Latest News from SPARC
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Monday, June 29, 2020
Controlled Digital Lending
Open Access · Open EducationRooted in the fair use right of US Copyright Act, Controlled Digital Lending is the digital equivalent of traditional physical library lending—a library can digitize a book it owns and lend out a secured digital version to one user at a time, in place of the physical item.
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Monday, June 29, 2020
SPARC Statement in Support of the Internet Archive and Controlled Digital Lending
Open Access · Open EducationSPARC supports Controlled Digital Lending and has joined other libraries, library organizations, and individual librarians in signing a position statement to voice our support for this important library practice. We encourage others in the community to consider signing this statement as well.
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Monday, June 22, 2020
SPARC Releases Update to Landscape Analysis and Accompanying Interactive Website
Open Access · Open Data · Open EducationSince SPARC released its comprehensive Landscape Analysis and accompanying Roadmap for Action, an in-depth look at how the academic publishing market is changing and the implications of those changes for higher education institutions, our community has experienced significant changes.
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Monday, June 22, 2020
2020 Update: SPARC Landscape Analysis & Roadmap for Action
Open Access · Open Data · Open EducationThis report takes a look at the events of the past year particularly the global COVID health, and resulting economic, crisis, and provides updates on the academic publishing market landscape, and the status of the key companies involved.
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Thursday, June 4, 2020
Enthusiasm for OER Takes Off in Colorado with Statewide Support
Open EducationNext up in our monthly series profiling state initiatives is Colorado, whose energetic community of OER advocates is making strides to deliver benefits for students.
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Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Inside the Collaborative Effort in Massachusetts to Advance OER
Open EducationMassachusetts offers an inspiring example of statewide collaboration on OER to benefit students. SPARC takes an inside look at how the state’s OER initiative developed and what it plans for the future.
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Friday, May 8, 2020
Open COVID Pledge Aims to Break Down Barriers to Innovation
Open Access · Open Data · Open EducationThe Open COVID Pledge was launched in April 2020 to encourage organizations to make their patents and copyrights freely available in the fight against COVID-19.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2020
SPARC Resources Related to COVID-19
Open Access · Open Data · Open EducationSPARC will continue to actively support our members as they adjust to new operating realities in response to COVID-19. As new materials are developed in the coming weeks, we will list them here for easy reference.
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