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Tuesday, October 27, 2015
White House Commits to Open Access, Open Education and Open Data in New Open Government Plan
Open EducationToday the White House released its 2016-2017 Open Government National Action Plan, which includes commitments to expand access to open educational resources and the results of federally funded research. This exciting development shows continued support from the Obama administration for these ...
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Monday, October 19, 2015
SPARC Launches Open Access Evaluation Tool
Open AccessSPARC Launches Open Access Evaluation Tool New Website Quantitatively Documents Journals' Degrees of Openness Washington, DC – SPARC (The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) today announced the launch of the Open Access Spectrum (OAS) Evaluation Tool, which provides a ...
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Monday, October 19, 2015
Open Collaboration for Open Access Week 2015
Open AccessToday marks the beginning of the 8th International Open Access Week, which will be celebrated at hundreds of events across more than 50 countries around the world. This week, the Open Access community will raise awareness, celebrate progress, and lay the foundation for continued collective ...
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Thursday, October 8, 2015
Affordable College Textbook Act Reintroduced in Congress
Open Education
SPARC is excited to share that today the Affordable College Textbook Act was introduced in both chambers of the U.S. Congress. The bill aims to reduce the cost of textbooks by expanding the use of open educational resources on college and university campuses. It was introduced by Senators Dick ...
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Thursday, October 8, 2015
SPARC Backs Bill to Make College Textbooks More Affordable
Open EducationSPARC, an international alliance of academic and research libraries working to broaden access to academic knowledge, today applauded the introduction of the Affordable College Textbook Act of 2015, which would reduce the cost of college textbooks by expanding the use of open educational resources.
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Wednesday, October 7, 2015
College Textbooks: Do You Get What You Pay For?
Open EducationThis piece originally appeared in The Huffington Post. The age-old expression "you get what you pay for" is often used to explain away the skyrocketing cost of textbooks. Sure, prices may top $200 per book and the value may drop to pennies by the end of the semester, but it's all to ensure ...
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Monday, September 21, 2015
How digital ‘tree of life’ embodies the potential of open science
Open Access · Open DataScientists have developed a comprehensive, open map of the relationships among all known life. The project illustrates how open-science principles and digital technology can bring together information to expand understanding of a complex subject.
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Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Education Department Hires First Ever Open Education Advisor
Open EducationToday the U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced the hiring of the first ever open education adviser to lead a national effort to expand Open Educational Resources (OER) in K-12 schools. This announcement marks a critical step for ED and the Obama Administration toward leveraging OER as a ...
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