Latest News from SPARC
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Thursday, September 8, 2022
Briana O’Neal Hired as Open Education Conference Manager
SPARC welcomes Briana O’Neal as our new Open Education Conference Manager. In this new role she is responsible for coordinating logistics of the annual Open Education Conference as well as supporting its board of directors and community.
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Wednesday, September 7, 2022
April Hathcock Elected Chair of SPARC Steering Committee
Washington, D.C. – April Hathcock, Director of Scholarly Communications and Information Policy at New York University Libraries, has been elected to the position of Chair of the SPARC Steering Committee.
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Thursday, September 1, 2022
Climate Change Urgency Prompts Efforts to Partner with Open Community
Open Access · Open DataSolving the world’s biggest problems requires collaboration. As the devastating impact of climate change intensifies, there is a growing recognition that researchers working on the issue from diverse angles need to quickly and freely share knowledge in order to make progress.
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Monday, August 29, 2022
In a Historic Win for Open Access, U.S. Publicly Funded Research will be Freely and Immediately Available to All
Open Access · Open DataToday, we express our heartfelt thanks to the Biden Administration and OSTP, as well as to all SPARC members and the librarians, students, researchers, and advocates for enabling this giant step towards realizing our collective goal of ensuring that sharing knowledge is a human right–for everyone.
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Thursday, August 25, 2022
Taxpayers to Get Immediate Access to Publicly Funded Research
Open Access · Open DataWhite House issues new guidance that will speed progress toward curing diseases, preventing pandemics, mitigating climate change, and more.
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Tuesday, August 2, 2022
Celebrating 100 #LeadOER Graduates: Stories from the Class of 2022
Open EducationLast month, SPARC was thrilled to announce the graduation of the 2021-2022 cohort of the Open Education Leadership Program, marking the program’s five year anniversary and bringing the total graduate count above 100.
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Monday, July 18, 2022
Scarlet Galvan Selected as New Visiting Program Officer for Negotiations
Open AccessSPARC welcomes Scarlet Galvan as a Visiting Program Officer for Negotiations.
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Tuesday, July 12, 2022
Congratulations to the Open Education Leadership Program Class of 2022
Open EducationSPARC is thrilled to congratulate the fifth cohort of the Open Education Leadership Program on their graduation from the program. The 2021-22 cohort graduating class includes 25 academic professionals from across the United States and Canada, officially bringing the program’s total graduate ...
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