SCOAP3-DH: Open Access in High Energy Physics for German universities
Connotea Imports 2012-07-31
Summary:
"Another important step towards Open Access in High Energy Physics has been taken. In the beginning of September representatives of university libraries met with representatives of the German SCOAP3 Partners (TIB, Max-Planck-Society und Helmholtz Association) for a workshop at TIB in Hannover....During a first meeting of the international partners in April it was decided to have the concept implemented by January 1st 2013. Shortly, the market survey will be published and the international tender procedure will formally begin after a period of intense preparation. The most important topic of the workshop was the presentation and discussion of a calculation model which will serve to distribute the costs among the German universities and other institutions after the implementation of the consortium...."