Latest News from SPARC
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Friday, March 12, 2021
Project Aims to Make OER Easier to Find with Common Search Framework
Open EducationAs interest in using Open Educational Resources (OER) grows, eight librarians and information professionals from the United States and Canada have collaborated on standards to make it easier for people to locate open learning materials.
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Friday, March 12, 2021
SPARC Welcomes Aishah Abdullah to Open Education Team
Aishah Abdullah joined SPARC as Open Education Coordinator on March 8.
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Monday, March 1, 2021
Four Open Textbook Pilot Grantees Kick Off Projects to Save Students Millions
Open EducationThe U.S. federal Open Textbook Pilot program has awarded around $6 million in grants to four projects that are poised to save students tens of millions of dollars in the coming years. SPARC has a first look at their plans.
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Wednesday, February 24, 2021
SPARC’s Federal Data Sharing Policy Resource Update Released
Open DataIn close partnership with RDAP, SPARC has just launched an update to our Federal Data Sharing Policy Resource. This update distills the latest changes in US federal agencies’ data sharing policy requirements to make them more easily and quickly understandable.
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Tuesday, February 23, 2021
KEL and SPARC Launch “Unsettling Knowledge Inequities” Podcast
Open Access · Open Data · Open EducationSPARC has partnered with the Knowledge Equity Lab to launch a new podcast called Unsettling Knowledge Inequities, which will explore issues related to the politics of knowledge production, exchange, and circulation as well as the structural, global power dynamics that shape it.
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Tuesday, February 16, 2021
UVA School of Data Science Sets Example for Campus on Open Access
Open AccessThe University of Virginia School of Data Science (SDS) has adopted Open Access Guidelines and Recommendations for its faculty members to follow in sharing their research. The move was recommended by the school’s Academic Affairs Committee and approved by the dean of SDS on Feb. 3.
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Monday, February 1, 2021
York University Showcases Central Role Libraries are Playing During COVID-19
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Wednesday, January 27, 2021
New Library Futures Institute Champions Right to Equitable Access to Knowledge
Spurred in part by the challenges that libraries have faced while providing materials to the public during the global pandemic, the Library Futures Institute launched this week.
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