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Monday, June 6, 2016
Supporting the Vice-President’s Cancer Moonshot Initiative
Open Access · Open DataEarlier today, Vice President Biden announced the launch of the Genomic Data Commons...
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Wednesday, June 1, 2016
EU’s Bold Open Science Recommendations Strike a Nerve
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Thursday, May 12, 2016
Theme of 2016 International Open Access Week to be “Open in Action”
Open AccessInternational Open Access Week has always been about action, and this year’s theme encourages all stakeholders to take concrete steps to make their own work more openly available and encourage others to do the same.
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Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Hosted by SPARC, OpenCon 2016 to be held in Washington DC on November 12-14
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Thursday, April 21, 2016
Vice President Biden Calls for Open Access, Open Data, & New Research Incentives for Cancer Research
Open Access · Open DataLaunched by the Administration in January of this year, the $1 billion Cancer Moonshot initiative aims to achieve ten years worth of progress in cancer research in half that time. Vice President Joe Biden has met with thousands of stakeholders across all sectors, seeking suggestions for how to ...
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Monday, April 18, 2016
SPARC & Johns Hopkins University Libraries Launch Resource Analyzing US Federal Data Sharing Policies
Open DataSPARC (The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition), in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University Libraries, is pleased to release a new resource for tracking, comparing, and understanding U.S. federal funder research data sharing policies. This free tool, launched today at ...
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