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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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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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