Latest News from SPARC
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Monday, November 29, 2021
SPARC Statement on UNESCO Ratification of Open Science Recommendation
Open Access · Open DataSPARC welcomes the unanimous ratification of the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science during its 41st General Conference. This action represents an enormous step forward towards creating a global knowledge sharing ecosystem that is both open and equitable by design.
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Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Trampling on Green in a Rush for Gold
Open AccessA review of the data and methodology underlying a recent Springer Nature white paper on purported benefits of hybrid open access raise serious concerns about the veracity of its conclusion as well as the ultimate goal of the document.
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Monday, September 20, 2021
SPARC Releases Results of Survey on the Impact of COVID
Open Access · Open Data · Open EducationThe SPARC COVID Impact Survey was undertaken to better understand academic libraries’ pandemic-related budgetary challenges and approaches, with a focus on understanding how they affected attitudes towards content, collections, and open initiatives.
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Tuesday, August 10, 2021
Sarah Lamdan, Expert on Library Vendors’ Surveillance Activities, Joins SPARC as Senior Fellow
Open Access · Open Data · Open EducationSPARC is pleased to welcome Sarah Lamdan as a Senior Fellow. Lamdan will work closely with the SPARC team to support members in better understanding vendors’ growing surveillance activities, in tracking new developments related to surveillance, and in taking steps to address these threats.
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Friday, June 25, 2021
Announcing SPARC’s Negotiation Summer Series
Equitable Infrastructure · Open Access · Open Data · Open EducationIn response to the overwhelming interest in our first ACRL/SPARC Negotiation 101 Workshop earlier this year, SPARC will host a series of programs over this summer to better support libraries and library workers in building their skills for negotiation with vendors.
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Tuesday, June 8, 2021
SPARC Statement on Public Access Provisions in the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act
Open AccessSPARC is pleased to see the U.S. Senate endorse language that strongly supports providing faster access to taxpayer-funded research results with the passage of the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act.
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Tuesday, May 18, 2021
Assisting in Recovery from the UCT Library Fire
On April 18th, the University of Cape Town Library suffered a devastating fire. SPARC is tracking ways to support those at UCT in the months to come as they work to recover from this tragedy.
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Friday, April 9, 2021
Addressing the Alarming Systems of Surveillance Built By Library Vendors
Open Access · Open Data · Open EducationMajor library vendors have built sophisticated, global surveillance systems and sell services based on these systems to governments. We must confront that dollars from library subscriptions, directly or indirectly, now fund these systems.
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