Latest News from SPARC
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Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Open Access Week Kickoff Event Program Announced; Student and Early Career Researcher Involvement Highlighted
Open AccessThe 2014 International Open Access Week Kickoff Event aims to provide a forum for students and early career researchers to have a lively conversation with an expert panel representing research funders, university administrators, and scholarly societies, exploring how the transition to Open ...
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Monday, September 15, 2014
More than 1,700 students & early career researchers from 125 countries apply to attend OpenCon 2014, hosted by SPARC
View a map of the 125 countries represented by the applicants to attend OpenCon 2014.
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Friday, August 8, 2014
A Quandary Over Textbooks: Whether to Buy or Rent
Open EducationCosts for textbooks and related course materials remain significant — textbooks and supplies cost about $1,200 a year, according to the College Board.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014
BMC says IFs of its society journals increased after move to OA
Open AccessSeveral society journals published in partnership with BioMed Central (BMC) have seen significant increases in their Impact Factors (IFs) since making the transition to open access (OA), reports the publisher.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014
Don’t Muddy the “Open” Waters: SPARC Joins Call for STM Association to Rethink New Licenses
Open AccessFor the past decade, SPARC has made it our mission to communicate a clear, concise definition of Open Access – the free, immediate online availability of scholarly articles, coupled with the rights to use those articles fully in the digital environment. These reuse rights are neatly expressed ...
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Monday, August 4, 2014
Energy Dept. Unveils Plan to Increase Public Access to Research It Finances
Open Access · Open DataThe U.S. Department of Energy on Monday unveiled a plan to increase public access to research that it finances, in response to an order last year from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Science magazine reported.
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Monday, August 4, 2014
Why open access advocates aren’t thrilled with the DOE’s plan to expand public access to its research
Open Access · Open DataOn Monday, the Department of Energy released its plan to implement a White House directive aimed at opening up more federally funded research to the public.
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Monday, August 4, 2014
U.S. Energy Department to make researchers’ papers free
Open Access · Open DataThe U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today unveiled its answer to a White House mandate to make the research papers it funds free for anyone to read: a Web portal that will link to full-text papers a year after they're published.
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