Latest News from SPARC
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Friday, September 16, 2022
Subscribe-to-Open Community of Practice Statement on the OSTP ‘Nelson Memo’
Open AccessThe Subscribe to Open (S2O) Community of Practice is an informal collective of over forty pro-open publishers, libraries, consortia, funders, service providers, and other stakeholders committed to providing equitable and economically sustainable OA publishing. The S2O Community of Practice welcomes
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Thursday, September 1, 2022
Climate Change Urgency Prompts Efforts to Partner with Open Community
Open Access · Open DataSolving the world’s biggest problems requires collaboration. As the devastating impact of climate change intensifies, there is a growing recognition that researchers working on the issue from diverse angles need to quickly and freely share knowledge in order to make progress.
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Monday, August 29, 2022
In a Historic Win for Open Access, U.S. Publicly Funded Research will be Freely and Immediately Available to All
Open Access · Open DataToday, we express our heartfelt thanks to the Biden Administration and OSTP, as well as to all SPARC members and the librarians, students, researchers, and advocates for enabling this giant step towards realizing our collective goal of ensuring that sharing knowledge is a human right–for everyone.
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Thursday, August 25, 2022
Taxpayers to Get Immediate Access to Publicly Funded Research
Open Access · Open DataWhite House issues new guidance that will speed progress toward curing diseases, preventing pandemics, mitigating climate change, and more.
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Thursday, August 25, 2022
2022 Updated OSTP Policy Guidance
Open Access · Open DataIssued on August 25, 2022, OSTP's updated policy guidance calls on all federal agencies to generate policies that eliminate the current 12-month waiting period for access to the outputs of federally funded research, including articles and data.
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Friday, August 5, 2022
Reinvestment Community Call: Principled Pragmatism
Open AccessWe’ll talk about the space we live in, balanced between principles and pragmatism. What principles guide you and your library’s support of open research and open infrastructure? How does your local reality impact what you can actually do? Do different libraries have different values that result ...
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Monday, July 18, 2022
Scarlet Galvan Selected as New Visiting Program Officer for Negotiations
Open AccessSPARC welcomes Scarlet Galvan as a Visiting Program Officer for Negotiations.
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Wednesday, July 13, 2022
Discussing How We Actively Address the Ways Our Institutions are Deeply Rooted in Past and Current Injustices
Open Access · Open Data · Open EducationOur knowledge systems exclude many perspectives because legacies of injustice are built into their foundations. Racism, colonialism, and other forms of discrimination limit whose voices are heard, whose interests are prioritized, and whose knowledge counts. Openness can create pathways to more ...
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