The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) will host a new discussion forum dedicated to the unique needs of the subject-based digital repository community. As repositories continue to grow as an engine for driving Open Access worldwide, new challenges and opportunities emerge and the demand for more focused conversations grows.
The SPARC Subject Repositories Forum (SPARC-SR) will enable subject repository managers, both inside and outside libraries, to share procedures and best practices, discuss possible joint projects, and support each other in providing access to an important realm of scholarly literature. The email discussion list will aim to build on the momentum of recent meetings - including SPARC's digital repositories meeting as well as those focused on subject repositories - and will be the first formal electronic platform for subject repository advocates to collaborate.
Librarians, educators, researchers, policy makers, and others who have an interest in subject repositories are welcome to join and contribute. Membership is open. Submissions will be moderated and may be subscribed to in a feed or digest.
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