Latest News from SPARC
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Friday, June 12, 2020
OpenCon Community Members Support Rapid COVID Response Through Preprints
Open AccessAs healthcare providers and researchers increasingly turn to preprints during the COVID-19 outbreak, two early career advocates are doing their part to promote this practice and improve the process.
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Tuesday, June 9, 2020
SPARC Debrief on Three Recent Big Deal Cancellations
Open AccessOn May 15th, SPARC hosted a member debrief on three recent Big Deal cancellations by member libraries.
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Thursday, June 4, 2020
Enthusiasm for OER Takes Off in Colorado with Statewide Support
Open EducationNext up in our monthly series profiling state initiatives is Colorado, whose energetic community of OER advocates is making strides to deliver benefits for students.
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Wednesday, June 3, 2020
SPARC Welcomes Lese Fandel to the Team
SPARC is pleased to welcome Lese Fandel to our team as our new Program and Operations Specialist. In her role, Lese will support SPARC programs, helping to grow engagement with members and the wider community.
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Tuesday, June 2, 2020
SPARC Statement on the Urgency of Addressing Structural Racism and Inequity
SPARC stands in solidarity with those outraged by the killing of George Floyd and for all victims and survivors of systemic violence against Black communities. We must actively dismantle structural racism & inequity. SPARC fully commits to this work.
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Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Framing Infrastructure Decisions with Shared Open Values
Open AccessThe IUPUI University Library has long been a champion of advancing Open. Last year, staff members decided to agree on what principles that would guide its investment in open scholarship and infrastructure moving forward.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Strong Community Response to Free Scholarly Article Access to Fight COVID-19
Open Access · Open DataImmediate, free open access to research results is vital to accelerating the global research community’s progress towards COVID-19 testing, treatments and vaccines. The NIH CORD-19 Dataset is advancing this work.
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Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Inside the Collaborative Effort in Massachusetts to Advance OER
Open EducationMassachusetts offers an inspiring example of statewide collaboration on OER to benefit students. SPARC takes an inside look at how the state’s OER initiative developed and what it plans for the future.
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