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Tuesday, February 28, 2023
3rd UN Open Science Conference Recap: Open Science Central to Achieving UN Sustainability Goals
Open Access · Open DataParticipants in the 3rd United Nations Open Science Conference called for policy and culture change to democratize the record of science. There was a sense of urgency for research to be shared across borders in order to accelerate progress toward the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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Tuesday, January 24, 2023
3rd United Nations Open Science Conference
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Tuesday, January 17, 2023
As the US Public Domain Expands, 20-Year Pause for the Canadian Public Domain Begins
Open Access · Open Data · Open EducationFestivities are planned on January 19 to recognize Public Domain Day and embrace the possibilities of new works freely available from 1927. However, the celebration will be muted in Canada where librarians and educators are assessing the impact of a vast expansion of the copyright term.
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Thursday, January 5, 2023
SPARC Virtual Member Meeting
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Friday, December 9, 2022
NASA’s Updated Scientific Information Policy for Science Mission Directorate (SMD)
Open Access · Open DataOn December 8, NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD) released an important update to its comprehensive Scientific Information Policy (SPD-41a) to provide guidance on the open sharing of publications, data, and software .
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Thursday, September 1, 2022
Climate Change Urgency Prompts Efforts to Partner with Open Community
Open Access · Open DataSolving the world’s biggest problems requires collaboration. As the devastating impact of climate change intensifies, there is a growing recognition that researchers working on the issue from diverse angles need to quickly and freely share knowledge in order to make progress.
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Monday, August 29, 2022
In a Historic Win for Open Access, U.S. Publicly Funded Research will be Freely and Immediately Available to All
Open Access · Open DataToday, we express our heartfelt thanks to the Biden Administration and OSTP, as well as to all SPARC members and the librarians, students, researchers, and advocates for enabling this giant step towards realizing our collective goal of ensuring that sharing knowledge is a human right–for everyone.
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Thursday, August 25, 2022
Taxpayers to Get Immediate Access to Publicly Funded Research
Open Access · Open DataWhite House issues new guidance that will speed progress toward curing diseases, preventing pandemics, mitigating climate change, and more.
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