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SCOAP3: From Subscriptions to an Open Access Publishing Model
The event will be presented by Salvatore Mele, SCOAP3 Project Leader and
Jens Vigen, Chief Scientific Information Officer at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Join us for an information meeting on SCOAP3, an innovative Open Access
publishing model which has the potential to put scholarly communication
on sound sustainable bases.
SCOAP3
is an effort to facilitate Open Access publishing building on the long Open Access
tradition of the field of High Energy Physics and its track-record in international
co-operation, epitomized by the LHC accelerator at CERN. SCOAP3 has three objectives:
Convert the peer-reviewed literature of an entire field to Open Access;
Stimulate competition in scientific publishing by linking quality and price;
Enable considerable medium- and long-term savings in scholarly communication
The example of SCOAP3 could be rapidly followed by other fields, directly related to High Energy
Physics, and its success can offer a potential model for other fields as well.
The guiding principle of SCOAP3 is to re-direct subscription funds to directly
pay for the peer-review and other editorial services, making articles free to read
for everyone in any possible repository. SCOAP3 has so far collected commitments for
over a half of its projected budget envelope
[http://scoap3.org/fundraising.html], from a dozen countries in Europe, North America and the Middle East
[http://www.scoap3.org/whoisscoap3.html]. In order to make the initiative a success,
a broad worldwide consensus is now needed, and Indian and Asian libraries have a unique,
pivotal, role to play.
Learn more about the initiative, how libraries of all size can join the global
effort in making SCOAP3 happen, and how to lend your support to promote Open Access.
Registrations for this event is free, please send your confirmation at the following address or below given email.
Conference Secretariat:
P K
Jain
Organising Secretary, ICoASL 2008
C/o Institute of Economic
Growth
University of Delhi Enclave, Delhi - 110
007
Ph.:27667463, 27666364 Fax :27667463, 27667410, (M):
9899110787
Email: asiansla@gmail.com; asianchaptersla@yahoo.com
(Please Join us on Tea at 2:30 p.m. on 25 November 2008 at IICC, Lodhi Road, Delhi)
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