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> From:
> "Ivy Anderson" <Ivy.Anderson_at_ucop.edu>
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> Come learn about SCOAP3, the Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access
> Publishing in Particle Physics, at ALA
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> The SCOAP3 Open Access initiative is hosting a forum on Saturday, July
> 11th 2009, 12:00pm-2:00pm at the Hyatt Regency, 151 East Wacker Drive,
> Truffles Room. Attendance is free and a light lunch will be available,
> but participants are kindly invited to register online
> at http://tinyurl.com/scoap3-at-ala where questions can be submitted
> in advance.
>
> SCOAP3 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 you can get involved.
>
> SCOAP3 aims to convert High-Energy Physics literature to Open Access
> by re-directing current subscription expenditures to a consortium that
> will centrally pay journals for peer-review and other editorial
> services, making articles Open Access. This is an innovative,
> cost-neutral, way to achieve Open Access without incurring additional
> author fees.
>
> SCOAP3 has so far collected pledges for a total of 9 Million $/year
> from partners in 22 countries, corresponding to 63% of its worldwide
> budget envelope. In the U.S., leading libraries and library consortia
> signed an Expression of Interest pledging to support the SCOAP3
> initiative, if successful. These pledges represent 2.5 Million $/year,
> over 70% of the expected U.S. contribution. However, additional
> pledges for about 1 Million $/year are still needed to allow the
> initiative to move forward.
>
> This forum, hosted by SCOAP3 spokesperson Salvatore Mele from CERN,
> complements the recent SCOAP3 ACRL and SPARC FAQs and webcast. It will
> present an overview of the SCOAP3 initiative and answer questions on
> the way the consortium will work.
>
> Additional resources:
> Info on SCOAP3: http://scoap3.org <http://scoap3.org/>
> ACRL & SPARC SCOAP4
> FAQs: http://www.arl.org/sparc/publications/papers/SCOAP3_09april.shtml
> Slides from the ACRL & SPARC SCOAP3
> webcast: http://scoap3.org/files/Sparc-webcast.pdf
> Video from the ACRL & SPARC SCOAP3 Webcast: http://blip.tv/file/2233810/
> SCOAP3 Expression of Interest: http://tinyurl.com/scoap3us
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> Ivy Anderson
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> Director of Collections
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> California Digital Library
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> University of California, Office of the President
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> (510) 987-0334 (voice)
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> (510) 287-3825 (fax)
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> ivy.anderson_at_ucop.edu <mailto:ivy.anderson_at_ucop.edu>
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> http://cdlib.org <http://cdlib.org/>
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Received on Tue Jul 07 2009 - 03:08:31 EDT