Latest News from SPARC
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Tuesday, November 3, 2026
Seasoned OER Developers Win 2026 Open Textbook Pilot Grants
Open EducationIn October, the U.S. Department of Education awarded nearly $7 million in grants to four projects in the 2026 Open Textbook Pilot program. This brings the total amount awarded since the program began in 2018 to $61 million.
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Monday, October 19, 2026
Open Access Week 2026: Addressing the Cost of Knowledge
Open AccessInternational Open Access Week officially starts today, and conversations about “the Cost of Knowledge” are well underway.
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Wednesday, October 14, 2026
SPARC Releases Cost of Knowledge Accounting Analysis & Profitability Report
Open AccessNew research counts, for the first time, the public investment in research behind a journal article, and tracks the billions paid to shareholders by the four largest academic publishers.
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Tuesday, October 6, 2026
Open Metadata 101: Understanding the Landscape and Adopting an Institutional Policy
Equitable InfrastructureSPARC is pleased to announce our Open Metadata 101 series that will focus on the emerging global movement among libraries and other knowledge organizations around open metadata
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Wednesday, July 15, 2026
SPARC Submits Comments to OMB on Proposed Revisions to Federal Financial Assistance Rules
SPARC has submitted formal comments to OMB on proposed revisions to the Uniform Guidance, urging clear guidance that no-cost manuscript deposit—not publisher APCs—satisfies public access requirements for federally funded research.
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Friday, June 26, 2026
New Research Supports OER as a High-Impact Practice by AAC&U
Open EducationA new national study showing the widespread benefits of Open Educational Resources to student success has prompted the American Association of Colleges and Universities to name OER a “high-impact practice.”
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Monday, June 1, 2026
SPARC Publishes Updated Landscape Analysis on Publishing & Research Analytics Companies
SPARC commissioned market analyst Claudio Aspesi to produce an updated 2026 Financial Landscape Analysis covering the largest scholarly publishing and research analytics companies: RELX/Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley, and Clarivate.
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