Latest News from SPARC
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Thursday, June 6, 2019
White House Releases Draft Federal Data Strategy Action Plan
Open DataThe White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released their long-awaited draft Federal Data Strategy Action Plan which outlines the Administration’s concrete action plan for implementing the President’s Management Agenda priority to leverage data as a National Strategic Asset.
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Tuesday, June 4, 2019
Theme of 2019 International Open Access Week To Be “Open for Whom? Equity in Open Knowledge”
Open AccessThe theme for International Open Access Week 2019 will be "Open for Whom? Equity in Open Knowledge" and focus on deepening our conversations about being inclusive by design and turning those conversations into action.
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Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Investing in Open Scholarly Infrastructure: a Community Opportunity
Open Access · Open DataSPARC is excited to support the launch of a new effort, Invest in Open Infrastructure (IOI), designed to increase the availability and sustainability of open knowledge infrastructure.
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Friday, April 26, 2019
Regina Gong: Championing OER at Community Colleges
Open EducationRegina Gong is a powerful advocate for OER at Lansing Community College and is the first to hold a new community college seat on the SPARC Steering Committee.
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Thursday, April 4, 2019
Affordable College Textbook Act Reintroduced in U.S. Congress
Open EducationToday Congress introduced the Affordable College Textbook Act, which aims to make higher education more affordable for students by expanding the use and awareness of open educational resources.
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Monday, March 25, 2019
Standing Up To Be A Force Of Change: Q&A with Joe Lucia of Temple University
Open AccessTemple University has joined the growing list of institutions to cancel their “Big Deal” journal subscription bundles with Elsevier. Here’s what Library Dean Joe Lucia has to say about the recent decision not to renew its bundled contract and the university’s approach going forward.
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Thursday, March 14, 2019
New Open Textbook Pilot Grantees Gear Up For Next Steps
Open EducationThe U.S. Department of Education awarded the second round of Open Textbook Pilot funding to Chippewa Valley Technical College and Arizona State University. SPARC has a first look at their projects.
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Friday, March 8, 2019
SPARC Open Education Leadership Program: Empowering Catalysts for Change
Open EducationLaunched two years ago, SPARC's Open Education Leadership Program has gone far and above our expectations. For Open Education Week, we interviewed members of the community to understand how it is having an impact.
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