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Working with leading publishers, SCOAP<sup>3</sup> has converted key journals in the field of High-Energy Physics to Open Access and continues to support OA publishing in these journals at no cost for authors. In addition, existing Open Access journals and even books and monographs are centrally supported, removing existing financial barrier for authors and allowing a free and easy scientific discourse in High-Energy Physics. Each country, region or territory contributes in a way commensurate to its scientific output in the field. </p> <p>SCOAP<sup>3</sup> journals are open for any scientist to publish in without any financial barriers. Copyright stays with authors, and a permissive <a href="//creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">CC-BY</a> license allows text- and data-mining. SCOAP<sup>3</sup> addresses Open Access mandates at no burden for authors. All articles appear in the SCOAP<sup>3</sup> repository for further distribution, as well as being Open Access on publishers’ websites. Metadata are freely available and an API (SCOAP<sup>3</sup> partner exclusive) allows easy ingestion of all articles in national or institutional repositories.<a name="howdoesit"></a></p> <h1 id="how-does-it-work">How does it work?</h1> <div class="shortcode_tabs tab-style-one" data-rt-animate="animate" data-rt-animation-type="fadeIn" data-rt-animation-group="single"><div class="tabs_wrap"><ul class="tabs clearfix"><li class="with_icon"><a href="#businessmodel"><span class="icon-cog-alt icon-large"></span> Business Model</a></li><li class="with_icon"><a href="#governance"><span class="icon-sitemap icon-large"></span> Governance</a></li></ul><div class="panes"> <div class="pane fluid"> <p><img decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-9785" src="https://scoap3.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/The-SCOAP3-Model-873x1024.png" alt="" width="400" height="469" srcset="https://scoap3.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/The-SCOAP3-Model-873x1024.png 873w, https://scoap3.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/The-SCOAP3-Model-256x300.png 256w, https://scoap3.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/The-SCOAP3-Model-768x901.png 768w, https://scoap3.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/The-SCOAP3-Model-1309x1536.png 1309w, https://scoap3.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/The-SCOAP3-Model-1745x2048.png 1745w, https://scoap3.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/The-SCOAP3-Model.png 1800w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></p> <p>The SCOAP<sup>3</sup> model is based on a lightweight central administration at CERN which arranges payment of Article Processing Charges at a competitive level, through funds made available by the participating institutions. </p> <p>The total amount contributed by each country, region or territory is commensurate with its share in the worldwide scientific output in High-Energy Physics. To fairly reflect the global diversity in the context of large scientific collaborations, typical for the discipline, each article is allocated proportionally based on the institutional affiliation of all its authors. This correctly reflects the international collaborative nature of High-Energy Physics and allows a fair distribution of publication costs across all participating institutions. </p> <p>Based on the central support of OA publishing in the participating journals, all authors worldwide can publish their works in Open Access without any financial or administrative barriers.</p> </div> <div class="pane fluid"> <h3>SCOAP<sup>3</sup> Executive Committee</h3> <p>The Executive Committee oversees the day-to-day operation of the partnership. Supported by both the SCOAP<sup>3</sup> Operations Manager and several Community Working Groups, the Executive Committee ensures a smooth operation and manages relations with partners and participating publishers. The Executive Committee comprises 4 to 6 members appointed by the Governing Council as well as one representative of CERN as the Host Organisation. 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Acting in the German National Library of Science and Technology capacity, as well as architecture, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, and physics, the Technische Informationsbibliothek \u2013 Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology and University Library provides academia, research, and business with literature and information. Its remit is to preserve recorded knowledge and provide the latest information, both now and in the future, irrespective of the time and the place. TIB is actively engaged in promoting Open Access and thus supports unrestricted, free access to scientific information. 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Schlembach is Associate Professor of Library Administration, Chemistry and Physical Sciences Librarian, and Head of the Chemistry Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library. She has also served on several occasions as the Acting Head of the Grainger Engineering Library Information Center.\u00a0 She holds a Masters in Library and Information Science (M.L.S.) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Certificate of Advanced Study (C.A.S.) in Library Automation from the University of Pittsburgh.