DECLARING INDEPENDENCE was published in 2001 by SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition) and TRLN (the Triangle Research Libraries Network), partners in bringing this initiative to the research community.

The publication was designed as a tool for scholars and journal editors to address the crisis in scientific scholarly communication and begin to explore alternatives to commercial journals.

While the full-length 2001 DECLARING INDEPENDENCE is no longer in circulation, a selection is available here, in PDF format. If you're interested in learning more about alternatives to commercial journals, please see the Create Change and Open Access brochures.

For more information, contact us through sparc [at] arl [dot] org.

Declaring Independence