH-funded investigators are requested to submit to the NIH National Library of Medicine's (NLM) PubMed Central (PMC) an electronic version of the author's final manuscript upon acceptance for publication, resulting from research supported, in whole or in part, with direct costs from NIH. The author's final manuscript is defined as the final version accepted for journal publication, and includes all modifications from the publishing peer review process.
For additional information, please contact:
Email: PublicAccess@nih.gov
Public Library of Science
The Public Library of Science (PLoS) is a nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a public resource.
For additional information, please contact:
Email: plos@plos.org
Phone: +1(415)624-1200
PubMed Central
PubMed Central (PMC) is the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.
Scholarly Journals Distributed Via the World Wide Web
This directory provides links to established Web-based scholarly journals that offer access to English language article files without requiring user registration or fees.
SPARC
SPARC, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, is an alliance of academic and research libraries and organizations working through advocacy, education, and incubation of alternatives to correct market dysfunctions in the scholarly publishing system.
For additional information, please contact:
Email: sparc@arl.org
Phone: 202-296-2296
SPARC Open Access Newsletter
Timeline of the Open Access Movement
Washington DC Principles for Free Access to Science
The Washington DC Principles for Free Access to Science outlines the commitment of not-for-profit publishers to work in partnership with scholarly communities, such as libraries.
PRODUCTS & SERVICES
American Psychological Association Style Guide
This is a link to the APA Style Guide. Includes weekly style tips and publishing/purchasing info.
Books In Print
... the industry’s largest Web-based bibliographic resource for professionals.
Chicago Manual of Style (15th ed.)
The new fifteenth edition of The Chicago Manual of Style -- the most extensive revision in twenty years. The Manual is more comprehensive and easier to use than ever before.
Criticalmath Peer Review Management
Criticalmath's Peer Review Management is an online manuscript management system. It is ideal for small to medium-sized journals because it is easy-to-use, efficient and inexpensive. We also offer a free one-month trial period with no obligation whatsoever.
For additional information, please contact: Dean Haddock
Email: dean@criticalmath.com
Dynamic Diagrams: Information Architecture & Design for Scholarly Publishing
A studio concentrating in information design and visual explanation, Dynamic Diagrams has helped associations, societies, and professional publishers optimize the presentation of their online content since 1990. For additional information, please contact: Timothy Roy
Email: info1@dynamicdiagrams.com
Phone: (401) 223-1233 ext. 104.
John B. McHugh, Publishing Consultant
Consultant John B. McHugh brings over 30 years of publishing experience to specialties including: audits, associations, books, copyright, executive recruiting, organizational design, product development, periodicals, RFP's and new ventures.
For additional information, please contact: John McHugh
Email: j.b.mchugh@att.net
Phone: (414) 351-3056
msTracker
The msTracker is a web-based application that is designed to accelerate and simplify the manuscript submission, peer review, and publication process while reducing the related administrative and postage costs.
Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory
The global source for periodicals information.
PUBLISHING & BOOKSELLING RESOURCES
AuthorConnect
AuthorConnect provides an opportunity to writers for free publishing of their written works.
BookWire
Probably the best current index of book-related information on the net.
Google Book Search (Beta)
Google Books Search aims to put book content in Google search results. Clicking on a title in the search results will lead users to the page from the book on which the search terms appear, as well as publisher info and links to online booksellers. Journal of Scholarly Publishing
The Journal of Scholarly Publishing combines philosophical analysis with practical advice and aspires to explain, argue, discuss and question the large collection of new topics that continuously arise in the publishing field.
Mequoda Group
Mequoda Group shows publishers how to transform their special-interest brands into niche media empires. Our in-depth research and best practice guidelines are made available to publishers through newsletters, handbooks, websites, seminars and professional services. For additional information, please contact: Julie Ottomano. Email: julie@mequoda.com
Phone: (800) 901-3556 or 508-435-1005
Publisher Links
Provides links to publishers' websites worldwide.
Publishers' Lunch
Publishers Lunch is the industry's "daily essential read," now shared with nearly 30,000 publishing people every day. Each report gathers together stories from all over the web and print of interest to the professional trade book community, along with original reporting.
Publishers' Weekly
The International Voice for Book Publishing and Book Selling.
