The Council of the European Union adopts Conclusions on scientific informationin which it “recognises the strategic importance for Europe’sscientific development of current initiatives to develop sustainablemodels for open access […]” and “underlines the importance ofeffective collaboration between different actors, including fundingagencies, researchers, research institutions and scientific publishers,in relation to access [… to], scientific publications”. Theseprinciples […]
The Swedish National Library, on behalf of the BIBSAMconsortium for Swedish research libraries, signs the Expression ofInterest in joining the SCOAP3 consortium.
Springer makes a further step towards Open Access: The European Physical Journal C, which is among the potential initial partners of SCOAP3, is willing to negotiate with funding agencies interested in Open Access to become fully Open Access. In anticipation of such successful negotiations, all experimental papers accepted by The European Physical Journal C will […]
The rectors and council chairmen of Greek Universities confirm the participation of the Greek academic community in SCOAP3. The financial support will be covered by the Greek Library Association’s budget, completed by the participating universities.
The Portuguese Minister of Science, Professor Mariano Gago, during the closing address at the Berlin 5 Open Access conference held in Padua, strongly supports the SCOAP3 initiative. Watch the video
Robert Aymar, CERN Director General, signs the Expression of Interest to join the SCOAP3 consortium.
The INFN (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Italy) expresses its interest to join the SCOAP3 consortium.
On behalf of the Assembly of Greek universities, the University of Patras signs the Expression of Interest to join the SCOAP3 consortium.
The director of CNRS/IN2P3 signs the Expression of Interest to join the SCOAP3 consortium.
ICFA, the International Committeefor Future Accelerators, a major forum for future directions inHigh-Energy Physics, encourages concerned parties from all worldregions to actively get involved in the SCOAP3 initiative to ensure itssuccess. ICFA also invites its members to facilitate the implementationof SCOAP3 by raising awareness on open-access publishing in theircommunities. Read their statement.