From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2017 07:28:35 -0500 Washington, D.C. – November 6, 2017 – A group of prestigious not-for-profit scientific membership societies today announced the launch of the Scientific Society Publisher Alliance (SSPA) (byscientistsforscience.org), an intiative focused on building awareness of and support for publication of scientific research by scientist-run scientific societies. he SSPA started as a collaboration of scientific societies that came together to reinforce and communicate the excellence, importance, and uniqueness of their journals. The launch of the SSPA today formalizes this collaboration. The SSPA seeks to emphasize the value of publishing vital scientific research in scholarly journals managed by working scientists, and edited and peer reviewed in a fair and supportive manner by working scientists. Publishing in a society journal supports researchers and the scientific community, through reinvestment of revenues in the scientific community, in science advocacy, and in the careers of scientists at all stages, as part of the not-for-profit society mission. [SNIP] https://www.asm.org/index.php/newsroom/item/6931-scholarly- publishers-join-forces-to-launch-scientific-society- publisher-alliance-sspa?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiT1RjMU1XUmtZVEJsWVRabS IsInQiOiI2YlltVitodVFhRFNDd1JCSmo5QlB2NTdhOTd0Q2cwTzlpZFVaMn NwcStDVSthVjhmN21OK2pxWTlpXC9yNmFydzJLU2ZYY0l6bUpBZjBCYnpMdm 9PSHZaWFl3QXZvUG10NTlqb3FuaG1ONWRGakp4U1wvYnZvTjN6bnREcG5zYk hlYzlUOUNURE1UNXJGU2NKZG8zVnlldz09In0%253D