title: SPARC ignites scholarly publishing
abstract: During the past several years, initiatives which bring together librarians, researchers, university administrators and independent publishers have re-invigorated the scholarly publishing marketplace. These initiatives take advantage of electronic technology and show great potential for restoring science to scientists. The author outlines SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition), an initiative to make scientific journals more accessible
keyphrases: SPARC initiative Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition electronic publishing scientific journal access