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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
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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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Monday, October 21, 2024
Deepening Our Efforts to Prioritize Community over Commercialization
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Thursday, October 3, 2024
SPARC Releases Second Vendor Privacy Report Urging Action to Address Concerns with SpringerLink Data Privacy Practices
Open AccessSPARC's second vendor privacy analysis, Navigating Risk in Vendor Data Privacy Practices: An Analysis of Springer Nature’s SpringerLink, documents a variety of practices that undermine library privacy standards.
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Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Open Access 101 Series
Open AccessSPARC collaborated with the the team behind the Scholarly Communication Notebook (Josh Bolick, Maria Bonn, and Will Cross) to host a four-part series meant to provide an entry point to OA work in libraries as well as a refresher for those already doing this work.
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