The SPARC initiative: a catalyst for change

SPARC was started in 1997 by a number of large research libraries in the US. Its main goal was to restore a competitive balance of the STM journals publishing market. A number of programmatic areas were initiated in order to realize this goal: SPARC Alternatives, SPARC Leading Edge, SPARC Scientific...

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Main Author: Bas Savenije
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: openjournals.nl 2004-08-01
Series:Liber Quarterly: The Journal of European Research Libraries
Online Access:https://test.openjournals.nl/liberquarterly/article/view/10375