Open Access

1. The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition  (site info) SPARC. Consortium of universities, research libraries, and organizations. Aims to enhance broad and cost-effective access to peer-reviewed scholarship. http://www.arl.org/sparc/home/index.asp?page=0 2. Center for the Public Domain  (site info) A philanthropic organization funding projects (grant making, original research, conferences, and collaborative programs) to enhance american public domain, including free digital content and efforts to counteract recent trends in copyright and patent law. http://www.centerforthepublicdomain.org/ 3. Electronic Society for Social Scientists  (site info) ELSSS. A non-profit society dedicated to the production of low-cost electronic scholarly journals in the social sciences, particularly in economics. Its journals are not free, but they do pay authors and referees, let authors keep the copyright in their articles, and give subscriptions free to libraries in developing countries. http://www.elsss.org.uk/ 4. International Consortium for the Advancement of Academic Publication  (site info) ICAAP. Technological support for the delivery of scholarly content. Develops protocols for the delivery of scholarly content, provides software for journal management and publication, hosts a database of free scholarly journals and resources. http://www.icaap.org/ 5. International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications  (site info) INASP. Its mission is to enhance the flow of information within and between countries, especially those with less developed systems of publication and dissemination. http://www.inasp.org.uk/ 1-5 of 8. Next »