Latest News from SPARC
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Wednesday, March 6, 2019
SPARC Celebrates Open Education Week on Capitol Hill
Open EducationIn celebration of international Open Education Week, SPARC teamed up with a group of open education advocates for a day of meetings on Capitol Hill to educate lawmakers about how open textbooks can make higher education more affordable and effective for students.
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Tuesday, January 29, 2019
SPARC & COAR Launch Good Practice Principles for Scholarly Communication Services
Open AccessCOAR and SPARC have developed seven good practice principles for scholarly communication services to ensure transparency, openness, and alignment with the aims of scholarship.
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Monday, January 14, 2019
Bill to Make Federal Government Data More Accessible Becomes Law
Open DataToday, President Trump signed into law the OPEN Government Data Act. The bill requires federal agencies to publish government data in machine-readable and open formats, and to use open licenses.
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Monday, January 14, 2019
A Huge Win for Open Data in the United States
Open DataPresident Trump has signed into law the OPEN Government Data Act, a sweeping, government-wide mandate requiring U.S. federal agencies to publish all non-sensitive government information – including federally-funded research – as open data.
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Wednesday, January 9, 2019
OER Awareness and Adoption on the Rise
Open EducationA new report from the Babson Survey Research Group provides fresh evidence that open educational resources (OER) have made significant gains in awareness and adoption over the last year.
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Monday, December 24, 2018
SPARC Applauds Congressional Passage of the OPEN Government Data Act
Open DataSPARC applauds Congressional passage of the OPEN Government Data Act, which requires federal agencies to publish government data in machine-readable and open formats and use open licenses.
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Thursday, December 20, 2018
A New Method for Estimating OER Savings
Open EducationA new, nationally-representative study finds that students save $116.94 on average when assigned OER in place of traditional materials.
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Monday, October 22, 2018
SPARC’s Efforts to Help Design Equitable Foundations for Open Knowledge
Open Access · Open Data · Open EducationAn important goal of this year’s theme for International Open Access Week is to encourage ongoing discussion about how we build equity into the foundation of systems for producing and distributing knowledge.
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