The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has become a member of the Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services (SCOSS), an initiative aimed at stabilising a vital infrastructure of freely available open science (OS) services. In joining SCOSS, the Association is becoming part of an international effort to strategically and systematically focus on sustaining open access (OA) and OS services.
As a member, ARL will occupy a seat on the SCOSS Board while also participating in the SCOSS Advisory and Executive groups, helping guide future development of the coalition and participating in the vetting of potential SCOSS funding candidates.
SCOSS provides a framework for libraries, policy makers, and other stakeholders to collectively fund and secure the growing infrastructure of non-commercial services on which, in many ways, the OA and OS community at large depend. Having officially launched in late 2017, SCOSS is in the midst of its first-round funding call for two Board-vetted services: the Directory of Open Access Journals and SHERPA/RoMEO.
To date, SCOSS has attracted pledged funding totalling in excess of 680,000 Euros from library consortia and individual libraries as well as research institutes and universities in Europe, Australia, Africa, and North America. Among these are 28 US and Canadian universities and libraries.
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