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Monday, June 22, 2020
2020 Update: SPARC Landscape Analysis & Roadmap for Action
Open Access · Open Data · Open EducationThis report takes a look at the events of the past year particularly the global COVID health, and resulting economic, crisis, and provides updates on the academic publishing market landscape, and the status of the key companies involved.
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Friday, June 12, 2020
OpenCon Community Members Support Rapid COVID Response Through Preprints
Open AccessAs healthcare providers and researchers increasingly turn to preprints during the COVID-19 outbreak, two early career advocates are doing their part to promote this practice and improve the process.
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Tuesday, June 9, 2020
SPARC Debrief on Three Recent Big Deal Cancellations
Open AccessOn May 15th, SPARC hosted a member debrief on three recent Big Deal cancellations by member libraries.
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Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Framing Infrastructure Decisions with Shared Open Values
Open AccessThe IUPUI University Library has long been a champion of advancing Open. Last year, staff members decided to agree on what principles that would guide its investment in open scholarship and infrastructure moving forward.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Strong Community Response to Free Scholarly Article Access to Fight COVID-19
Open Access · Open DataImmediate, free open access to research results is vital to accelerating the global research community’s progress towards COVID-19 testing, treatments and vaccines. The NIH CORD-19 Dataset is advancing this work.
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Monday, May 11, 2020
In Pursuit of Open Science, Open Access is Not Enough
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Friday, May 8, 2020
Open COVID Pledge Aims to Break Down Barriers to Innovation
Open Access · Open Data · Open EducationThe Open COVID Pledge was launched in April 2020 to encourage organizations to make their patents and copyrights freely available in the fight against COVID-19.
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