Back تحالف النشر العلمى و الموارد الاكاديميه ARZ স্পার্ক Bengali/Bangla Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition German Coalición de publicaciones académicas y recursos académicos Spanish Coalition de l'édition savante et des ressources académiques French Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition Japanese Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition Dutch Коалиция академических ресурсов и научных изданий Russian Bilimsel Yayıncılık ve Akademik Kaynaklar Koalisyonu Turkish SPARC (коаліція) Ukrainian
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| Abbreviation | SPARC |
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| Formation | 1998 |
| Focus | Open access publishing |
| Headquarters | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Official language | English |
| Leader | Heather Joseph |
| Subsidiaries | Alliance for Taxpayer Access Coalition of Open Access Policy Institutions |
| Affiliations | SPARC Europe SPARC Japan SPARC Africa |
| Website | sparcopen.org sparceurope.org |
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) is an international alliance of academic and research libraries developed by the Association of Research Libraries in 1998 which promotes open access to scholarship.[1] The coalition currently includes some 800 institutions[1] in North America, Europe, Japan, China and Australia.
Richard Johnson served as director 1998–2005.[2] Heather Joseph became executive director in 2005.[3][4]
- ^ a b David J. Brown; Richard Boulderstone (2008). Impact of Electronic Publishing: The Future for Publishers and Librarians. Germany: K.G. Saur. pp. 200–201. ISBN 978-3-598-44013-7 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Plan for Low-cost Journals Online". Publishers Weekly. 244 (29). US. July 20, 1998.
- ^ "SPARC at Ten: A Decade Later, Organization Still Aims to Be Part of The Solution", Library Journal, January 18, 2007, archived from the original on December 2, 2008
- ^ "SPARC Staff". SPARC. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
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