Top Organizations in Libraries and Scholarly Publishing

User icon Stephen Rhind-Tutt
28 October 2021
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List of organizations that publish reports on scholarly publishing and library issues.


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SPARC is a global coalition committed to making Open the default for research and education. SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) works to enable the open sharing of …


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The Council on Library and Information Resources is an independent, nonprofit organization that forges strategies to enhance research, teaching, and learning environments in collaboration with libraries, cultural institutions, and communities …


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The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) is dedicated to supporting the transformative promise of digital information technology for the advancement of scholarly communication and the enrichment of intellectual productivity. Over …


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The ALA Constitution states the purpose of ALA as, “The object of the American Library Association shall be to promote library service and librarianship.” The stated mission is, “To provide …


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OCLC is a global library cooperative that provides shared technology services, original research and community programs for its membership and the library community at large. We are librarians, technologists, researchers, …


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ALISE (Association for Library and Information Science Education) is a non-profit organization that serves as the intellectual home of faculty, staff, and students in library and information science, and allied …


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NISO, the National Information Standards Organization, is a non-profit association accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). We identify, develop, maintain, and publish technical standards and recommended practices to …


ER&L facilitates communication and collaboration for information professionals around issues related to managing electronic resources in the digital world. The goal of the ER&L Conference is to bring together information …


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The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP), founded in 1978, is a nonprofit organization formed to promote and advance communication among all sectors of the scholarly publication community through networking, information …


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The Charleston Conference was started in 1980 by Charleston librarian Katina Strauch. Its focus is on acquisition for research and academic libraries, particularly on serials and academic books. It also …