COUPERIN - Consortium Universitaire des Publications Numériques (Academic Consortium for Electronic Publications)

The French consortium Couperin is a network that unites different members: universities, research institutions and other organizations. I

• It currently includes 210 institutions

• It evaluates, negotiates and arranges the purchase of electronic library resources at the best price possible for its members.

• It promotes a national policy on the acquisition of scientific archives to ensure equal access to IST (Scientific and Technical Information) for the entire scientific community.

• It works on improving scientific communication through the development of open archives. 

• It encourages the establishment of systems for non-commercial dissemination of IST.