Associations

American Business Media (ABM)
Founded in 1906, American Business Media is the association for business-to-business information providers, including producers of print publications, websites, trade shows and other media. American Business Media has 253 member companies, representing over 3,000 print and electronic titles and more than 800 trade shows and events. They reach an audience of 100 million professionals and accounted for over $19 billion in industry revenues in 2003.

http://www.americanbusinessmedia.com

American Library Association (ALA)
The American Library Association (ALA) is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with members in academic, public, school, government, and special libraries. As of July 31, 2002, the ALA had 64,211 members, with members in the U.S., Canada, and over 115 other countries. Approximately 93% of those 64,000+ members are personal members, and the rest are organizational or corporate

www.ala.org

American Medical Publishers Asociation (AMPA)
The mission of AMPA is to advance health science publishing and scientific communication worldwide. AMPA serves the professional development needs of its members through advocacy, education, collaboration, and networking among individuals and industry partners in this field. AMPA is the professional association of healthcare publishers and related industry executives. AMPA, a non-profit organization, provides a member forum for the exchange of current medical information, hosts continuing education seminars, and publishes a timely and relevant newsletter.

http://www.ampaonline.org/fr_welcome.htm

American Society of Indexers (ASI)
ASI is a nonprofit organization founded in 1968 to promote excellence in indexing and increase awareness of the value of well-written indexes. You may wish to read our statement of purpose and objectives. ASI is governed by a Board of Directors elected from among the membership. A list of current ASI officers and board members is online. We also maintain a list of speakers, who are available to give workshops and seminars on subjects related to indexing.

http://www.asindexing.org

Association of American Publishers (Professional Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Division)
Regular Membership in the Association is open to all U.S. companies actively engaged in the publication of books, journals, looseleaf services, computer software, audiovisual materials, databases and other electronic products such as CD-ROM and CD-I, and similar products for educational, business and personal use. This includes producers, packagers, and co-publishers who coordinate or manage most of the publishing process involved in creating copyrightable educational materials for distribution by another organization

www.publishers.org