Elsevier is a leader in initiatives that drive the way information is reviewed, validated, archived and disseminated. Our many partnerships help to foster communication, build insights, and enable individual and collective advancement in scientific research and healthcare.

INFORMATION LINKING: Seamless Linking to the World’s STM Literature	INFORMATION PRESERVATION: The Digital Library	INFORMATION STANDARDS: Partnerships for Progress
CrossRef™ A publisher-driven initiative, CrossRef is a free reference linking service that provides seamless integration of current and archived content across publishers. Researchers and healthcare professionals can click on a citation and link directly to the target content from any participating publisher platform. Elsevier is a founding partner. Press Releases	Digital Archives Working with  Yale University Library and the Dutch national library, Koninklijke Bibliotheek (  KB), we have advanced key archival principles, adopting the Open Archival Information System (  OAIS) standards for preservation. Through the KB, we have established the first official digital archive of Elsevier journals ensuring the information we publish is permanently accessible.  Press Releases	STIX (Scientific and Technical Information Exchange) Font Creation Project. The STIX Font Creation project is a collaborative effort by scientific publishers to develop a comprehensive set of fonts for mathematics and other special characters used in scientific, technical and medical publishing. The complete set of STIX fonts is available to anyone under royalty-free license. More on Elsevier and STIX. Press Releases
Open URL Open URL standards address the growing demand for bi-directional interaction between linking systems. Elsevier is an active participant in the ongoing development of Open URL and in the National Information Standards Organization (  NISO) committee. Press Releases	TULIP (The University Licensing Program) In cooperation with nine leading U.S. universities, Elsevier established the TULIP project, which tests the technical feasibility, economic viability and usage patterns of networked delivery of journals to the desktop. Findings from this project provide valuable insight on the digital library and its development. Press Releases	COUNTER (Counting Online Usage of Networked Electronic Resources) Code of Practice Elsevier is a founding member of COUNTER, an international effort involving librarians, publishers and their professional organizations to facilitate a single, accepted, extendible Code of Practice to measure the usage of online information products and services. Press Releases

Other Initiatives:
-  PEAK, The Pricing Electric Access to Knowledge Project 
- British Library and Elsevier use Adobe's encryption technology to manage  digital rights