April 9, 1999

Group Seeks On-Line Alternatives to High-Cost Scholarly Journals

By VINCENT KIERNAN

A coalition of research libraries that is seeking alternatives to high-cost scholarly journals is putting its money where its mouth is.

The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, a project of the Association of Research Libraries, announced last week that it would offer $500,000 in grants for electronic experiments in new approaches to scholarly communications.

Each grant is expected to

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