PUBLISHING ORGANIZATIONS & ASSOCIATIONS
American Booksellers Association
American Medical Writers Association
The mission of the American Medical Writers Association is to promote excellence in biomedical communication and to provide educational resources that support that goal.
American Society of Indexers
Promotes excellence in indexing and increase awareness of the value of well-written indexes. Includes a variety of resources and further links, as well as an online locator useful for finding indexers by state, subject speciality, or publication type.
For additional information, please contact:
Email: info@asindexing.org
Phone: (303) 463-2887
Association of American Publishers
AAP, representing publishers of all sizes and types located through out the United States, is the principal trade organization of the book publishing industry.
For additional information, please contact:
Phone: 212-255-0200
Association of Learned and Professional Scholarly Publishers
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) is the international trade association for not-for-profit publishers and those who work with them. It provides representation of the not-for-profit sector, collective services, and professional development activities. For additional information, please contact:
Phone: +44 (0)1903 871 686
Board of Editors in Life Sciences
The Board of Editors in the Life Sciences (BELS)evaluates the proficiency of manuscript editors in the life sciences and to award credentials similar to those obtainable in other professions.
Book Industry Study Group
The Book Industry Study Group, Inc. (BISG) sets industry standards and conducts industry research on behalf of publishers, booksellers, libraries and vendors.
For additional information, please contact:
Email: info@bisg.org
CrossRef
CrossRef promotes the cooperative use of innovative technologies to speed and facilitate scholarly research. The specific CrossRef mission is to be the citation linking backbone for all scholarly information in electronic form.
For additional information, please contact:
Email: info@crossref.org
Phone: +1-781-295-0072
Drug Information Association
DIA is a multidisciplinary professional association dedicated to the goal of continuously improving professional practice.
European Medical Writers Association
EMWA's aim is to provide educational and social networking opportunities for its members. It offers a broad variety of courses that cover several topics.
Federation of European Publishers
The Federation of European Publishers (FEP) is an independent, non commercial umbrella association of book publishers associations in the European Union.
International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers
STM participates in the development of information identification protocols and electronic copyright management systems.
International Digital Publishing Forum
The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), formerly the Open eBook Forum (OeBF), is the trade and standards association for the digital publishing industry. International Society for Managing and Technical Editors
The International Society for Managing and Technical Editors is an individual-based membership organization formed to promote the professionalism of Managing and Technical Editors and the value of the position.
National Association of Science Writers
The National Association of Science Writers (NASW) fosters the dissemination of accurate information regarding science through all media normally devoted to informing the public. For additional information, please contact:
Email: diane@nasw.org
Phone: 304-754-5077
National Information Standards Organization
NISO (The National Information Standards Organization), a non-profit association accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), identifies, develops, maintains, and publishes technical standards to manage information.
For additional information, please contact:
Email: nisohq@niso.org
Phone: 301-655-2512
National Initiative for a Networked Cultural Heritage
The National Initiative for a Networked Cultural Heritage (NINCH) is a diverse coalition of organizations created to assure leadership from the cultural community in the evolution of the digital environment.
NFAIS
NFAIS (The National Federation of Abstracting and Indexing Services) serves groups that aggregate, organize, and facilitate access to information. For additional information, please contact:
Email: NFAIS@nfais.org
PEN American Center
PEN American Center is the largest of the 141 centers of International PEN, the world’s oldest human rights organization and the oldest international literary organization.
Professional Scholarly Publishing (PSP)
A division of the American Association of Publishers, PSP represents scholarly and professional publishers. PSP sponsors educational workshops, an annual conference, and monitors federal government activities relevant to its members.
For additional information, please contact:
Email: sbrandwein@publishers.org
Phone: 212-255-0200 ext. 257.
Project COUNTER
COUNTER (Counting Online Usage of Networked Electronic Resources) is an international initiative designed to serve librarians, publishers and intermediaries by facilitating the recording and exchange of online usage statistics.
For additional information, please contact:
Email: pshepherd@projectCounter.org PMA
PMA, the Independent Book Publishers' Association, provides cooperative marketing programs, education and advocacy within the publishing industry.
