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Monday, November 29, 2021
SPARC Statement on UNESCO Ratification of Open Science Recommendation
Open Access · Open DataSPARC welcomes the unanimous ratification of the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science during its 41st General Conference. This action represents an enormous step forward towards creating a global knowledge sharing ecosystem that is both open and equitable by design.
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Monday, November 22, 2021
Subscribe to Open: An Equitable OA Model for Library Open Investment Strategies
Open AccessThe session will first introduce the model more generally then present those publishers, across books and journals, which have implemented S2O as a means of transitioning segments of their program to open access. The webinar will feature a panel of librarians to talk about where S2O fits in ...
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Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Trampling on Green in a Rush for Gold
Open AccessA review of the data and methodology underlying a recent Springer Nature white paper on purported benefits of hybrid open access raise serious concerns about the veracity of its conclusion as well as the ultimate goal of the document.
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Thursday, November 11, 2021
2021 Open Access Week Highlights Individual and Collective Action Needed to Achieve Equity
Open AccessFrom blog posts to podcasts and panel discussions, people around the world were inspired during International Open Access Week 2021 to reflect on efforts to build structural equity into the knowledge production process.
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Monday, October 25, 2021
Opening Knowledge and Building Structural Equity: This Week & Beyond
Open AccessThis year’s International Open Access Week theme “It Matters How We Open Knowledge: Building Structural Equity” highlights the individual and collective action required in our approach, decisions, actions, and investments in knowledge sharing to ensure that equity is foundational.
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Wednesday, September 22, 2021
SPARC Releases 2021 Update to Landscape Analysis & Roadmap for Action
Open Access · Open Data · Open EducationSPARC's 2021 Update to its comprehensive Landscape Analysis and accompanying Roadmap for Action, which provides an in-depth look at developments in the academic publishing market in the past year and their implications for higher education institutions.
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Wednesday, September 22, 2021
2021 Update to the SPARC Landscape Analysis & Roadmap for Action
Open Access · Open Data · Open EducationSPARC's 2021 Update to its comprehensive Landscape Analysis and accompanying Roadmap for Action, which provides an in-depth look at developments in the academic publishing market in the past year and their implications for higher education institutions.
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Monday, September 20, 2021
SPARC Releases Results of Survey on the Impact of COVID
Open Access · Open Data · Open EducationThe SPARC COVID Impact Survey was undertaken to better understand academic libraries’ pandemic-related budgetary challenges and approaches, with a focus on understanding how they affected attitudes towards content, collections, and open initiatives.
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