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mary has authored over 50 articles, conference papers, and book chapters on information retrieval and discovery, data management, and informetrics.\u00a0 She has been a co-PI on a number of grants from the National Science Foundation, the Institute of Museum and Library Studies, and the Mellon Foundation. Additionally, she has served on the Library Advisory Boards for the American Institute of Physics and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and is a member of the Publications Committee for the American Astronomical Society.\u00a0<\/p>"};</script><a href='javascript:void(0)' class='sg-show-popup' data-sgpopupid=33 data-popup-event=click>Mary Schlembach </a> (United States)</li> <li>Anna Vernon (UK)</li> <li><script type='text/javascript'>SG_POPUP_DATA[20] ={"id":"20","title":"Yan Zhao","type":"html","effect":"No effect","0":"width","1":"600px","height":"450px","delay":0,"duration":1,"2":"initialWidth","3":"600","initialHeight":"450","width":"600px","escKey":"on","isActiveStatus":"on","scrolling":"on","scaling":"","reposition":"on","overlayClose":"on","reopenAfterSubmission":"","contentClick":"","content-click-behavior":"close","click-redirect-to-url":"","redirect-to-new-tab":"","opacity":"0.8","sgOverlayColor":"#ffffff","sg-content-background-color":"#ffffff","popupFixed":"","fixedPostion":"","maxWidth":"","maxHeight":"","initialWidth":"600","closeButton":"on","theme":"colorbox6.css","sgTheme3BorderColor":"","sgTheme3BorderRadius":"","onScrolling":"","inActivityStatus":"","inactivity-timout":"0","beforeScrolingPrsent":0,"forMobile":"","openMobile":"","repeatPopup":"","popup-appear-number-limit":"1","save-cookie-page-level":"","autoClosePopup":"","countryStatus":"","showAllPages":"all","allPagesStatus":"","allPostsStatus":"","allCustomPostsStatus":"","allSelectedPages":"","showAllPosts":"all","showAllCustomPosts":"all","allSelectedPosts":"","allSelectedCustomPosts":"","posts-all-categories":"","all-custom-posts":"","sg-user-status":"","loggedin-user":"true","popup-timer-status":"","popup-schedule-status":"","popup-start-timer":"Dec 07 16 14:40","popup-finish-timer":"","schedule-start-weeks":"","schedule-start-time":"14:40","schedule-end-time":"","allowCountries":"","countryName":"","countryIso":"","disablePopup":"","disablePopupOverlay":"","popupClosingTimer":"","yesButtonLabel":"","noButtonLabel":"","restrictionUrl":"","yesButtonBackgroundColor":"","noButtonBackgroundColor":"","yesButtonTextColor":"","noButtonTextColor":"","yesButtonRadius":0,"noButtonRadius":0,"pushToBottom":"","onceExpiresTime":"7","sgOverlayCustomClasss":"sg-popup-overlay","sgContentCustomClasss":"sg-popup-content","theme-close-text":"Close","socialButtons":"{\"sgTwitterStatus\":\"\",\"sgFbStatus\":\"\",\"sgEmailStatus\":\"\",\"sgLinkedinStatus\":\"\",\"sgGoogleStatus\":\"\",\"sgPinterestStatus\":\"\",\"pushToBottom\":\"\"}","socialOptions":"{\"sgSocialTheme\":\"\",\"sgSocialButtonsSize\":\"\",\"sgSocialLabel\":\"\",\"sgSocialShareCount\":\"\",\"sgRoundButton\":\"\",\"fbShareLabel\":\"\",\"lindkinLabel\":\"\",\"sgShareUrl\":\"\",\"shareUrlType\":\"\",\"googLelabel\":\"\",\"twitterLabel\":\"\",\"pinterestLabel\":\"\",\"sgMailSubject\":\"\",\"sgMailLable\":\"\"}","countdownOptions":"{\"pushToBottom\":\"\",\"countdownNumbersBgColor\":\"\",\"countdownNumbersTextColor\":\"\",\"sg-due-date\":\"\",\"countdown-position\":\"\",\"counts-language\":\"\",\"sg-time-zone\":\"\",\"sg-countdown-type\":\"\",\"countdown-autoclose\":\"\"}","exitIntentOptions":"{\"exit-intent-type\":\"\",\"exit-intent-expire-time\":\"\",\"exit-intent-alert\":\"\"}","videoOptions":"{\"video-autoplay\":\"\"}","fblikeOptions":"{\"fblike-like-url\":\"\",\"fblike-layout\":\"\"}","html":"<h3>Yan Zhao<img class=\"alignright wp-image-5958\" src=\"http:\/\/scoap3.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/yanzhao.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"103\" \/><\/h3>\r\n<p>Yan Zhao is the Assistant to the Director and Chief Resources Officer (CRO) of the National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences, as well as the key member of the SCOAP3 China team and the OA2020 workgroup at NSTL.<\/p>\r\n<p>She has a comprehensive and in-depth knowledge of China\u2019s libraries and has been active in organizing a number of national collaborating efforts. 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As national contact point, he is dealing with all national aspects of Open Access in the field of high energy physics, acting as liaison between the CNRS and the Commissariat \u00e0 l'\u00e9nergie atomique et aux \u00e9nergies alternatives (CEA) as well as the Universities in France that are active in this field of research.<\/p>"};</script><a href='javascript:void(0)' class='sg-show-popup' data-sgpopupid=31 data-popup-event=click>Stefan Hohenegger </a> (France) as the Chair of the Governing Council as well as Kamran Naim as the SCOAP<sup>3</sup> Operations Manager attend the meetings as observers.</div> <hr /> <h3>Community Working Groups</h3> <p>The Governing Council decides about the creation of working groups and appoints the working group members.</p> <span class="collapseomatic arrowright" id="groups" tabindex="0" title="Show the current Working Group members" >Show the current Working Group members</span><span id='swap-groups' class='colomat-swap' style='display:none;'>Hide details</span><div id="target-groups" class="collapseomatic_content "> <p>Currently, the SCOAP<sup>3</sup> governance includes the following working groups:</p> <p><strong>Audit Committee</strong> – selects the external auditor, defines the audit mandate and reviews the audit report.