SPARC and ACRL have released SCOAP3—Frequently Asked Questions and Answers.
Here's an excerpt from the press release:
Key details about the SCOAP3 innovative proposal to change the dynamics of publishing in High-Energy Physics are highlighted in a new set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) from SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) and the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL).
SCOAP3, the Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access in Particle Physics Publishing, currently depends on expressions of interest from the U.S. library community before the experiment can move ahead. The proposal is currently supported by more than 100 U.S. libraries, by the Canadian Research Knowledge Network, and by libraries, consortia and funding agencies in 18 other countries.
Prepared in consultation with SCOAP3 and members of SPARC and ACRL, the FAQs aim to support U.S. libraries in evaluating their commitment to SCOAP3, and to clarify for all libraries details of the proposal and how the new model is intended to work. Issues addressed in the document include:
- What is SCOAP3’s business model?
- Why is it important for the library community to support the model?
- What are some of the benefits it is hoped the model will achieve?
- What can my library do to support SCOAP3?
- What will be the relationship between arXiv and SCOAP3?
- How can public universities legally participate in the project?
- Which libraries & library consortia have committed to SCOAP3?