Scholarship is at its best when communities of researchers, scholars, and knowledge workers can share, discover, and collaborate. However, the needs of this community are not well-served by the existing scholarly communication infrastructure, which is dominated by commercial vendors whose missions and values often run counter to those of the scholarly community. When the business models of these vendors favor lock-in, consolidation and monopoly, they create a market where opportunity for healthy competition is limited.

While many promising open infrastructure projects have demonstrated their value, most operate independently, and struggle with securing ongoing operational funding. There is a pressing need for a coordinated, global effort to provide collective support for developing and sustaining open infrastructure that operates in a manner that is aligned with the values of the scholarly community it serves.

Our organizations support this global effort to sustain open scholarly infrastructure. We believe that a network of shared open systems and tools governed by and managed for the benefit of those who use them is an essential step towards creating a healthy scholarly ecosystem. By investing in, integrating, building on, and/or expanding current and emerging open infrastructure initiatives, we can ensure that the services and software that the scholarly community relies upon to share its work with all who need access is high-quality, reliable, persistently available, and operated in a manner consistent with our community’s values.

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Supporting Organizations

  1. Academic Data Science Alliance, by Micaela Parker, Founder/Executive Director
  2. Academy of Science of South Africa, by Himla Soodyall, Executive Officer
  3. African Journals Online (AJOL), by Susan Murray, Executive Director
  4. African Union of Conservationists (AUC), by Raymond Katebaka, General Secretary
  5. AfricArXiv, by Johanna Havemann, Co-Founder
  6. Almaahad Almutagadem Specialized Computer Training Center (AASCTC), by Hussein Sherief, Director
  7. Ariadna Ediciones, by Manuel Loyola, Profesor Universitario
  8. Association of Research Libraries, by Mary Lee Kennedy, Executive Director
  9. Australasian Open Access Strategy Group, by Ginny Barbour, Director
  10. Biteca, by Arley Soto, Co-founder
  11. Biteca SAS, by Arley Soto, Co-founder
  12. California Digital Library, by Günter Waibel, Associate Vice Provost and Executive Director
  13. Canadian Association of Research Libraries, by Susan Haigh, Executive Director
  14. Center for Expanded Data Annotation and Retrieval (CEDAR), by Mark Musen, Director
  15. Center for Open Science, by Lucy Ofiesh, Chief Operating Officer
  16. Center for Research Libraries (CRL), by Greg Eow, President
  17. Centre for Critical Development Studies, University of Toronto Scarborough, by Leslie Chan, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream
  18. CLACSO-Latin American Council of Social Sciences, by Karina Batthyány, Executive Secretary
  19. Code for Science and Society, by Danielle Robinson, Co-Executive Director
  20. Columbia University Libraries, by Ann Thornton, Vice Provost and University Librarian
  21. COAR - Confederation of Open Access Repositories, by Kathleen Shearer, Executive Director
  22. Consortium Erudit.org, by Tanja Niemann, Executive Director
  23. CORE, KMi, The Open University, by Petr Knoth, Founder and Head of CORE/Senior Research Fellow in Text and Data Mining
  24. Curtin University, by Cameron Neylon, Professor of Research Communications
  25. Digital Security Group, by Narcisse Mbunzama, CEO
  26. DOAB Foundation, by Tom Mosterd, Community Manager
  27. Dryad, by Tracy Teal, Executive Director
  28. Educopia Institute, by Katherine Skinner, Executive Director
  29. eLife, by Mark Patterson, Executive Director
  30. Emory University, by Lisa Macklin, Associate Vice Provost and University Librarian
  31. Ethiopian Journal of Health Development, by Kidist Sahlu, Journal Administrator
