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Tuesday, September 19, 2023
2023 ACRL/SPARC Forum: Editorial Board Resignations to Align Journals with Community over Commercialization
Open AccessOn October 12th at 12pm ET / 9am PT, the next ACRL/SPARC Forum will feature a 90-minute discussion among representatives from editorial boards that have recently resigned in protest over publisher policies. Speakers will include:
- Anna Stilz, Philosophy and Public Affairs ...
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Tuesday, August 29, 2023
Dana Alserjani Hired as Open Education Conference Manager
Open EducationSPARC is happy to introduce our new Education Conference Manager, Dana Alserjani. She is responsible for coordinating logistics of the annual Open Education Conference as well as supporting its board of directors and community. Dana started the position on August 21.
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Wednesday, August 23, 2023
Dana Alserjani
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Thursday, August 17, 2023
NASA RFI: Input on Public Access Plan
Open Access · Open DataSPARC submitted comments on NASA's Public Access Plan.
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Wednesday, August 16, 2023
International Open Access Week
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NIST RFI: Plan for Providing Public Access to the Results of Federally Funded Research
Open AccessSPARC submitted comments on NIST's Draft Public Access Plan.
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Tuesday, August 15, 2023
ORFG Seed Awards: First Webinar R1
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Monday, August 14, 2023
Negotiations Community of Practice
The Negotiations Community of Practice works to meaningfully address information asymmetries between libraries and vendors, to support libraries in negotiating better deals and unbundling from big deal packages, and to better align collections spending with library values.
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Tuesday, August 8, 2023
Privacy and Surveillance Community of Practice
The Privacy and Surveillance Community of Practice is an initiative of SPARC to support libraries in better understanding emerging privacy risks and in taking action to mitigate these threats.
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Thursday, July 20, 2023
Oppose Section 552 That Will Block Taxpayer Access to Research
Open AccessThe U.S. House of Representatives released an appropriations bill containing language that would block implementation of the 2022 updated OSTP policy guidance (the Nelson Memo) that would ensure immediate, free access to taxpayer-funded research.
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