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Thursday, November 12, 2015
SPARC, Higher Education Groups Support Lingua Editors, Open Access
Open AccessFollowing in the footsteps of other editors and authors, the six editors and thirty-one editorial board members of the Elsevier journal Lingua resigned on October 27, 2015, in protest of Elsevier’s practices. The Lingua editors argued that the journal’s price has steadily increased year after ...
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Monday, October 19, 2015
Open Access Week 2015
Open AccessOpen Access Week, a global event now entering its eighth year, is an opportunity for the academic and research community to continue to learn about the potential benefits of Open Access, to share what they’ve learned with colleagues, and to help inspire wider participation in helping to make ...
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Monday, October 19, 2015
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation / SPARC Open Access Stakeholders Forum
Open AccessThe Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) were pleased to convene an invitation-only forum of open access stakeholders on October 19 and 20 in Washington, DC. The forum aimed to catalyze a dialogue about opportunities for ...
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Monday, October 19, 2015
SPARC Launches Open Access Evaluation Tool
Open AccessSPARC Launches Open Access Evaluation Tool New Website Quantitatively Documents Journals' Degrees of Openness Washington, DC – SPARC (The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) today announced the launch of the Open Access Spectrum (OAS) Evaluation Tool, which provides a ...
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Monday, October 19, 2015
Open Collaboration for Open Access Week 2015
Open AccessToday marks the beginning of the 8th International Open Access Week, which will be celebrated at hundreds of events across more than 50 countries around the world. This week, the Open Access community will raise awareness, celebrate progress, and lay the foundation for continued collective ...
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