  32. FireOak Strategies, by Abby Clobridge, Founder
  33. Force 11, by Daniel O'Donnell, President
  34. Ghana Library Association, by Samuel Aggrey, President
  35. Grassroots Review Journals, by Victor Venema, Founder
  36. Hindawi, by Paul Peters, CEO
  37. Hypothesis, by Dan Whaley, Founder & CEO
  38. Indiana University Bloomington, by Carolyn Walters, Dean of Libraries
  39. Internet Archive, by Jefferson Bailey, Director, Web Archiving & Data Services
  40. Islandora Foundation, by Mark Jordan, Chair, Islandora Foundation Board of Directors
  41. ITHAKA JSTOR, by Rahul Belani, VP Products
  42. IUPUI University Library, by Kristi Palmer, Herbert Simon Family Dean
  43. JKUAT, by Joseph Wafula, Director
  44. Joint Minds Consult, by Joseph Mwelwa, Senior Partner and Researcher
  45. King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Library, by J. K. Vijayakumar, Library Director
  46. Knowledge Futures Group, by Heather Staines, Head of Scholarly Communications Partnerships
  47. Lehigh University , by Boaz Nadav-Manes, University Librarian
  48. LYRASIS, by Robert Miller, CEO
  49. Mapping the Scholarly Communications Infrastructure, by David Lewis, Principal Investigator
  50. Metropolitan New York Library Council, by Nate Hill, Executive Director
  51. Middlebury College, by Mike Roy, Dean of the Library
  52. Moodle Pty Ltd, by Martin Dougiamas, CEO
  53. NC State University Libraries, by Greg Raschke, Director of Libraries
  54. Northwestern University, by Evviva Weinraub, Associate University Librarian for Digital Strategies
  55. Northwestern University, by Sarah Pritchard, Dean of Libraries
  56. OAPEN Foundation, by Eelco Ferwerda, Director
  57. Ohio State University, by Damon Jaggars, Vice Provost and Director of University Libaries
  58. Open Access Button, by Joseph McArthur, Director
  59. OpenAQ, by Chris Hagerbaumer, Executive Director
  60. Open Book Publishers, by Rupert Gatti, Co-founder
  61. Open Context (Alexandria Archive Institute), by Sarah Kansa, Executive Director
  62. Open Edtech Association, by Martin Dougiamas, Founder
  63. Open Education Global, by Paul Stacey, Executive Director
  64. Open Knowledge Maps, by Peter Kraker, Chairman
  65. Open Library Foundation, by Ginny Boyer, Managing Director
  66. Open Research Funders Group, by Greg Tananbaum, ORFG Coordinator
  67. OPERAS, by Pierre Mounier, Associate Director for International Development
  68. Our Research, by Heather Piwowar, Cofounder
  69. Public Knowledge Project, by John Willinsky, Director
  70. Punctum Books, by Eileen Joy, Director
  71. Research Consulting, by Rob Johnson, Founder and Director
  72. Reveal Digital, by Jeff Moyer, Founder and Director
  73. ScholarLed, by Eileen Joy, Partner
  74. Scholarly Communications Lab, by Juan Pablo Alperin, Director
  75. sci.city, by Alex Kleiner, CEO
  76. Simon Fraser University Library, by Gwen Bird, Dean of Libraries
  77. Southern Methodist University, by Holly Jeffcoat, Dean of SMU Libraries
  78. SPARC, by Heather Joseph, Executive Director
  79. SPARC Europe, by Vanessa Proudman, Director
  80. Stanford University, by Zach Chandler, Director, Research IT & Innovation
  81. Strategies for Open Science (Stratos), by Kristen Ratan, Founder
  82. Syracuse University, by David Seaman, Dean of Libraries and Interim Dean of the School of Information Studies
  83. Texas Digital Library, by Kristi Park, Executive Director
  84. The Center For Scientific Integrity, by Ivan Oransky, Executive Director
  85. The Wikipedia Library, by Jake Orlowitz, Lead
  86. TopicQuests Foundation, by Jack Park, Co-founder/CEO
  87. Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, by Jacomien van Niekerk, Editor
  88. UNC Greensboro, by Martin Halbert, Dean of University Libraries
  89. Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, by Arianna Becerril, Professor
  90. University Nazi BONI, by Tiguiane Yelemou, Senior Professor
  91. University of Abomey Calavi, by Joseph Sagbohan, Library and ICT Project Manager