<br />Members: Natalia Grygierczyk (NL, chair), Ann Okerson (US), Kerstin Stieg (AT).</p> <p><strong>Communications and Outreach Working Group</strong> – provides advice on outreach and marketing material and the communication strategy.<br />Members: Nina Karlstrøm (NO, chair), Carol Hoover (US), Carolyn Alderson (UK), Alexander Kohls (CERN), Jens Vigen (CERN), Paola Gargiulo (IT).</p> <p><strong>Open Books Working Group</strong> – develops and executes a strategy to transform key text books and monographs in particle physics to Open Access, using the collaborative power of the SCOAP<sup>3</sup> partnership.<br />Members: Tullio Basaglia (CERN), Celeste Feather (USA), Stefan Hohenegger (France), Nina Karlstrom (Norway), Alexander Kohls (CERN), Caroline Mackay (UK), Matthew Marsteller (USA).</p> <p><strong>Repository Strategy and Support Working Group</strong> – supports the SCOAP<sup>3</sup> Repository Manager on strategic and technical aspects of the development of the SCOAP<sup>3</sup> Repository and its interfaces. Members: Florian Schwennsen (DE), Jean-Blaise Claivaz (CH), Alexander Kohls (CERN), João Moreira (PT).</p> <p><strong>SCOAP<sup>3</sup> Tender Working Group</strong> – develops a strategy for the procurement process and business model of the upcoming contract cycle of SCOAP<sup>3</sup>.<br />Members: Adam Der (Germany), Kerstin Grossmaier-Stieg (Austria), Carol Hoover (USA), Youngim Jung (South-Korea), Salvatore Mele (CERN) and Ann Okerson (USA) in addition to the SCOAP<sup>3</sup> Executive Committee members and the chair of the Governing Council.</div> <hr /> <h3>SCOAP<sup>3</sup> Governing Council</h3> <p>The SCOAP<sup>3</sup> Governing Council is the decision-making body of the partnership responsible for its overall governance and strategic direction. The Governing Council is composed of representatives from countries that contribute to SCOAP<sup>3</sup>. The Governing Council appoints the Executive Committee and the Working Groups and meets at least once a year. 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You can find summaries of the discussions as well as decisions taken during the meetings here:</p> <ul> <li><script type='text/javascript'>SG_POPUP_DATA[15] ={"id":"15","title":"Governing Council meeting December 4th 2013","type":"html","effect":"No effect","0":"width","1":"720px","height":"480px","delay":0,"duration":1,"2":"initialWidth","3":"720","initialHeight":"480","width":"720px","escKey":"on","isActiveStatus":"on","scrolling":"on","scaling":"","reposition":"on","overlayClose":"on","reopenAfterSubmission":"","contentClick":"on","content-click-behavior":"close","click-redirect-to-url":"","redirect-to-new-tab":"","opacity":"0.8","sgOverlayColor":"#ffffff","sg-content-background-color":"#ffffff","popupFixed":"","fixedPostion":"","maxWidth":"","maxHeight":"","initialWidth":"720","closeButton":"on","theme":"colorbox6.css","sgTheme3BorderColor":"","sgTheme3BorderRadius":"","onScrolling":"","inActivityStatus":"","inactivity-timout":"0","beforeScrolingPrsent":0,"forMobile":"","openMobile":"","repeatPopup":"","popup-appear-number-limit":"1","save-cookie-page-level":"","autoClosePopup":"","countryStatus":"","showAllPages":"all","allPagesStatus":"","allPostsStatus":"","allCustomPostsStatus":"","allSelectedPages":"","showAllPosts":"all","showAllCustomPosts":"all","allSelectedPosts":"","allSelectedCustomPosts":"","posts-all-categories":"","all-custom-posts":"","sg-user-status":"","loggedin-user":"true","popup-timer-status":"","popup-schedule-status":"","popup-start-timer":"Dec 07 16 15:18","popup-finish-timer":"","schedule-start-weeks":"","schedule-start-time":"15:18","schedule-end-time":"","allowCountries":"","countryName":"","countryIso":"","disablePopup":"","disablePopupOverlay":"","popupClosingTimer":"","yesButtonLabel":"","noButtonLabel":"","restrictionUrl":"","yesButtonBackgroundColor":"","noButtonBackgroundColor":"","yesButtonTextColor":"","noButtonTextColor":"","yesButtonRadius":0,"noButtonRadius":0,"pushToBottom":"","onceExpiresTime":"7","sgOverlayCustomClasss":"sg-popup-overlay","sgContentCustomClasss":"sg-popup-content","theme-close-text":"Close","socialButtons":"{\"sgTwitterStatus\":\"\",\"sgFbStatus\":\"\",\"sgEmailStatus\":\"\",\"sgLinkedinStatus\":\"\",\"sgGoogleStatus\":\"\",\"sgPinterestStatus\":\"\",\"pushToBottom\":\"\"}","socialOptions":"{\"sgSocialTheme\":\"\",\"sgSocialButtonsSize\":\"\",\"sgSocialLabel\":\"\",\"sgSocialShareCount\":\"\",\"sgRoundButton\":\"\",\"fbShareLabel\":\"\",\"lindkinLabel\":\"\",\"sgShareUrl\":\"\",\"shareUrlType\":\"\",\"googLelabel\":\"\",\"twitterLabel\":\"\",\"pinterestLabel\":\"\",\"sgMailSubject\":\"\",\"sgMailLable\":\"\"}","countdownOptions":"{\"pushToBottom\":\"\",\"countdownNumbersBgColor\":\"\",\"countdownNumbersTextColor\":\"\",\"sg-due-date\":\"\",\"countdown-position\":\"\",\"counts-language\":\"\",\"sg-time-zone\":\"\",\"sg-countdown-type\":\"\",\"countdown-autoclose\":\"\"}","exitIntentOptions":"{\"exit-intent-type\":\"\",\"exit-intent-expire-time\":\"\",\"exit-intent-alert\":\"\"}","videoOptions":"{\"video-autoplay\":\"\"}","fblikeOptions":"{\"fblike-like-url\":\"\",\"fblike-layout\":\"\"}","html":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scoap3.org\/what-is-scoap3\/gc-december-4th-2013\/\" target=\"_blank\">(open in a new tab)<\/a><\/p>\r\n<h3>SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup> Governing Council meeting December 4<sup>th<\/sup> 2013<\/h3>\r\n<p>The\u00a0SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup> Governing Council held its inaugural meeting at CERN on December 4th 2013, chaired by the CERN Director-General Rolf-Dieter Heuer. 