Latest News from SPARC
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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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Monday, March 22, 2021
Canadian Health Geographers Share Virus Risk Maps with Public Before Publishers
Open Data
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Wednesday, February 24, 2021
SPARC’s Federal Data Sharing Policy Resource Update Released
Open DataIn close partnership with RDAP, SPARC has just launched an update to our Federal Data Sharing Policy Resource. This update distills the latest changes in US federal agencies’ data sharing policy requirements to make them more easily and quickly understandable.
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Tuesday, February 23, 2021
KEL and SPARC Launch “Unsettling Knowledge Inequities” Podcast
Open Access · Open Data · Open EducationSPARC has partnered with the Knowledge Equity Lab to launch a new podcast called Unsettling Knowledge Inequities, which will explore issues related to the politics of knowledge production, exchange, and circulation as well as the structural, global power dynamics that shape it.
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Thursday, July 30, 2020
SPARC Member Badges
Open Access · Open Data · Open EducationSPARC offers a set of badges that member libraries and organizations are welcome to add to their websites.
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