Latest News from SPARC
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Thursday, May 21, 2015
Publisher pushback puts open access in peril
Open AccessToday the Confederation of Open Access Repositories – an international association of open access (OA) repositories – sounded an alarm that policies are being enacted which, if unchallenged, will ensure that that the foundations for these walls are cemented into place.
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Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Speaking out on Elsevier’s Article “Sharing” Policy
Open AccessEarlier today, SPARC joined with our colleagues from the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) and 22 other international organizations to raise serious objections to the latest revisions to Elsevier’s article sharing policy. The revisions mark a significant departure from ...
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Wednesday, May 20, 2015
New Policy from Elsevier Impedes Open Access and Sharing
Open AccessFor Immediate Release Wednesday, May 20, 2015 Contact: Ranit Schmelzer (SPARC) 202-538-1065 [email protected] Katharina Müller (COAR) +49 551 39-22215 [email protected] NEW POLICY FROM ELSEVIER IMPEDES OPEN ACCESS AND SHARING Global coalition of organizations ...
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Saturday, April 11, 2015
Don’t Think Open Access Is Important? It Might Have Prevented Much Of The Ebola Outbreak
Open AccessIt looks like the worst of the Ebola outbreak from the past few months might have been avoided if key research had been open access, rather than locked up.
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Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Next Up for Agency Public Access Plans: NOAA
Open Access · Open DataNext Up for Agency Public Access Plans: NOAA Heather Joseph, Executive Director, SPARC The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has released its plan to create policies ensuring public access to articles and data resulting from its funded research, as required by the ...
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Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Broad Coalition Announces 2nd Conference for Students & Early Career Professionals on Open Access, Open Education & Open Data
Open Access · Open Data · Open EducationToday 11 organizations representing the next generation of scholars, researchers, and academic professionals announced OpenCon 2015: Empowering the Next Generation to Advance Open Access, Open Education and Open Data. Slated for November 14-16 in Brussels, Belgium, the event will bring together ...
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Monday, April 6, 2015
NIST Releases Public Access Plan: Agency will Partner with NIH to use PMC Platform
Open Access · Open DataNIST Releases Public Access Plan: Agency will Partner with NIH to use PMC Platform Heather Joseph, Executive Director, SPARC The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released its plan for policies ensuring public access to articles and data resulting from its funded research, ...
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Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Locking In Public Access to Scientific Knowledge by Unlocking Scholarly Research
Open AccessPromising public access legislation FASTR (Fair Access to Science & Technology Research Act) has been re-introduced by a bipartisan coalition in Congress.
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