SCOAP3 Partners

SCOAP3 Governing Council Meeting 2023

SCOAP3 is organized as a partnership with CERN playing the role of the Host Organisation, as it does for the large international collaborations performing experiments at the LHC collider. Currently, SCOAP3 comprises over 3,000 libraries and library consortia, universities, research institutions and funding agencies from 47 countries, regions or territories. In addition, three intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) are partners of SCOAP3: the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR).

Each country or region arranges SCOAP3 participation via one or more organisations called the “Representatives”. These organisations sign a “Memorandum of Understanding”, which is the basis of the SCOAP3 partnership. Representatives often administer the participation of their respective participating libraries, e.g. collecting the contributions to the SCOAP3 fund, and are the first point of contact for all partner institutions or other interested parties. The Representatives arrange with all institutions in the country or region their representation in the SCOAP3 Governing Council. Reflecting the diversity within the SCOAP3 partnership, some countries have more than one Representative, some regions are represented by local consortia, or institutions have joined directly, and individually, the SCOAP3 partnership.

Move the mouse over the map to learn more about regional SCOAP3 participation. Click on the map to see the National Contact Points.

SCOAP3 Partners
PartnerRepresentative
AustraliaAustralian National University, Griffith University, the Macquarie University, the Monash University, the Queensland University of Technology, the University of Melbourne, the University of New South Wales and the University of Western Australia
AustriaÖsterreichische Bibliothekenverbund und Service Gmbh (OBVSG)
BelgiumBelgian Delegation to the CERN Council
BulgariaSofia University
CanadaCanadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN)
CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research
ChileANID
China (PRC) National Science and Technology Library (NSTL)
Czech Republic National Library of Technology (NTK)
Denmark Kulturstyrelsen (Danish Agency for Culture)
EstoniaEstonian Libraries Network Consortium
FinlandNational Library of Finland/FinELib
FranceCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
GermanyHelmholtz Gemeinschaft, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft and Technische Informationsbibliothek representing the German universities
GreeceHellenic Academic Libraries – Link (HEAL – Link)
Hong-KongJoint University Librarians Advisory Committee (JULAC)
HungaryLibrary and Information Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency Library
Ireland Ireland Research Library (IReL)
IsraelMALMAD
Italy Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN)
JapanNational Institute of Informatics (NII)
JINRThe Joint Institute for Nuclear Research represents some of its member states: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Cuba, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Mongolia, Uzbekistan, Vietnam.
Korea, Republic of Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information
LithuaniaVilnius University
MexicoCONACYT-CONRICYT
NetherlandsSURFmarket on behalf of Universiteitsbibliotheken en de Koninklijke Bibliotheek (UKB) and Nationaal Instituut voor Subatomaire Fysica (NIKHEF)
NorwayCRIStin
PolandICM University of Warsaw
PortugalFundação para a Ciȇncia e a Tecnologia (FCT)
Slovak Republic Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport
South AfricaSouth African National Library and information Consortium (SANLiC)
SpainConsorcio de Bibliotecas Universitarias de Andalucia (CBUA), Consorcio de Bibliotecas Universitarias de Castilla y Leon (BUCLE), Consorcio Interuniversitario do Sistema Universitario de Galicia, Consortium UNIRIS, Centro de Investigaciones Energeticas, Medioambientales y Tecnologicas (CIEMAT), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Consorci de Serveis Universitaris de Catalunya (CSUC), Grupo 9 de Universidades and Consorcio Madroño
SwedenKungl Biblioteket (National Library of Sweden)
Switzerland University of Geneva
TaiwanPhysics Research Promotion Center
TürkiyeTÜBİTAK ULAKBİM
United KingdomJISC Collections. and The Science and Technology Facilities Council
United StatesLyrasis