Latest News from SPARC
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Friday, November 14, 2025
International Open Access Week 2025 Highlights from Discussion on Theme: “Who Owns Our Knowledge?”
Open AccessInternational Open Access Week 2025 sparked global conversations and collaborations around reclaiming community control of scholarly knowledge and infrastructure, highlighting growing momentum for sustainable, non-commercial open access models.
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Friday, September 19, 2025
American Heart Association Amplifies Impact of Research with Open Policies
The American Heart Association is expanding support for open science by providing researchers with new policies, training, and tools to help make funded research articles and data openly accessible and reusable.
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Monday, August 11, 2025
Internet Archive Designated as a Federal Depository Library
The Internet Archive has been designated a federal depository library, expanding public access to U.S. government publications through its digital-first approach to preserving and sharing knowledge online.
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Tuesday, July 22, 2025
Intersection of Public Engagement and Open Access Presents Opportunities
Those who support publicly engaged or community-engaged research emphasize the benefit of science being broadly accessible and informed by the contributions of multiple partners and/or interest holders to amplify impact.
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Wednesday, July 9, 2025
SPARC Responds to Senate’s “Ten Times Faster” Science Initiative
Open AccessThe American Science Acceleration Project (ASAP) issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking recommendations on mechanisms to help achieve ASAP’s main objectives. SPARC's full response to the RFI, including detailed appendices addressing each pillar, is available here.
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Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Theme for Open Access Week 2025 Asks “Who Owns Our Knowledge?”
Open AccessThe theme of International Open Access Week for 2025 asks a pointed question about the present moment and how, in a time of disruption, communities can reassert control over the knowledge they produce.
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Tuesday, June 3, 2025
Open Education 101 Series
Open EducationSPARC is pleased to announce Open Education 101, a series designed to provide an entry point to open education work as well as a refresher for those already engaged in this field.
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Monday, June 2, 2025
SPARC Welcomes Corinna Turbes as New Government Relations Lead
Corinna Turbes joins SPARC as the new Senior Manager of Government Relations.
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