SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) is an international alliance of academic and research libraries working to create a more open system of scholarly communication. SPARC is focused on three main areas: open access to scholarly and scientific research articles, open data, and open education resources. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is one of nearly 800 member institutions from around the world.
Their website provides up to date news in scholarly communications and information about events around the world.
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
The DOAJ aims to provide comprehensive coverage of all open access scientific and scholarly journals that use a quality control system to guarantee content.
Directory of Open Access Repositories (OpenDOAR)
OpenDOAR is an authoritative directory of academic open access repositories.
Science Commons Scholar's Copyright Addendum Engine
Critical Commons
Critical Commons is a public media archive and fair use advocacy network that supports the transformative reuse of media in scholarly and creative contexts.
Create Change
Create Change is an educational initiative that examines new opportunities in scholarly communication, advocates changes that recognize the potential of the networked digital environment, and encourages active participation by scholars and researchers to guide the course of change. Create Change was developed by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) and is supported by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL).
