Latest News from SPARC
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Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Toluca-Cape Town Declaration is a Milestone for Recognizing Science as a Public Good
Open AccessThe Toluca-Cape Town Declaration, signed by representatives from countries around the world in December, clearly defines the Diamond Open Access model as “community-owned, community-led, and non-commercial.”
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Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Tracking Emerging Trump Administration Actions Related to Open Access
Open AccessSPARC is supporting Peter Suber’s efforts to track emerging Trump Administration actions on open access to research as well as efforts to capture and preserve government science data. You can track the relevant daily developments in these openly-accessible Mastodon threads.
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Wednesday, January 15, 2025
USRN Pilot Highlights Potential to Unleash Discoverable Research
Open Access
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Tuesday, December 3, 2024
RFI on National Institute of Justice Public Access Plan
Open Access · Open DataSPARC responded to a Request for Information on the National Institute of Justice's Public Access Plan.
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Thursday, November 14, 2024
New Earthquake Science Center in Oregon Illustrates Value of Open Research
Open Access
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Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Open Government Partnership RFI
Open Access · Open EducationSPARC recommended that the U.S. government's Open Government National Action Plan include a commitment to ensuring, "Immediate, Free Access to and Reuse of Government-funded Research and Educational Materials."
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Monday, November 4, 2024
“Community over Commercialization” Theme Galvanizes Action for Second Year
Open AccessFor a second year in a row, “Community over Commercialization” proved to be a powerful galvanizing theme for International Open Access Week, held on October 21-27, 2024.
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Friday, November 1, 2024
Reclaiming Control: Privacy, Platforms, AI, & Governance in the Public Interest
Open Access · Open Data · Open EducationWe have the opportunity to accelerate progress toward systems of sharing knowledge that are open by default and equitable by design, and to do so, we must engage with the rapid changes to the digital environment that intersect with knowledge sharing systems.
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