Latest News from SPARC
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Friday, January 17, 2020
Join SPARC in Celebrating Public Domain Day on January 30, online or in-person!
Open Access · Open Data · Open EducationSPARC is delighted to partner with the Internet Archive, the Institute for Intellectual Property & Social Justice, Creative Commons, and American University’s Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property to host the 2020 Public Domain Day celebration in Washington, DC.
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Friday, December 20, 2019
SPARC Letter to the White House Regarding Rumored Open Access Policy
Open Access · Open DataThis letter was submitted by SPARC to the White House on December 20, 2019 in support of the rumored open access policy.
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Thursday, December 19, 2019
SPARC Statement on Rumored New White House Open Access Policy
Open Access · Open DataA statement by Heather Joseph, Executive Director of SPARC, on press reports of an impending new White House Open Access Policy.
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Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Congress to Renew Open Textbook Pilot Grant Program with $7 Million Appropriation
Open EducationA bipartisan budget agreement reached in the U.S. Congress will renew and strengthen the federal Open Textbook Pilot Grant Program with $7 million in funding for Fiscal Year 2020—a $2 million increase over previous years.
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Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Leaked Dutch Contract with Elsevier Raises Significant Alarm Bells
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Friday, December 6, 2019
Making it easier to be open: Johns Hopkins engineers innovative platform for repositories
Open AccessPASS is fundamentally an attempt to leverage existing incentives and reduce friction so people that participate in open publishing. With PASS, researchers can eventually also simultaneously deposit into their institutional platform, society platform or pre-print server.
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Tuesday, November 19, 2019
SPARC Releases Roadmap for Higher Education Institutions to Counter Industry’s Growing Control Over Academic Data and Analytics
Open Access · Open Data · Open EducationSPARC's new Roadmap for Action recommends individual and collective actions for institutions to ensure control of their data and data infrastructure.
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Wednesday, October 23, 2019
A Great Development on the GREAT Act
Open Access · Open DataThe U.S. Senate unanimously passed the Grant Reporting Efficiency and Agreements Transparency (GREAT) Act.
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