Latest News from SPARC
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Wednesday, April 6, 2016
In Science, Inspiration Can Come From Unlikely Places
Open Access · Open DataA mom reached out to a scientist with a novel idea for an experiment. Years later, her hunch has blossomed into a published scientific study.
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Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Why Is It So Expensive to Read Academic Research?
Open AccessThe serials pricing crisis has been busting academic libraries’ budgets—and creating ever-widening information gaps between rich and poor countries—since the 1970s, when subscription prices to academic journals first started rising faster than the rate of inflation.
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Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Philanthropic Organizations Convened to Discuss Open Access Expansion
Open AccessIn October 2015, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) convened a meeting to catalyze dialogue about opportunities for philanthropic organizations to expand their understanding and implementation of open access.
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Wednesday, March 30, 2016
The Science of the Tax-Dollar Double Dip
Open AccessMuch research is federally funded, but if you want to see what you paid for, that’s going to cost you—again.
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Wednesday, March 30, 2016
This student put 50 million stolen research articles online. And they’re free.
Open AccessResearchers sign over the copyright and provide their work, often taxpayer-funded, free to publishers who get other researchers to review the papers — also free. The publishers sell journal subscriptions — some titles cost more than $5,000 a year — back to universities and the federal...
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Saturday, March 19, 2016
Taking the online medicine
Open AccessOld-fashioned ways of reporting new discoveries are holding back medical research. Some scientists are pushing for change
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Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Handful of Biologists Went Rogue and Published Directly to Internet
Open AccessOn Feb. 29, Carol Greider of Johns Hopkins University became the third Nobel Prize laureate biologist in a month to do something long considered taboo among biomedical researchers...
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Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Capitol Hill Briefing Spotlights OER
Open EducationSPARC joined with allies CCSSO, SETDA and CoSN to host a briefing on Capitol Hill about Open Educational Resources (OER) today. The standing-room-only event educated Congressional staff about OER and how its use can help support student success across all levels of education. The briefing ...
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