On Friday, the CSU Council of Library Directors (COLD), based on recommendation of the Electronic Access to Information Resources (EAR) Committee, voiced support toward submitting an Expression of Interest to join the Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP3). The CSU Expression of Interest includes a monetary pledge of funds toward HEP journals.
This initiative aims to convert high-quality HEP journals to open access.Funding bodies and libraries contribute to the SCOAP3 consortium, which in turn pays centrally for the peer-review articles. More information on the SCOAP3 initiative can be found at http://www.scoap3.org.
