Latest News from SPARC
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Wednesday, August 26, 2020
Congratulations to the Open Education Leadership Program Class of 2020
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Tuesday, August 25, 2020
Pushing for the Open Sharing of Medical Information to Combat COVID in Nepal
Open AccessRoshan Kumar Karn puts in 16 to 18 hours, seven day a week, working at two hospitals in Nepal’s capital city of Kathmandu caring for the influx of patients with COVID-19.
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Monday, August 17, 2020
Traction Around Open and Affordable Learning Materials Builds in Ontario
Open EducationJust why support for Open Educational Resources has taken off in Ontario is a matter of need, timing, and relationships. As Canada’s second largest province, Ontario has 45 universities and colleges that are diverse and geographically spread out.
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Monday, August 10, 2020
OER Course Marking Book Models Best Practices
Open EducationIncreasingly, colleges are choosing — or being required by state law — to inform students which courses on campus use open educational resources or other low cost materials.
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Tuesday, August 4, 2020
Internet Archive Files Response to Lawsuit Emphasizing Need for Access to Information
Open AccessOn July 28, the San Francisco-based nonprofit filed a response to the lawsuit brought by four commercial publishers to end the widespread practice of CDL.
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Wednesday, July 29, 2020
2020 Open Education Conference to Be Held November 9-13 Online
Open EducationThe 2020 Open Education Conference will take place November 9 - 13, 2020, organized as a virtual event for the first time in the conference’s sixteen-year history.
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Tuesday, July 14, 2020
Michael J. Fox Foundation Crafts Open Access Policy to Advance Parkinson’s Research
Open AccessLooking to do the most good with its donor contributions and speed the pace of progress to help people living with Parkinson’s disease, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) recently adopted a progressive open access policy.
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Thursday, July 9, 2020
Sharing Experiences of Journal Cancellations on a Rapid Timeline
Open AccessOn June 18, SPARC provided a forum for librarians who recently led their institutions through a fast-tracked Big Deal cancellation to share how they navigated the process.
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