Latest News from SPARC
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Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Authors Alliance and SPARC Release Third “Legal Pathways to Open Access” White Paper on Federal Grants and Institutional IP Policies
Open AccessAuthors Alliance and SPARC have released a new white paper exploring how institutions can navigate unresolved copyright questions.
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Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Open Education Community Keeps Eyes on the Horizon at October Conference
Open Education
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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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Monday, October 20, 2025
Reasserting Community Control Over Who Owns Our Knowledge
Open AccessInternational Open Access Week 2025 brings together global conversations and events exploring how communities can reclaim control over scholarly knowledge, research infrastructure, and open access in an era of commercialization and AI-driven change.
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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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