SPARC (Organization)
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- Research for ransom, 1999:label (SPARC)
- SPARC WWW home page, Aug. 1, 2000(SPARC; The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition; a worldwide alliance of research institutions and organizations that encourages competition in the scholarly communications market)
Wikipedia description:
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. The coalition currently includes some 800 institutions in North America, Europe, Japan, China and Australia. Richard Johnson served as director 1998–2005. Heather Joseph became executive director in 2005.
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