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There is great excitement in the High-Energy Physics community for the successful start of the operations of the LHC collider. This scientific watershed is relevant for the Open Access community as well: the first LHC physics results, from the ALICE Collaboration, have just been published by Springer in the European Physical Journal C. This article […]

In recent weeks five more U.S. university library have expressed their support to the SCOAP3 initiative: Carnegie Mellon University Creighton University Macalester College Northeastern University and the University of Kentucky. As of today, SCOAP3 has received pledges for over 2.8 Million dollars from over a hundred U.S. libraries and libraries consortia. Worldwide, SCOAP3 partners in […]

Five more U.S. libraries have signed the SCOAP3 Expression of Interest:Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, SUNY Albany, SUNY Buffalo, the University of Michigan, and theUtah State University. With these new partners, SCOAP3 has received pledges for a total of 2.7 Million dollars from leading U.S. libraries and library consortia. Worldwide, SCOAP3 has received pledges for 6.5 […]

Six more U.S. libraries have signed the SCOAP3 Expression of Interest: East Carolina University, Savannah River National Laboratory, the University of Iowa, the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, the University of Mississippi and Wake Forest University. These new SCOAP3 partners join a long list of supporters in the U.S. who have collectively pledged about 3/4 of […]

Material from recent SCOAP3 events is now online: Slides from the July 11th forum at ALA Slides from the June 14th forum at SLA Slides and video of the June 10th SPARC and ACRL webcast. More information on SCOAP3 is also in the SPARC and ACRL FAQs for U.S. libraries

The SCOAP3 Open Access initiative has a unique potential to transform scholarly communication. It offers an opportunity to U.S. libraries of all sizes to experiment with Open Access in a cost-neutral fashion and make a real difference in Open Access. Come to the SCOAP3 forum at ALA in Chicago on July 11th to learn how […]

The FinELib has joined SCOAP3 on behalf of Finland. With Finland, the SCOAP3 membership now counts 21 countries in America, Australasia, Europe and the Middle East, as well as large number of leading U.S. libraries and an international organization. These partners have collectively pledged 63% of the SCOAP3 budget envelope of 10 million Euros/year.

The SCOAP3 Open Access initiative has a unique potential to transform scholarly communication. It offers an opportunity to U.S. libraries of all sizes to experiment with Open Access in a cost-neutral fashion and make a real difference in Open Access. Come to the SCOAP3 forum at SLA in Washington on June 14th to learn how […]

Five more U.S. libraries have pledged to re-direct their current expenditures on High-Energy Physics journals to the SCOAP3 consortium. The new SCOAP3 partners are Arizona State University, Northern Illinois University, Texas A&M University, the University of Chicago and the University of Georgia. Libraries and consortia in the U.S. have so far collectively pledged a total […]

The success of the SCOAP3 proposal depends on the full support of U.S. libraries. SPARC, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition and ACRL, the Association of College and Research Libraries, have prepared a FAQ aiming at supporting the decision-making process for additional U.S. libraries to sign an Expression of Interest in support of SCOAP3. […]