Open Access

Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC)

• Developed by the Association of Research Libraries, SPARC is an international alliance of almost 800 academic and research libraries. One of the main goals of the organization is to stimulate new models of scholarly publishing that expand the dissemination of scholarly research and reduce financial pressures on libraries. The organization’s website provides important information about the open access movement and has links to related web sites.

Open Archives Initiative

• Develops and promotes interoperability standards for the dissemination of content. OAI has its roots in the open access and institutional repository movement.

SHared Access Research Ecosystem (SHARE)

• The SHared Access Research Ecosystem (SHARE) is a higher education and research community initiative to ensure the preservation of, access to, and reuse of research outputs. The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the Association of American Universities (AAU), and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) have partnered to develop SHARE.

SHERPA

• Sherpa is a consortium of 34 research universities focused on the  promotion and development of  open access repositories.