Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) Europe, an alliance of European research libraries, has announced CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, as the winner of the 2010 SPARC-Europe Award for Outstanding Achievements in Scholarly Communications. The Award was presented at the Aarhus State and University Library during the LIBER 39th Annual Conference.
CERN was selected for its comprehensive approach to Open Access, especially in respect of the SCOAP3 project. SCOAP3 (Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing) is an innovative Open Access initiative for publishing in high-energy physics.
Launched in 2006, the annual SPARC-Europe Award for Outstanding Achievements in Scholarly Communications recognises an individual or group within Europe that has made significant advances in the understanding of the issues surrounding scholarly communications and/or in developing practical means to address the problems with the current systems. The First Award was presented to the Wellcome Trust, with the second in 2007 going to the SHERPA group.
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