Latest News from SPARC
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Monday, August 17, 2020
Traction Around Open and Affordable Learning Materials Builds in Ontario
Open EducationJust why support for Open Educational Resources has taken off in Ontario is a matter of need, timing, and relationships. As Canada’s second largest province, Ontario has 45 universities and colleges that are diverse and geographically spread out.
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Monday, August 10, 2020
OER Course Marking Book Models Best Practices
Open EducationIncreasingly, colleges are choosing — or being required by state law — to inform students which courses on campus use open educational resources or other low cost materials.
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Tuesday, August 4, 2020
Internet Archive Files Response to Lawsuit Emphasizing Need for Access to Information
Open AccessOn July 28, the San Francisco-based nonprofit filed a response to the lawsuit brought by four commercial publishers to end the widespread practice of CDL.
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Wednesday, July 29, 2020
2020 Open Education Conference to Be Held November 9-13 Online
Open EducationThe 2020 Open Education Conference will take place November 9 - 13, 2020, organized as a virtual event for the first time in the conference’s sixteen-year history.
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Tuesday, July 14, 2020
Michael J. Fox Foundation Crafts Open Access Policy to Advance Parkinson’s Research
Open AccessLooking to do the most good with its donor contributions and speed the pace of progress to help people living with Parkinson’s disease, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) recently adopted a progressive open access policy.
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Thursday, July 9, 2020
Sharing Experiences of Journal Cancellations on a Rapid Timeline
Open AccessOn June 18, SPARC provided a forum for librarians who recently led their institutions through a fast-tracked Big Deal cancellation to share how they navigated the process.
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Wednesday, July 1, 2020
Approaching Coverage of COVID-19 Through the Lens of Open
Open Access · Open DataWorking as a journalist in Hong Kong, Linda Lew has drawn on her experience from OpenCon in her coverage of the novel coronavirus.
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Monday, June 29, 2020
SPARC Statement in Support of the Internet Archive and Controlled Digital Lending
Open Access · Open EducationSPARC supports Controlled Digital Lending and has joined other libraries, library organizations, and individual librarians in signing a position statement to voice our support for this important library practice. We encourage others in the community to consider signing this statement as well.
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