SIPA---Specialized Information Publishers Association
SIPA is the international trade association dedicated to advancing the interests of subscription newsletter publishers and specialized-information services. For additional information, please contact:
Email: info@sipaonline.com
Phone: (800)356-9302
Society of Scholarly Publishing (SSP)
The mission of SSP is to advance scholarly publishing and communication and the professional development of its members through education, collaboration, and networking among individuals in this field. For additional information, please contact: Phone: 303-422-3914
Software and Information Industry Association
The Software & Information Industry Association is the principal trade association for the software and digital content industry. SIIA provides global services in government relations, business development, corporate education and intellectual property protection to the leading companies that are setting the pace for the digital age.
For additional information, please contact:
Phone: 1-202-289-7097
TeX Users Group
The TeX Users Group (TUG) was founded in 1980 for educational and scientific purposes, to provide an organization for those who have an interest in typography and font design, and are users of the TeX typesetting system invented by Donald Knuth.
The Association of American University Presses, Inc. (AAUP)
The Association of American University Presses (AAUP), an organization of non-profit scholarly publishers, is dedicated to the support of creative and effective scholarly communications. Through professional development opportunities, cooperative programs, and information resources, AAUP helps its members fulfill their common commitments to scholarship, the academy and society.
The Council of Editors of Learned Journals
The Council of Editors of Learned Journals, an Allied Organization of the Modern Language Association, is an organization of editors of scholarly journals devoted to study in the humanistic disciplines
The Council of Science Editors
Aims to improve communication in the life sciences by educating authors, editors, and publishers; by providing means of cooperation among persons interested in publishing in the life sciences; and by promoting effective communication practices in primary and secondary publishing in any form.
Society for Technical Communication
STC is an individual membership organization dedicated to advancing the arts and sciences of technical communication.
SCHOLARLY E-JOURNAL INITIATIVES
ALPSP Learned Journals Collection
The ALPSP Learned Journals Collections (in partnership with Swets) is an initiative whereby ALPSP member publishers work together, through Swets Information Services, to sell a combined package of their journals to consortia and other large customers.
For additional information, please contact:
Email: info@alpsp-collection.org
Anthrosource
Serves the research, teaching, and professional needs of anthropologists, developed by the American Anthropological Association (AAA).
For additional information, please contact:
Email: contact@anthrosource.net
Bepress
The Berkeley Electronic Press publishes high-quality peer-reviewed journals that offer cutting-edge research quickly and at sustainable prices. For additional information, please contact:
Email: info@bepress.com
Phone: 510-665-1200
BioOne
BioOne is a unique aggregation of high impact bioscience research journals.
For additional information, please contact:
Phone: 202-296-2296
Comitatus
Journal of Medieval and Renaissance studies from UCLA is devoted to publishing articles by new scholars, with a special interest in articles that have an interdisciplinary scope.
D-Lib Magazine
A monthly magazine about digital libraries for researchers, developers, and the intellectually curious. New issues are published on the 15th of each month.
Erudit
Érudit disseminates the results of university research and contributes to the development of leading-edge expertise in academic digital publishing.
Highwire Press
HighWire Press is a division of the Stanford University Libraries, which produces the online versions of high-impact, peer-reviewed journals and other scholarly content. The HighWire collection is fully searchable.
History Cooperative
The History Cooperative, a nonprofit humanities resource, offers top-level online history scholarship and collateral content, including multimedia elements that could not be reproduced in the print versions of some articles.
JSTOR
JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization with a dual mission to create and maintain a trusted archive of important scholarly journals, and to provide access to these journals as widely as possible. JSTOR offers researchers the ability to retrieve high-resolution, scanned images of journal issues and pages as they were originally designed, printed, and illustrated.
For additional information, please contact:
Phone: (212) 358-6400
New Jour
Electronic Journal and Newsletter Archive.
Postmodern Culture
Founded in 1990 as an experiment in scholarly publishing on the Internet, Postmodern Culture has become the leading electronic journal of interdisciplinary thought on contemporary cultures. PMC combines high scholarly standards with broad appeal for non-academic readers. As an entirely web-based journal, PMC can publish still images, sound, animation, and full-motion video as well as text.
Project Euclid
Project Euclid, a user-centered initiative, provides an environment for the effective and affordable distribution of serial literature in mathematics and statistics. Project Euclid addresses the unique needs of independent and society journals through a collaborative partnership with scholarly publishers, professional societies, and academic libraries.