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Important decisions were taken for future of the initiative beyond the current 3-year cycle (2017-2019).<\/p>\r\n<p>The SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup> Governing Council heard reports and in-depth analyses from the SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup> Executive Committee, the CERN operations team, and ad-hoc working groups. The SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup> Governing Council delegates agreed on a strategy to continue the SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup> initiative for at least three more years, with an option for further continuation. Delegates also approved the exploration of concrete options to expand the SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup> Open Access opportunities. All partners renewed their support of the operation and formally asked the CERN to prepare the next contract cycle under the SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup> Executive Committee oversight and pending final approvals later in 2018.<\/p>\r\n<p>With the initiative operational since 2014, some governance appointments drew to an end. 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As the conclusion of the second 3-year cycle of SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup> approaches, the remainder of the day was devoted to an in-depth review of the first six years of SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup>. Delegates reflected on the value of SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup> for their countries or institutions, in the context of the changing OA landscape.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the second day, the SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup> Governing Council discussed how the partnership could add further value to the community in the future, beyond the existing arrangement to support journal publications. 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The first was to vote on the recommendation of the SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup> Tender Working Group (STWG) to maintain the current scope of the SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup> initiative, in terms of publishing services and procurement conditions, by arranging a two-year extension of Phase 3 (currently 2020-2022) under existing terms. This recommendation was developed specifically to provide members of the SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup> partnership (partner institutions and participating publishers) with stability during the financial uncertainty resulting from the COVID19 pandemic. The proposal by the STWG was subject to deliberation and members discussed the effects of the pandemic on institutional and local finances. There was broad agreement that SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup> provides excellent value for money when benchmarked against other initiatives, and members agreed that it should be prioritised for support. As a result, the GC voted unanimously to support this proposal.<\/p>\r\n<p>The second major strategic initiative under discussion was the SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup> for Books program, an effort to transition a list of important books in high-energy physics and related disciplines to open access. Members of the Governing Council received an update from CERN on the ongoing procurement process and were informed of the discussions to transition the identified texts to open.<\/p>\r\n<p>During the meeting, some changes were also made to the governing entities of SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup>. Yan Zhao from the NSTL in China was elected to her second 2-year term, and Matthew Marsteller from Carnegie Mellon University elected to his third 2-year term, on the SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup> Executive Committee (ExCo). After serving two full terms, Florian Schwennsen from DESY stepped down from the ExCo, and received a round of thanks from the GC for his participation, intellectual engagement, and consistent support of SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup>. Following a call for nominations in September 2020, Judith Ludwig, from the German National Library for Science and Technology (TIB), was appointed to her first term on the SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup> Exco, commencing in 2021. Finally, the GC thanked its Chair (and ex-officio member of the ExCo) since 2017, Ivy Anderson of the California Digital Library, whose term expires at the end of 2020. Ivy\u2019s involvement in SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup> predates the initiative itself, as she has been involved since the program was originally conceived, marking over a decade of service towards SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup>\u2019s mission. 