Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition

Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition
AbbreviationSPARC
Formation1998; 26 years ago (1998)
FocusOpen access publishing
HeadquartersWashington, D.C., U.S.
Official language
English
LeaderHeather Joseph
SubsidiariesAlliance for Taxpayer Access
Coalition of Open Access Policy Institutions
AffiliationsSPARC Europe
SPARC Japan
SPARC Africa
Websitesparcopen.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]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Plan for Low-cost Journals Online". Publishers Weekly. 244 (29). US. July 20, 1998.
  3. ^ "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
  4. ^ "SPARC Staff". SPARC. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2013.