Leading publishers give a practical guide to secondary rights and describe how they make the most from their content. ALPSP Seminar: Know your rights.  Opportunities and Pitfalls in Content Licensing, 27 January – Book now.

For all your academic editors this 1.5 day residential course is a must and not to be missed.   Learn how to make your journal successful and meet the needs of authors, readers, publishers and the public.  Full details

We have an interesting and eclectic issue to start 2010 – lots of ‘Ps’ in fact: the Practical, the Personal, the Provocative, the Perverse (no, surely not – Ed), Plagiarism, Pigs and Peaks, and even a Publisher!

Oxford International Centre for Publishing in collaboration with the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers offers the Certificate in Journals Publishing. Significant discount available for ALPSP Members.

This course will use a variety of methods, including case studies and practical workshops, to examine how publicity and media management can help achieve key journal marketing objectives.

Considering various approaches to effective journal management and relationship building, this course enables delegates to build on their skills to be more effective in meeting the day-to-day challenges of journal publishing, changing business models and editorial processes.

A 1.5 day residential course for Editors-in-Chief, Editorial Board members and Managing Editors.  Many editors may have excellent academic knowledge, but do they know how to maximise the potential of their journal – meeting the needs of authors, readers, owners/publishers and the public (industry, professions, researchers and others)?

This is an introductory, highly participative, course for those new to the editorial side of journals publishing. Participants will gain a broad overview of the workings of the editorial office in both non-commercial and commercial publishing companies.

Whether your production facility remains in-house or you have an outsourced arrangement, a knowledge of underlying technologies and associated jargon is essential. This course explains the current, common technologies used within the production workflow.

The course will use a variety of methods, including case studies, to examine some of the hot topics in the marketplace and review how to apply marketing techniques to generate sales and submissions.

This course provides an introduction to the changing and challenging role of promoting journals in today’s market. Expectations of editorial boards can be high, and marketing staff need to be able to produce a plan which is impressive to editors, delivers results and is achievable.

This course considers ways in which to develop and manage a commercially successful book list and academic journal launch programme. Taking delegates step-by-step through the commissioning process, it aims to provide practical advice and relevant tips and techniques to commission successful content and titles.

This course examines development strategies for individual journals. By providing a solid overview of the publishing world and considering current and future market trends, it will enable delegates to position their journal within this context.

This course examines development strategies for individual journals. By providing a solid overview of the publishing world and considering current and future market trends, it will enable delegates to position their journal within this context.

This workshop will examine the issues, decisions and legal processes involved in the acquisition and sale of content or publications and demonstrate how to achieve these as successfully and as smoothly as possible.