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The first day of the meeting was focused on an initiative to expand the content made available Open Access beyond journal literature to include important monographs and textbooks in high-energy physics and related disciplines\u2014the SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup> for Books Program. The Open Books Working Group (appointed by the Governing Council in 2019) provided attendees of the meeting with an update on the status of the initiative, informing them that in the first phase of the program,102 books from 6 publishers would transitioned to Open Access. The book tiles made available were the result of direct negotiations between the SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup> team at CERN and the publishers of important texts relevant to the field. In the first phase, partnerships were secured between Cambridge University Press, Elsevier, Oxford University Press, Springer-Nature, Taylor & Francis, and World Scientific. Members were also informed of the hosting partnership secured between SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup> and the OAPEN Library, where a dedicated collection has been created to host copies of each of the titles funded under the SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup> for Books initiative. Niels Stern, Director of the OAPEN Foundation, presented the variety of services delivered through this partnership to SCOAP3 members: including dissemination to major library systems and search engines worldwide, usage reporting and analytics, long-term preservation, and more. The update on the SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup> for Books program was warmly received by the SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup> Governing Council, and the acquisition of additional titles for the initiative was agreed.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p> <\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The second major strategic effort under discussion at the meeting was the appointment of a Second SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup> Tender Working Group (2STWG). GC members were reminded that given the dramatically different conditions in scholarly communications compared to when SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup> was first conceptualized (in 2012\/2013), it was considered necessary for the next Phase of SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup> to be based upon a re-designed tender. Paricipants were reminded of the efforts of the first SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup> Tender Working Group, appointed in 2020, who, In faithful execution of their mandate and in light of the financial uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 crisis, recommended a two-year extension of the existing Phase 3 until December 2024. With the extended Phase 3 now in place, it was now time to appoint a Second SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup> Tender Working Group (2STWG) with the mandate to develop the strategy for the next procurement process beyond 2024. The motion to appoint the 2STWG was unanimously approved by the Governing Council, and nominations have now been solicited from across the SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup> Consortium for members to participate in this Working Group. A strategic roundtable discussion held at the Governing Council meeting on key issues related to the future of SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup> was conducted in order to seek initial input from across the consortium on factors to be considered by the 2STWG in the development of the next tender strategy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p> <\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the 2021 meeting, specific motions were voted on relating to the governing entities of SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup>. Anna Vernon from the JISC in United Kingdom was elected to her second 2-year term, and Stefan Hohenegger from CNRS in France elected to his first 2-year term, on the SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup> Executive Committee (ExCo). The Chair of the SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup> Governing Council, Clare Appavoo of CRKN (Canada) thanked Natalia Grygierczyk of Radboud University Nijmegen (The Nethelands) for her strong and enthusiastic engagement, her creative support and ambassadorship for the benefit of the SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup> collaboration. Natalia served as a member of the SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup> Executive Committee since 2018 and her term expires at the end of 2021. Finally, the Chair further thanked Briggite Kromp of University of Vienna (Austria) for her strong support, guidance, and leadership in her role as Deputy Chair of the SCOAP3 Governing Council since 2018. The new Deputy Chair, Ianko Lopez, Director of the Madrono Consortium (Spain) will serve in this role until the end of 2023.