Create Change Canada is an educational initiative that examines new opportunities in scholarly communication, advocates changes in the new digital environment, and encourages active participation by scholars and researchers.

faster and wider sharing of journal articles, research data, simulations, syntheses, analyses, and other findings fuels the advance of knowledge. It's a two-way street - sharing research benefits you and others.

Create Change was developed by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) and is supported by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). The website: by SPARC and the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL).

Mar. 28, 2008 (Wall Street Journal) - In the past few years, educational material, from handwritten lecture notes to whole courses, has been made available online, free for anyone who wants it.

Mar. 7, 2008 (Wall Street Journal) - If your child has a life-threatening disease and you're desperate to read the latest research, you'll be dismayed to learn that you can't - at least not without hugely expensive subscriptions to a bevy of specialized journals or access to a major research library.

Source: blogs.library.ualberta.ca