For additional information, please contact:
Email: EUCLID-L@cornell.edu
Project Muse
Project MUSE’s mission is to provide electronic access to primary current periodical content from not-for-profit publishers in the humanities and social sciences. Muse currently provides online access to over 300 titles from some 70 publishers to its nearly 1,200 subscribing libraries worldwide.
For additional information, please contact:
Email: muse@muse.jhu.edu
The Alchemist
The Alchemist is the weekly webzine of ChemWeb.com, providing the chemical community with daily news and weekly feature articles. Registration is required to access the site, but free of charge.
World Wide Web Journal of Biology
Provides articles, a readers forum, and links to resource compilations and on-line databases.
SCHOLARLY ELECTRONIC BOOKS
Gutenberg-e
The Gutenberg-e prizewinning books have undergone a rigorous academic review process by distinguished historians brought together by the American Historical Association and produced through a close collaboration between the authors and the electronic publishing staff at Columbia University Press.
Project Gutenberg
Publishes plain-text electronic versions of classic literature and scholarly works from versions which are in the public domain.
For additional information, please contact: Michael Hart. Email: hart@pobox.com
The Online Books Page
Lists over 25,000 free books on the web.
For additional information, please contact:
Email: onlinebooks@pobox.upenn.edu
SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION
Google Analytics
Google Analytics helps you learn about where your website visitors come from and how they interact with your site. Use Google Analytics to improve your results online, write better ads, strengthen your marketing initiatives, and create higher-converting websites. Google Analytics is free to all advertisers, publishers, and site owners. Included on the website is Conversion University, which explains search engine optimization and provides analytical tools.
Live Keyword Analysis
Keyword Analysis is a fundamental search engine optimization strategy. Using this tool, you can type in your keywords and then paste in your text and your keyword density analysis will be done on the fly.
Omniture
Omniture provides online business optimization software. Omniture’s software, delivered to customers through hosted, on-demand services, allows customers to manage online, multi-channel and off-line business initiatives without costly investments in IT infrastructure. For additional information, please contact 877.722.7088 [toll free]
Search Engine Land
Search news by a team of search engine optimization experts. SEOmoz
Provides service and education to businesses, individuals, non-profits and government organizations so they can best leverage the unique reach of the Internet to increase visibility and achieve success. Your SEO Plan
Web companion to the book, Search Engine Optimization: An Hour A Day, by Jennifer Grappone and Gravida Couzin. Contains SEO resources, Ask the Experts, Templates and Worksheets, and Blog.
SOCIETIES & ASSOCIATIONS
American Psychological Association
American Society for Information Science and Technology
ASIS&T is a society for those with a common interest in improving the ways society stores, retrieves, analyzes, manages, archives and disseminates information, coming together for mutual benefit.
Modern Language Association
Founded in 1883 by teachers and scholars, the Modern Language Association promotes the study and teaching of language and literature.
Scholarly Societies Project
The Scholarly Societies Project offers free Internet access to directory information (including links to websites) for a selection of scholarly societies across the world.
The American Council of Learned Societies
The American Council of Learned Societies is a private non-profit federation of sixty-eight national scholarly organizations dedicated to the advancement of humanistic studies in all fields of learning.
WEB 2.0
Publisher Reports on New Technologies NEW!
HighWire Press Launches Web 2.0 Technologies
by Mark Johnson
HighWire has long been known as an innovator in scholarly publishing, and many HighWire-hosted journals now offer a variety of web 2.0 features. This is a brief list of some of web 2.0 functionality available on the HighWire platform. More
We welcome submissions from Publishers reporting on their implementation of new technologies. Email Aileen McHugh.
Web 2.0 Sites
citeulike
A scholarly social bookmarking service.
del.icio.us
A social bookmarking site.
digg
A social news site.
Ottobib
A bibliography creator.
Pipes
A composition tool to aggregate, manipulate, and mashup content from around the web.
slideshare
A free community for sharing presentations on the web.
Smithsonian Photography Initiative: Enter The Frame
A prototype social tagging initiative to create a user-generated taxonomy for the Smithsonian photography collection.
Nature Network
A professional networking website for scientists around the world.
Sermo
Forum for physicians to share their latest insights.
technorati
One of many blog search space tools.
The Commons
Describe photographs in the Library of Congress' Collection on Flickr.
YouTube
A community for sharing videos. | 