The following list provides links to a range of resources on scholarly communication including statistics, official information, standards, references, style guides, classification schemes, and other useful information.

To add an item to this list please email us the title of the organisation and a brief description together with the URL. 

Statistics
UK Journal Publishing combined statistics 1999/2000 [PDF]
UK Library and information statistics (LISU)
ARL Library Statistics
UK inflation and earnings information

See also 'Market Information' on Publishers Association website and
Global Publishing Information (Free to ALPSP Publisher Members) 

Official Information
UK Government information
UK Small Business Service
UK Data Protection
UK Health and Safety Executive
UK Trade & Investment (exports)
Data Protection
UK Environment Agency
Working with the European Union a practical guide to the EU (DTI)

Standards
British Standards online
US Standards
International Standards
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) - projects, identifiers, standards
Proofreading Marks [PDF]
Consultation on proposed changes [PDF]

Editorial standards
Australian standards for editing practice
Committee on Publication Ethics: Guidelines on Good Publication Practice
Structured Abstracts

References
Citation Styles (MIMAS)
Citing Internet Sources (NLM)
Vancouver Style
Harvard Style
Modern Language Association of America (MLA) Style
American Psychological Association
        www.apastyle.org/elecref.html
        www.psychwww.com/resource/apacrib.htm
American Sociological Association
Council of Biology Editors
Modern Humanities Research Association style guide

Sites listing style guides:

www.ifla.org/I/training/citation/citing.htm
http://history.memphis.edu/mcrouse/elcite.html

Reference Management Software review

Classification Schemes
Medical Subject Headings (MESH)
Biomedical Acronyms
BIOSIS
Physics and Astronomy Classification Scheme (PACS)

Disputes Settlement
Publishers Association Scheme
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution

General publishing
UK Publishing Info
http://publishing.about.com
http://www.thebookseller.co.uk/links (subscribers only - click on 'book industry links')
http://www.publisherslunch.com
http://www.bookweb.co.uk
Links and Trends (Mary Waltham)
Publishing Sites (University of Birmingham Press)
Electric Editors
Infoconnect LIS Directory - website for information professionals
Internetwriter - valuable collection of links
International book and multimedia fairs
Out of Print Books
Information and training resources for publishing and bookselling in developing counties
List of Acronyms (courtesy of PALS and IPA) [PDF]
Info@UK - Information Society developments
Journal Abbreviation Sources
The work of Subscription Agents (ASA)
Publishers Association guidelines for publishers
Best Practices for Publishing Journal Articles (nfais)

Publishers' catalogues
http://www.lights.com/publisher/
http://www.booksforacademics.com

Identifiers
DOI
ISBN

Changes to ISBN-FAQ's

ISSN guidelines
ISSN database
SICI
CODEN
SISAC barcodes
BICI
PII
PubMed
OpenURL
OAI

Free Journals
http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/reser.htm#directories
http://www.freemedicaljournals.com
http://www.history-journals.de
http://dmoz.org/Science/Publications/Journals/Free_Online_Journals/
http://rzblx1.uni-regensburg.de/ezeit/index.phtml?bibid=AAAAA&colors=7&lang=en (green dots indicate freely available full-text articles)
http://www.allacademic.com/journal_list.html

VAT on digitised publications
Customs and Excise VAT Information Sheet

Environmentally conscious paper use

http://greenpressinitiative.org/industrytreatise.htm

US Postal addresses
http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp

IT & Website Design
http://www.useit.com/alertbox
http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com
http://www.webdeveloper.com
http://www.webreference.com
http://www.zdnet.com/developer
http://builder.cnet.com
http://www.wdvl.com

Internet tutorials 
http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/pages/bones/bones.shtml
http://library.albany.edu/internet/

Viruses
http://www.authentium.co.uk/ - discount for ALPSP members
http://www.mcafee.com/anti-virus/
http://www.vmyths.com
http://vil.mcafee.com/hoax.asp
http://www.symantec.com/  

Time around the world
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock