Latest News from SPARC
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Monday, February 20, 2017
Preparing for Open Education Week: 6 Ideas You Can Bring to Campus
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Monday, January 30, 2017
Announcing 2017 International Open Data Day Mini Grants
Open Data
SPARC is happy to support Open Research Data activities this Open Data Day through mini-grants for events around the world. See below an announcement of the program reposted from the Open Knowledge International Blog.
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Thursday, January 26, 2017
Virginia Steel Elected Chair of the SPARC Steering Committee
Washington, D.C. – Virginia Steel, the Norman and Armena Powell University Librarian at UCLA, has been elected to the position of Chair of the SPARC Steering Committee. Steel has served as member of the Committee, which provides strategic advice and guidance to the SPARC staff, since ...
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Thursday, December 15, 2016
Prominent Funding Organizations Team Up to Launch Open Research Funders Group
Open AccessEight highly-visible organizations today announced the launch of the Open Research Funders Group, a partnership designed to increase access to research outputs.
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Friday, December 9, 2016
Student Efforts to Advance Open Education in Africa
Open EducationEarlier this fall, I wrote a blog post about student support for OER in British Columbia, Canada. This month, I want to focus on student efforts happening on the other side of the globe in Africa. In this post, I will highlight two student leaders from Africa who attended OpenCon 2016
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Friday, October 28, 2016
SPARC Launches Integrated Resource to Understand, Compare Federal Article & Data-Sharing Policies
Open Access · Open DataSPARC is pleased to release a new, integrated resource for tracking, comparing, and understanding U.S. federal agencies’ article and data sharing policies. This free tool combines a new analysis of federal public access plans for sharing peer-reviewed research articles with the federal data ...
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Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Librarians Working Inside Out: An Open Access Week Interview
Open AccessI visited with Joseph at SPARC’s Washington, D.C., office for a wide-ranging conversation about past progress, the state of open access today, the road ahead, and how open access could change the role of academic librarians. Our discussion has been condensed and edited.
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Monday, October 24, 2016
Doubts About Data: 2016 Survey of Faculty Attitudes onTechnology
Open AccessMost faculty members say data-driven assessments and accountability efforts aren’t helping them improve the quality of teaching and learning at their colleges and universities, according to the 2016 Inside Higher Ed Survey of Faculty Attitudes on Technology.
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