Latest News from SPARC
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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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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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Monday, June 21, 2021
Texas Adopts Transparency Measure for Automatic Textbook Billing
Open EducationThe U.S. state of Texas has enacted HB 1027, the nation’s first law to increase transparency for automatic textbook billing programs.
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Monday, June 14, 2021
California’s Zero Textbook Cost Degree Program
Open EducationCalifornia invested $115 million to develop Zero Textbook Cost degrees at the state's community colleges.
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