Latest News from SPARC
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Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Philanthropic Organizations Convened to Discuss Open Access Expansion
Open AccessIn October 2015, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) convened a meeting to catalyze dialogue about opportunities for philanthropic organizations to expand their understanding and implementation of open access.
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Wednesday, March 30, 2016
The Science of the Tax-Dollar Double Dip
Open AccessMuch research is federally funded, but if you want to see what you paid for, that’s going to cost you—again.
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Wednesday, March 30, 2016
This student put 50 million stolen research articles online. And they’re free.
Open AccessResearchers sign over the copyright and provide their work, often taxpayer-funded, free to publishers who get other researchers to review the papers — also free. The publishers sell journal subscriptions — some titles cost more than $5,000 a year — back to universities and the federal...
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Monday, March 28, 2016
SPARC/ACRL Forum at the 2016 ALA Annual Conference in Orlando
Open AccessFlipping to Open: The Implications and Opportunities for Libraries as Journals Transition to Open Access Models for flipping journals to Open Access are an increasingly hot topic of conversation around the world. Libraries are helping to drive this change by supporting and hosting open ...
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Saturday, March 19, 2016
Taking the online medicine
Open AccessOld-fashioned ways of reporting new discoveries are holding back medical research. Some scientists are pushing for change
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Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Handful of Biologists Went Rogue and Published Directly to Internet
Open AccessOn Feb. 29, Carol Greider of Johns Hopkins University became the third Nobel Prize laureate biologist in a month to do something long considered taboo among biomedical researchers...
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Monday, February 22, 2016
SPARC Statement on the Third Anniversary of the White House Directive Opening Access to Taxpayer-Funded Scientific Research
Open Access · Open DataFor Immediate Release Contact: Ranit Schmelzer, 202.538.1065, [email protected] Washington, DC (February 22, 2016) – SPARC, a global coalition committed to making Open the default for research and education, issued the following statement today marking the third anniversary of the White ...
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Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Archived Member Updates
Open Access · Open Data · Open EducationUpdates on Open Access, Open Education, Open Data and Students prepared on a monthly basis.
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