Latest News from SPARC
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Monday, September 20, 2021
SPARC Releases Results of Survey on the Impact of COVID
Open Access · Open Data · Open EducationThe SPARC COVID Impact Survey was undertaken to better understand academic libraries’ pandemic-related budgetary challenges and approaches, with a focus on understanding how they affected attitudes towards content, collections, and open initiatives.
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Monday, September 13, 2021
Welcome to the Open Education Leadership Program 2021-2022 Fellows!
Open EducationSPARC is pleased to welcome the class of 2021-2022 to the SPARC Open Education Leadership Program!
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Monday, September 13, 2021
Unsettling Knowledge Inequities Season 2 Debut
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Thursday, September 9, 2021
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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Friday, August 27, 2021
Higher Education Reckons With Concerns Over Online Proctoring and Harm to Students
Open EducationWhen students’ homes became their classrooms during the pandemic, a dilemma arose about how to fairly monitor their academic progress.
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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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Wednesday, July 28, 2021
California Approves $115 Million Investment in Zero Textbook Cost Degrees and OER
Open EducationCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law an unprecedented $115 million investment in the expansion of Zero Textbook Cost degrees and open educational resources at the state’s community colleges. The funding marks the single largest state investment in open educational resources to date.
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Wednesday, July 7, 2021
Congratulations to the Open Education Leadership Program Class of 2021
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