  92. University of Alaska Anchorage, by Steve Rollins, Dean, UAA/APU Consortium Library
  93. University of California Los Angeles Library, by Ginny Steele, Norman and Armena Powell University Librarian
  94. University of California, Santa Barbara, by Kristin Antelman, University Librarian
  95. University of Colorado Boulder, by Robert H. McDonald, Dean of University Libraries
  96. University of Guelph, by Rebecca Graham, University Librarian
  97. University of Illinois at Chicago, by Mary Case, University Librarian and Dean of Libraries
  98. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, by John Wilkin, Dean of Libraries and University Librarian
  99. University of Michigan, by Maurice York, Associate University Librarian for Library Information Technology
  100. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, by Elaine Westbrooks, University Librarian & Vice Provost
  101. University of North Dakota Libraries, by Stephanie Walker, Dean of Libraries & Information Resources
  102. University of Virginia Library, by Robin Ruggaber, Director of Strategic Technology Partnerships & Initiatives
  103. West and Central African Research and Education Network (WACREN), by Omo Oaiya, Chief Strategy Officer
  104. WikiJournal User Group, by Thomas Shafee, Chair

Supporting Individuals

  1. Ada Emmett, Director, Shulenburger Office of Scholarly Communication & Copyright at University of Kansas, Libraries
  2. Adrian Ho, Director of Digital Scholarship at University of Kentucky Libraries
  3. Ahmed Ogunlaja, Student at Washington University in St Louis
  4. Alex Holcombe, Professor at University of Sydney
  5. Amanda Hurford, Scholarly Communications Director at Private Academic Library Network of Indiana (PALNI)
  6. Amanda Page, Open Publishing and Copyright Librarian at Syracuse University Libraries
  7. Amanda Lawrence, Research Associate at RMIT University
  8. Amy Buckland, Head, Research & Scholarship at University of Guelph
  9. Andreas Ferus, Interim Head Librarian, Open Access Officer at Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
  10. Andrew Sila, Data Scientist at ICRAF
  11. Ann Campion Riley, Vice Provost for Libraries and University Librarian at University of Missouri
  12. Arild Skalmeraas, Senior Librarian at University of Southeastern Norway
  13. Ayanda lebele, Director, Library Services at Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST)
  14. Ayenew Fentahun, Lecturer and Librarian at Jimma University
  15. Bianca Kramer, Scholarly Communication Librarian at Utrecht University
  16. Brandon Butler, Director of Information Policy at University of Virginia Library
  17. Bruce Caron, Executive Director at New Media Research Institute
  18. Carrie Nelson, Director of Scholarly Communication at University of Wisconsin-Madison
  19. Chris Hartgerink at Liberate Science GmbH
  20. Chris Bourg, Director of Libraries at MIT
  21. Christa Rautenbach, Professor and Editor-in-chief at North-West University
  22. Christian Hauschke, Project Management VIVO at Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB)
  23. Colleen Lyon, Head of Scholarly Communications at University of Texas at Austin
  24. Craig Murdoch, Online and Open Initiatives Manager at Auckland University of Technology
  25. Dan Morgan, Director, Community Relations at Public Library of Science (PLOS)
  26. Daniel Mietchen, Senior Scientist at School of Data Science, University of Virginia
  27. Deborah Helman, Director of Science & Engineering Libraries at University of Wisconsin - Madison Libraries
  28. Demmy Verbeke, Head Artes at KU Leuven Libraries
  29. Dominique Babini, Open Access Advisor at CLACSO-Latin American Council of Social Sciences
  30. Edwin Qobose, Director at University of Botswana Library
  31. Ellen Dubinsky, Scholarly Communication Librarian at University of Arizona
  32. Felix Emeka Anyiam, Research Officer & Data Analyst/Scientist at Centre for Health and Development, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
  33. Fiona Murphy, Owner at MMC Ltd