<\/span><\/p>"};</script><a href='javascript:void(0)' class='sg-show-popup' data-sgpopupid=29 data-popup-event=click>Governing Council meeting (remote) on November 03-04th 2021</a></li> <li><script type='text/javascript'>SG_POPUP_DATA[32] ={"id":"32","title":"Governing Council meeting November 09th-10th 2022","type":"html","effect":"No effect","0":"width","1":"720px","height":"480px","delay":0,"duration":1,"2":"initialWidth","3":"720","initialHeight":"480","width":"720px","escKey":"on","isActiveStatus":"on","scrolling":"on","scaling":"","reposition":"on","overlayClose":"on","reopenAfterSubmission":"","contentClick":"on","content-click-behavior":"close","click-redirect-to-url":"","redirect-to-new-tab":"","opacity":"0.8","sgOverlayColor":"#ffffff","sg-content-background-color":"#ffffff","popupFixed":"","fixedPostion":"","maxWidth":"","maxHeight":"","initialWidth":"720","closeButton":"on","theme":"colorbox6.css","sgTheme3BorderColor":"","sgTheme3BorderRadius":"","onScrolling":"","inActivityStatus":"","inactivity-timout":"0","beforeScrolingPrsent":0,"forMobile":"","openMobile":"","repeatPopup":"","popup-appear-number-limit":"1","save-cookie-page-level":"","autoClosePopup":"","countryStatus":"","showAllPages":"all","allPagesStatus":"","allPostsStatus":"","allCustomPostsStatus":"","allSelectedPages":"","showAllPosts":"all","showAllCustomPosts":"all","allSelectedPosts":"","allSelectedCustomPosts":"","posts-all-categories":"","all-custom-posts":"","sg-user-status":"","loggedin-user":"true","popup-timer-status":"","popup-schedule-status":"","popup-start-timer":"Dec 07 16 15:13","popup-finish-timer":"","schedule-start-weeks":"","schedule-start-time":"15:13","schedule-end-time":"","allowCountries":"","countryName":"","countryIso":"","disablePopup":"","disablePopupOverlay":"","popupClosingTimer":"","yesButtonLabel":"","noButtonLabel":"","restrictionUrl":"","yesButtonBackgroundColor":"","noButtonBackgroundColor":"","yesButtonTextColor":"","noButtonTextColor":"","yesButtonRadius":0,"noButtonRadius":0,"pushToBottom":"","onceExpiresTime":"7","sgOverlayCustomClasss":"sg-popup-overlay","sgContentCustomClasss":"sg-popup-content","theme-close-text":"Close","socialButtons":"{\"sgTwitterStatus\":\"\",\"sgFbStatus\":\"\",\"sgEmailStatus\":\"\",\"sgLinkedinStatus\":\"\",\"sgGoogleStatus\":\"\",\"sgPinterestStatus\":\"\",\"pushToBottom\":\"\"}","socialOptions":"{\"sgSocialTheme\":\"\",\"sgSocialButtonsSize\":\"\",\"sgSocialLabel\":\"\",\"sgSocialShareCount\":\"\",\"sgRoundButton\":\"\",\"fbShareLabel\":\"\",\"lindkinLabel\":\"\",\"sgShareUrl\":\"\",\"shareUrlType\":\"\",\"googLelabel\":\"\",\"twitterLabel\":\"\",\"pinterestLabel\":\"\",\"sgMailSubject\":\"\",\"sgMailLable\":\"\"}","countdownOptions":"{\"pushToBottom\":\"\",\"countdownNumbersBgColor\":\"\",\"countdownNumbersTextColor\":\"\",\"sg-due-date\":\"\",\"countdown-position\":\"\",\"counts-language\":\"\",\"sg-time-zone\":\"\",\"sg-countdown-type\":\"\",\"countdown-autoclose\":\"\"}","exitIntentOptions":"{\"exit-intent-type\":\"\",\"exit-intent-expire-time\":\"\",\"exit-intent-alert\":\"\"}","videoOptions":"{\"video-autoplay\":\"\"}","fblikeOptions":"{\"fblike-like-url\":\"\",\"fblike-layout\":\"\"}","html":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scoap3.org\/what-is-scoap3\/gc-nov-22\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(open in a new tab)<\/a><\/p>\r\n<h3>SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup> Governing Council meeting 2022<\/h3>\r\n<p><strong>The Governing Council (GC) of the SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup> Collaboration--the world\u2019s largest disciplinary open access initiative\u2014held its annual meeting on November 09<sup>th<\/sup>-10<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a02022.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>The hybrid meeting included a total of 48 participants (representing around 95% of eligible voting members) from across the collaboration, who met over the course of two days to discuss major strategic issues for SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup> as it seeks to advance its mission to provide open access to the research literature in particle physics, at no financial burden to authors.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>The meeting of the 2022 GC was focused on reviewing and discussing proposals from the two Working Groups tasked with developing strategies around two core activities for the Consortium, namely: the proposed strategy for Phase 4 of the program as presented by the Second SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup> Tender Working Group (2STWG); and the plan to establish a regular annual books program by the Open Books Working Group\u00a0 (OBWG).<\/p>\r\n<p>Throughout the year 2022, the 2STWG has been working on developing a strategy for a future 4th phase of SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup>. A particular focus of this group has been to bring about improvements in the services delivered by publishers to the High Energy Particle Physics research community, as well as supporting innovation in scholarly communication in the discipline. The related motions of the 2STWG were unanimously approved by the SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup> Governing Council.<\/p>\r\n<p>The OBWG reported on the progress of the SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup> for Books pilot program, which is in the process of converting 113 books (monographs and textbooks) in High Energy Particle Physics to Open Access, supported by\u00a0 voluntary contributions from SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup> members. The books are systematically made available through both the publisher platforms, as well as through a dedicated collection on the <a href=\"https:\/\/library.oapen.org\/browse?type=collection&value=SCOAP3%20for%20Books\">OAPEN library<\/a>. The success of the pilot was demonstrated by a preliminary usage analysis indicating an increase of book downloads by a factor of 13, while the geographical usage also increased dramatically, with readers accessing content in 48 countries (compared to in 26 prior to conversion). Building on this, the OBWG recommended that SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup> for Books be established as a recurring annual activity of the SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup> collaboration. Moving forward, this program would prioritize frontlist titles selected through a rigorous selection process. The proposal by the OBWG was also approved by the SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup> GC.