Latest News from SPARC
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Monday, August 1, 2016
Academic publishing in transition
Open AccessHow higher ed is helping to bring about change in the age-old models of scholarly publishing.
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Monday, June 6, 2016
Supporting the Vice-President’s Cancer Moonshot Initiative
Open Access · Open DataEarlier today, Vice President Biden announced the launch of the Genomic Data Commons...
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Wednesday, April 6, 2016
In Science, Inspiration Can Come From Unlikely Places
Open Access · Open DataA mom reached out to a scientist with a novel idea for an experiment. Years later, her hunch has blossomed into a published scientific study.
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Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Philanthropic Organizations Convened to Discuss Open Access Expansion
Open AccessIn October 2015, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) convened a meeting to catalyze dialogue about opportunities for philanthropic organizations to expand their understanding and implementation of open access.
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Wednesday, March 30, 2016
The Science of the Tax-Dollar Double Dip
Open AccessMuch research is federally funded, but if you want to see what you paid for, that’s going to cost you—again.
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Saturday, March 19, 2016
Taking the online medicine
Open AccessOld-fashioned ways of reporting new discoveries are holding back medical research. Some scientists are pushing for change
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Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Handful of Biologists Went Rogue and Published Directly to Internet
Open AccessOn Feb. 29, Carol Greider of Johns Hopkins University became the third Nobel Prize laureate biologist in a month to do something long considered taboo among biomedical researchers...
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