  34. Georgia Bullen, Executive Director at Simply Secure
  35. Godwin Yeboah, Senior Research Fellow at Institute for Global Sustainable Development - University of Warwick
  36. Hans de Jonge, Head of Open Science at Dutch Research Council (NWO)
  37. Heather Staines, Independent Consultant
  38. Ina Smith, Project Manager at Academy of Science of South Africa/African Open Science Platform
  39. Innocent Awasom, Associate Librarian at Texas Tech University Lubbock
  40. Irene Onyancha, Chief, Knowledge Management Services at United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
  41. J. Albert Bowden, Web developer
  42. Jean-Claude Guédon, Professeur Honoraire (retired full professor) at Université de Montréal
  43. Jean-Francois Lutz, Head of Digital Library at Université de Lorraine
  44. Jeannet Molopyane, Deputy Director at University of the Free State
  45. Jeff Kosokoff, Assistant University Librarian for Collection Strategy at Duke University
  46. Jennifer Vinopal, Associate Director for Information Technology at The Ohio State University Libraries
  47. Jennifer McLennan, Head of External Relations at eLife
  48. Jeremy Georges-Filteau, Founder, NeoAI
  49. Jeroen Sondervan, Open Access Publishing Consultant at Utrecht University Library
  50. Jibril Attahiru Alhassan, University Librarian at Federal University of Technology Minna
  51. Jill Sexton, Associate Director for the Digital Library at NC State University Library
  52. Joakim Philipson, Research Data Analyst at Stockholm University Library
  53. Johannah White, OER Librarian at Xavier University of Louisiana
  54. John Stephen Tenywa, Associate Professor at College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University
  55. Jonathan Tennant, Research Fellow at Center for Research and Interdisciplinarity
  56. Joseph Sagbohan, Library and ICT Project Manager at University of Abomey Calavi
  57. Josiline Chigwada, Sub Librarian - Information Services at Bindura University of Science Education
  58. Juan de Dios Santander-Vela, Software Systems Engineer at SKA Organisation
  59. Kaitlin Newson, Digital Projects Librarian at Scholars Portal
  60. Kamel Belhamel, Professor at University of Bejaia
  61. Kamran Naim, Director of Partnerships & Initiatives at Annual Reviews
  62. Kathleen DeLaurenti, Head Librarian at The Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University
  63. Kevin Hawkins, Assistant Dean for Scholarly Communication at University of North Texas Libraries
  64. Kevin Stranack, Managing Director at Public Knowledge Project at Simon Fraser University Library
  65. Kim Pham, Librarian at University of Denver University Libraries
  66. Kristine Alpi, University Librarian at Oregon Health & Science University
  67. Laura Paglione, Partner at Spherical Cow Group
  68. Leigh Blackall, Educational Designer at RMIT University
  69. Leo Waaijers, Director at Quality Open Access Market
  70. Lire Zakari, Head of Documentation and Information Centre at Conseil Africain et Malgache pour l'Enseignement Supérieur (CAMES)
  71. Lisa Hinchliffe, Professor/Coordinator for Information Literacy Services & Instruction at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  72. Lluis Anglada, Open Science Director at CSUC
  73. Lori Goetsch, Dean of Libraries at Kansas State University
  74. Lucy Barnes, Editor at Open Book Publishers
  75. Ludo Waltman, Professor of Quantitative Science Studies at Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Leiden University
  76. Luqman Hayes, Scholarly Communications Team Leader at Auckland University of Technology
  77. Marcel LaFlamme, Postdoctoral Researcher at LBG Open Innovation in Science Center
  78. Markus Putnings, Bibliotheksoberrat at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Universitätsbibliothek Erlangen-Nürnberg
  79. Marta Teperek, Data Stewardship Coordinator at TU Delft
  80. Martha Kyrillidou, Principal & CEO at QualityMetrics LLC
  81. Martha Whitehead, University Librarian at Harvard Library