<\/p>\r\n<p>During the 2022 meeting specific motions were voted upon relating to the governing entities of SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup>. Judith Ludwig from the Technische Informationsbibliothek (Germany) was elected for her second 2-year term, and Yan Zhao from the Chinese Academy of Sciences elected to her third 2-year term, as members of the SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup> Executive Committee. The Chair of the SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup> Governing Council, Clare Appavoo of CRKN (Canada) thanked Matt Marsteller from Carnegie Mellon University (USA) who completed three full terms as ExCo member, for his strong and enthusiastic engagement and ambassadorship from which the SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup> collaboration benefited immensely since his election in 2017. Mary Schlembach from the University of Illinois (USA) was appointed as replacement for Matt and is warmly welcomed as a member of the SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup> Executive Committee for a 2-year term.<\/p>"};</script><a href='javascript:void(0)' class='sg-show-popup' data-sgpopupid=32 data-popup-event=click>Governing Council meeting (hybrid) on November 09-10th 2022</a></li> <li><script type='text/javascript'>SG_POPUP_DATA[34] ={"id":"34","title":"Governing Council meeting December 06th-07th 2023","type":"html","effect":"No effect","0":"width","1":"900px","height":"480px","delay":0,"duration":1,"2":"initialWidth","3":"900","initialHeight":"480","width":"900px","escKey":"on","isActiveStatus":"on","scrolling":"on","scaling":"","reposition":"on","overlayClose":"on","reopenAfterSubmission":"","contentClick":"on","content-click-behavior":"close","click-redirect-to-url":"","redirect-to-new-tab":"","opacity":"0.8","sgOverlayColor":"#ffffff","sg-content-background-color":"#ffffff","popupFixed":"","fixedPostion":"","maxWidth":"","maxHeight":"","initialWidth":"900","closeButton":"on","theme":"colorbox6.css","sgTheme3BorderColor":"","sgTheme3BorderRadius":"","onScrolling":"","inActivityStatus":"","inactivity-timout":"0","beforeScrolingPrsent":0,"forMobile":"","openMobile":"","repeatPopup":"","popup-appear-number-limit":"1","save-cookie-page-level":"","autoClosePopup":"","countryStatus":"","showAllPages":"all","allPagesStatus":"","allPostsStatus":"","allCustomPostsStatus":"","allSelectedPages":"","showAllPosts":"all","showAllCustomPosts":"all","allSelectedPosts":"","allSelectedCustomPosts":"","posts-all-categories":"","all-custom-posts":"","sg-user-status":"","loggedin-user":"true","popup-timer-status":"","popup-schedule-status":"","popup-start-timer":"Dec 07 16 15:13","popup-finish-timer":"","schedule-start-weeks":"","schedule-start-time":"15:13","schedule-end-time":"","allowCountries":"","countryName":"","countryIso":"","disablePopup":"","disablePopupOverlay":"","popupClosingTimer":"","yesButtonLabel":"","noButtonLabel":"","restrictionUrl":"","yesButtonBackgroundColor":"","noButtonBackgroundColor":"","yesButtonTextColor":"","noButtonTextColor":"","yesButtonRadius":0,"noButtonRadius":0,"pushToBottom":"","onceExpiresTime":"7","sgOverlayCustomClasss":"sg-popup-overlay","sgContentCustomClasss":"sg-popup-content","theme-close-text":"Close","socialButtons":"{\"sgTwitterStatus\":\"\",\"sgFbStatus\":\"\",\"sgEmailStatus\":\"\",\"sgLinkedinStatus\":\"\",\"sgGoogleStatus\":\"\",\"sgPinterestStatus\":\"\",\"pushToBottom\":\"\"}","socialOptions":"{\"sgSocialTheme\":\"\",\"sgSocialButtonsSize\":\"\",\"sgSocialLabel\":\"\",\"sgSocialShareCount\":\"\",\"sgRoundButton\":\"\",\"fbShareLabel\":\"\",\"lindkinLabel\":\"\",\"sgShareUrl\":\"\",\"shareUrlType\":\"\",\"googLelabel\":\"\",\"twitterLabel\":\"\",\"pinterestLabel\":\"\",\"sgMailSubject\":\"\",\"sgMailLable\":\"\"}","countdownOptions":"{\"pushToBottom\":\"\",\"countdownNumbersBgColor\":\"\",\"countdownNumbersTextColor\":\"\",\"sg-due-date\":\"\",\"countdown-position\":\"\",\"counts-language\":\"\",\"sg-time-zone\":\"\",\"sg-countdown-type\":\"\",\"countdown-autoclose\":\"\"}","exitIntentOptions":"{\"exit-intent-type\":\"\",\"exit-intent-expire-time\":\"\",\"exit-intent-alert\":\"\"}","videoOptions":"{\"video-autoplay\":\"\"}","fblikeOptions":"{\"fblike-like-url\":\"\",\"fblike-layout\":\"\"}","html":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scoap3.org\/scoap3-governing-council-meeting-hybrid-on-06th-07th-december-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(open in a new tab)<\/a><\/p>\r\n<h3>SCOAP<sup>3<\/sup> Governing Council meeting 2023<\/h3>\r\n<p><strong><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-9714 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/scoap3.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/GC-Photo-300x120.