Latest News from SPARC
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Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Barcelona Declaration Pushes for Open Default to Research Information
Open DataThe Barcelona Declaration calls for open research information—or metadata—to be the norm.
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Friday, March 15, 2024
U.S. Census Bureau RFI on Public Access Plan
Open Access · Open DataSPARC submitted comments to the U.S. Census Bureau's draft Plan for Providing Public Access to Results of Federally Funded Research
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Thursday, February 29, 2024
USDA RFI: Public Access Plan
Open Access · Open DataSPARC submitted comments on USDA's Implementation Plan to Increase Public Access to USDA-Funded Research Results.
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Tuesday, November 7, 2023
SPARC Report Urges Action to Address Concerns with ScienceDirect Data Privacy Practices
Open Access · Open DataSPARC's new report on Elsevier's ScienceDirect documents a variety of data privacy practices that directly conflict with library privacy standards.
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Saturday, October 28, 2023
Navigating Risk in Vendor Data Privacy Practices
Open Access · Open DataThe Navigating Risk in Vendor Data Privacy Practices report documents a variety of data privacy practices that directly conflict with library privacy standards.
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Thursday, August 17, 2023
NASA RFI: Input on Public Access Plan
Open Access · Open DataSPARC submitted comments on NASA's Public Access Plan.
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Thursday, May 11, 2023
DOT RFI: Input on Development of Public Access Plan
Open Access · Open DataSPARC submitted comments to the Department of Transportation's request for input on the development of its public access plan. The draft plan is being developed in response to the 2022 Updated OSTP Guidance (Nelson Memo) requiring all federally funded research to be made immediately and publicly...
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Friday, April 28, 2023
NIH RFI: Draft Public Access Plan
Open Access · Open DataSPARC submitted comments to NIH's request for feedback on its draft public access plan. The draft plan is in response to the 2022 Updated OSTP Guidance (Nelson Memo) requiring all federally funded research to be made immediately and publicly available for free.
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