Latest News from SPARC
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Thursday, September 2, 2021
COAR & SPARC Welcome Tina Baich as Visiting Program Officer for Repository Network in the United States
Equitable Infrastructure · Open Access · Open Data...we are delighted to announce that Tina Baich will be taking on the position as Visiting Program Officer for US Repository Network beginning on September 1, 2021.
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Monday, August 23, 2021
SPARC Federal Article & Data Sharing Policy Resource
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Tuesday, August 10, 2021
Sarah Lamdan, Expert on Library Vendors’ Surveillance Activities, Joins SPARC as Senior Fellow
Open Access · Open Data · Open EducationSPARC is pleased to welcome Sarah Lamdan as a Senior Fellow. Lamdan will work closely with the SPARC team to support members in better understanding vendors’ growing surveillance activities, in tracking new developments related to surveillance, and in taking steps to address these threats.
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Tuesday, August 3, 2021
On a Mission to Make Federal Data Sets More Useful and Accessible
Open DataAlthough government agencies manage massive amounts of information, there is little known about exactly how it is used and by whom: Turns out, there is little data on federal data.
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Friday, June 25, 2021
Announcing SPARC’s Negotiation Summer Series
Equitable Infrastructure · Open Access · Open Data · Open EducationIn response to the overwhelming interest in our first ACRL/SPARC Negotiation 101 Workshop earlier this year, SPARC will host a series of programs over this summer to better support libraries and library workers in building their skills for negotiation with vendors.
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Tuesday, June 1, 2021
CARL-CRKN-SPARC Webinar: Institutional Perspectives on Investments in Open Infrastructure
Open Access · Open Data · Open EducationThis session brings together librarians from institutions in Canada and the United States to discuss the values, rubrics, and supporting data used locally to strategize and guide investments in open infrastructure. How are priorities determined? How does the institution weigh local vs. global ...
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Friday, April 9, 2021
Addressing the Alarming Systems of Surveillance Built By Library Vendors
Open Access · Open Data · Open EducationMajor library vendors have built sophisticated, global surveillance systems and sell services based on these systems to governments. We must confront that dollars from library subscriptions, directly or indirectly, now fund these systems.
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