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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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Friday, May 22, 2026
SPARC Statement on GAO Report GAO-26-107738: Federal Research Publishing Costs May 2026
SPARC's response to the Government Accountability Office's new report release, 'Federal Research: Agencies Should Better Manage Anticipated Publishing Cost Increases Amid Shift to Public Access.'
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Monday, May 4, 2026
Theme for Open Access Week 2026 is “The Cost of Knowledge”
Open Access“The Cost of Knowledge” is the theme for this year’s International Open Access Week (October 19-25).
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