Latest News from SPARC
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Thursday, April 4, 2019
Affordable College Textbook Act Reintroduced in U.S. Congress
Open EducationToday Congress introduced the Affordable College Textbook Act, which aims to make higher education more affordable for students by expanding the use and awareness of open educational resources.
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Monday, March 25, 2019
Standing Up To Be A Force Of Change: Q&A with Joe Lucia of Temple University
Open AccessTemple University has joined the growing list of institutions to cancel their “Big Deal” journal subscription bundles with Elsevier. Here’s what Library Dean Joe Lucia has to say about the recent decision not to renew its bundled contract and the university’s approach going forward.
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Thursday, March 14, 2019
New Open Textbook Pilot Grantees Gear Up For Next Steps
Open EducationThe U.S. Department of Education awarded the second round of Open Textbook Pilot funding to Chippewa Valley Technical College and Arizona State University. SPARC has a first look at their projects.
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Friday, March 8, 2019
SPARC Open Education Leadership Program: Empowering Catalysts for Change
Open EducationLaunched two years ago, SPARC's Open Education Leadership Program has gone far and above our expectations. For Open Education Week, we interviewed members of the community to understand how it is having an impact.
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Wednesday, March 6, 2019
SPARC Celebrates Open Education Week on Capitol Hill
Open EducationIn celebration of international Open Education Week, SPARC teamed up with a group of open education advocates for a day of meetings on Capitol Hill to educate lawmakers about how open textbooks can make higher education more affordable and effective for students.
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Tuesday, January 29, 2019
SPARC & COAR Launch Good Practice Principles for Scholarly Communication Services
Open AccessCOAR and SPARC have developed seven good practice principles for scholarly communication services to ensure transparency, openness, and alignment with the aims of scholarship.
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Monday, January 14, 2019
Bill to Make Federal Government Data More Accessible Becomes Law
Open DataToday, President Trump signed into law the OPEN Government Data Act. The bill requires federal agencies to publish government data in machine-readable and open formats, and to use open licenses.
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Monday, January 14, 2019
A Huge Win for Open Data in the United States
Open DataPresident Trump has signed into law the OPEN Government Data Act, a sweeping, government-wide mandate requiring U.S. federal agencies to publish all non-sensitive government information – including federally-funded research – as open data.
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