SCOAP3 Partners
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.
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3 participation. Click on the map to see the National Contact Points.
SCOAP3 Partners
| Partner | Representative |
| Australia | Australian National University, Griffith University, the Macquarie University, the Queensland University of Technology, the University of Melbourne, the University of New South Wales and the University of Western Australia |
| Austria | Österreichische Bibliothekenverbund und Service Gmbh (OBVSG) |
| Belgium | Belgian Delegation to the CERN Council |
| Bulgaria | Sofia University |
| Canada | Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) |
| CERN | European Organization for Nuclear Research |
| Chile | ANID |
| China (PRC) | National Science and Technology Library (NSTL) |
| Czech Republic | National Library of Technology (NTK) |
| Denmark | Kulturstyrelsen (Danish Agency for Culture) |
| Estonia | Estonian Libraries Network Consortium |
| Finland | National Library of Finland/FinELib |
| France | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) |
| Germany | Helmholtz Gemeinschaft, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft and Technische Informationsbibliothek representing the German universities |
| Greece | Hellenic Academic Libraries – Link (HEAL – Link) |
| Hong-Kong | Joint University Librarians Advisory Committee (JULAC) |
| Hungary | Library and Information Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences |
| IAEA | International Atomic Energy Agency Library |
| Ireland | Ireland Research Library (IReL) |
| Israel | MALMAD |
| Italy | Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) |
| Japan | National Institute of Informatics (NII) |
| JINR | The 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 |
| Lithuania | Vilnius University |
| Mexico | CONACYT-CONRICYT |
| Netherlands | SURFmarket on behalf of Universiteitsbibliotheken en de Koninklijke Bibliotheek (UKB) and Nationaal Instituut voor Subatomaire Fysica (NIKHEF) |
| Norway | CRIStin |
| Poland | ICM University of Warsaw |
| Portugal | Fundação para a Ciȇncia e a Tecnologia (FCT) |
| Slovak Republic | Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport |
| South Africa | South African National Library and information Consortium (SANLiC) |
| Spain | Consorcio 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 |
| Sweden | Kungl Biblioteket (National Library of Sweden) |
| Switzerland | University of Geneva |
| Taiwan | Physics Research Promotion Center |
| Türkiye | TÜBİTAK ULAKBİM |
| United Kingdom | JISC Collections. and The Science and Technology Facilities Council |
| United States | Lyrasis |
