A consortium facilitates Open Access publishing in High Energy Physics by re-directing subscription money. This answers the request of the High Energy Physics community.
Today: (funding bodies through) libraries buy journal subscriptions to support the peer-review service and allow their patrons to read articles.
Tomorrow: funding bodies and libraries contribute to the consortium, which pays centrally for the peer-review service. Articles are free to read for everyone.
Read now:
-The Executive
Summary of the Report of the SCOAP3
Working Party
-The complete report
02/02/2010, SCOAP3 support crosses the two-thirds mark: U.S. libraries lead the way
In the last two weeks nine more U.S. libraries have expressed their support to the SCOAP3 initiative:
- Allegheny College
- Auburn University
- Bowdoin College
- Southern Illinois University Carbondale
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- University of Maryland
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- Vanderbilt University
- Wayne State University
Over 150 U.S. libraries and library consortia have pledged over 3.1 Million dollars to the SCOAP3 initiative. Worldwide, SCOAP3 partners in 23 countries collectively pledged 6.8 Million Euros. These pledges represent over two thirds of the SCOAP3 funding envelope, and the initiative is getting close to its next steps to convert to Open Access the entire literature of the field of High-Energy Physics.
Several more U.S. libraries are now considering supporting SCOAP3, which needs help from libraries of all sizes to bring change in scholarly communication: the SPARC and ACRL FAQs give details on how to help.
15/01/2010, Strong support for SCOAP3 in the U.S.
Over the last weeks seven more U.S. university libraries expressed their support to the SCOAP3 initiative: Indiana University, Pennsylvania State University, Michigan State University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Rockefeller University, Trinity University and the University of Notre Dame.
Worldwide, SCOAP3 partners in 23 countries collectively pledged over 6.6 Million Euros, or 9.5 Million dollars, corresponding to 66% of the SCOAP3 funding envelope to convert to Open Access the entire literature of the field of High-Energy Physics. The U.S. are the leading country to support the SCOAP3 initiative with over a hundred U.S. libraries and libraries consortia pledging a total of 3 Million dollars, corresponding to 20% of the SCOAP3 funding envelope.
However, before the initiative can proceed, more support is needed in the U.S. and beyond, with about 500'000$ of pledges expected from U.S. libraries of all sizes: the SPARC and ACRL FAQs and webcast give more details on how to help this groundbreaking initiative to transform the landscape of scholarly communication.
