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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. […]

The success of the SCOAP3 initiative depends on widespread support from U.S. libraries. Over a hundred U.S. libraries have expressed their interest in supporting this transformation of scholarly communication in High-Energy Physics. SPARC, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, and ACRL, the Association of College and Research Libraries, have prepared a FAQ aiming to […]

The SCOAP3 support in the U.S. continues to grow: five universities and a consortium have signed an expression of interest pledging to re-direct to SCOAP3 their current subscriptions to HEP journals. The new SCOAP3 partners are Grand Valley State University, the Illinois Institute of Technology, the University of Arizona, the University of Illinois at Chicago, […]

Four more U.S. universities have joined the SCOAP3 initiative: Brigham Young University, the Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia State University and the University of Washington. The SCOAP3 membership in the US now counts about a hundred libraries who, either directly or through their consortia, have collectively pledged a total of 2.2 Million $/year to this […]