  82. Martínez Dídac, Director del Servei de Biblioteques, Publicacions i Arxius at Servei de Biblioteques, Publicacions i Arxius, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya UPC
  83. Mary Case, University Librarian and Dean of Libraries at University of Illinois at Chicago
  84. Maseka Lesaoana, Researcher at
  85. Melissa Levine, Director, Copyright Office at University of Michigan Library
  86. Micah Vandegrift, Open Knowledge Librarian at North Carolina State University
  87. Michael Mensah, Assistant Librarian at TAKORADI TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
  88. Michael Eisen, Professor (UCB), Investigator (HHMI), Editor in Chief (eLife) at UC Berkeley, HHMI, eLife
  89. Mmaditshipi Seageng, Library Manager at National School of Government
  90. Mmaditshipi Seageng, Library Manager at National School of Government
  91. Nanci Oddone, Professor at Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (Unirio)
  92. Nate Angell, Director of Marketing at Hypothesis
  93. Neil Chue Hong, Director, Software Sustainability Institute at University of Edinburgh
  94. Nick Shockey, Director of Programs & Engagement at SPARC
  95. Nicky Agate, Assistant Director, Scholarly Communication and Projects at Columbia University Libraries
  96. Nomathongo Bell, Deputy Director, Library and Information Services at Nelson Mandela University
  97. Nozuko Hlwatika, Administrator at University of South Africa
  98. Paige Mann, Scholarly Communications Librarian | STEM Librarian at University of Redlands
  99. Paloma Marín Arraiza, PhD student at Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP
  100. Pamela Jacobs, Head, Collections & Content at University of Guelph
  101. Paul Walk, Director at Antleaf
  102. Peg Fowler, Director, Business Operations at Hypothesis
  103. Peter Suber, Director, Office for Scholarly Communication at Harvard University
  104. Philipp Conzett, Senior Research Librarian at UiT The Arctic University of Norway
  105. Rania Ibrahim, Researcher at National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences
  106. Raym Crow, Senior Consultant at SPARC
  107. Reme Melero, Researcher at CSIC
  108. Remedios Melero, researcher at CSIC
  109. Robin Sinn, Coordinator, Office of Scholarly Communication at Johns Hopkins University
  110. Roger Watson, Professor of Nursing at University of Hull
  111. Samir Hachani, Lecturer at the School of Library Science at Algiers University
  112. Samuel Klein, Founder at New England Wikimedians
  113. Sandy De Groote, Scholarly Communication Librarian at University of Illinois at Chicago
  114. Sarah de Rijcke, Professor and Scientific Director at CWTS, Leiden University
  115. Selorm Ankudey, Junior Assistant Librarian at University of Energy and Natural Resources
  116. Sharla Lair, Strategist, Content & Scholarly Communication Initiatives at LYRASIS
  117. Sherry Lake, Scholarly Repository Librarian at University of Virginia
  118. Sithembile Nyebeleza, Assistant Librarian at NWU
  119. Sizwe Ngcobo, Resource Centre Manager (Bedfordview Campus) at Pearson Institute of Higher Education
  120. Souleymane Sogoba, Archivist-Documentalist at CPS/SDR
  121. Steel Wagstaff, Educational Client Manager at Pressbooks
  122. Stephanie Walker, Dean of Libraries & Information Resources at University of North Dakota Libraries
  123. Terry Ehling, Managing Director at MIT Knowledge Futures Group
  124. Thomas Bello, Senior Assistant Librarian at Kamuzu College of Nursing, University of Malawi
  125. Tobias Steiner, Member of the Steering Committee, Member at Open Science MOOC
  126. Tony Alves, Scholarly Publishing Free Agent
  127. Tom Olyhoek, Editor-in-Chief at DOAJ
  128. Tyler Walters, Dean, University Libraries at Virginia Tech
  129. Vicky Steeves, Librarian for Research Data Management and Reproducibility at New York University
  130. Violeta Ilik, Head, Digital Collections and Preservation Systems at Columbia University
  131. Zachary Seitz, Laboratory Technician at University of Kansas Medical Center
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