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"120\" \/>The Governing Council (GC) of the Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP3) gathered at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland, from Dec 6-7, 2023, on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the initiative. Over these ten years, SCOAP3 has achieved and sustained open access publishing for practically the entire discipline of high-energy physics.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At this meeting, the Governing Council\u2014the principal decision-making body of the consortium\u2014was presented with updates on the initiative\u2019s operations over the past year: including publisher compliance, the activities of the Executive Committee, the performance of participating journals, and financial reports. Next, the GC received updates on major strategic initiatives of the consortium, for which governance motions are customarily presented for voting. Of particular note were motions relating to the approval of the contract terms to be presented to participating SCOAP<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> publishers for the subsequent Phase of the program (i.e. Phase 4) commencing in 2025. The GC voted unanimously to approve the Phase 4 contracts with the SCOAP<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> publishers. The Phase 4 contracts will secure continued open access publishing for research in high-energy physics across leading journals in the discipline, and include a novel mechanism to provide financial incentives to participating publishers to improve aspects of their service which will advance open science adoption for the discipline. These service criteria include (but are not limited to): improved adoption of persistent identifiers (such as ORCIDs and RORs); software and dataset linking; enriched metadata; and improved accessibility standards to support the needs of those with disabilities. The publisher contracts of SCOAP<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for each Phase are funded by financial contributions from partner countries, who each aim to contribute a \u2018fair-share\u2019 based on the publishing activity of their researchers in the SCOAP<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> journals across the most recent two years of funded research articles. Accordingly, the GC was presented with the results of the most recent analysis to inform members of their respective fair share contributions for the upcoming Phase 4.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The GC was further presented with the results of the SCOAP<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for Books Program. The pilot program targeted the conversion of existing (backlist) textbooks and monographs, and resulted in the conversion of more than 85 titles to open access, all of which have been made available through their respective publisher websites and through a dedicated SCOAP<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> collection on the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/library.oapen.org\/browse?type=collection&value=SCOAP3%20for%20Books\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OAPEN Library<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The GC received a report on how open access availability has impacted the geographic use and visibility of the titles: the analysis showed that the content which was previously only available for reading at institutions in 14 countries, is now being accessed at over 160 countries with usage increasing by 10000%, following their conversion to open access (from a sample of 19 titles converted in open access by SCOAP<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). In 2022 the GC voted to shift the focus of the program in future years towards supporting the publishing of born open access books. The SCOAP<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> team reported that the 2023 offering has resulted in the funding of 19 titles. These books, selected by a panel of expert researchers, will be made available in the coming months, upon publication.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, the GC voted on the appointment of members to key governance positions.\u00a0 Stefan Hohenegger from CNRS in France was appointed as\u00a0 Chair of the GC for a three-year term beginning in January 2024. The GC further voted to\u00a0 add two new members to the Executive Committee of SCOAP<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Mehmet Mirat Sato\u011flu from ULAKBIM, T\u00fcrkyie, and Ji\u0159\u00ed Jir\u00e1t from the CzechELib National Centre, Czech Republic, each for a\u00a0 two-year term (twice renewable). Finally, on the completion of her three-year term as Chair of the GC, Clare Appavoo of CRKN in Canada, was warmly thanked by all the members for her many years of service to SCOAP<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The Governing Council concluded with a sense of enthusiasm for the future of a global approach to Open Science.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SCOAP<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the world\u2019s largest open access initiative, consisting of over 3,000 member institutions across 44 countries\/regions and territories. In continuous operation for a decade, SCOAP<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has supported the open access publishing of over 62,250 articles across 11 leading journals in the discipline, covering over 90% of research published in high-energy physics. 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