Past SPARC Events
Below you can find an archive of previous SPARC events. Click here to view upcoming SPARC events.
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June 11: June Policy Office Hours for SPARC Members
3pm ET / 12pm PT · VirtualOn June 11th at 3pm ET / 12pm PT, SPARC will host a policy office hours session for SPARC members. This call will provide an overview of the most recent policy developments impacting open...
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May 21: May Policy Office Hours for SPARC Members
3pm ET / 12pm PT · VirtualOn May 21st at 3pm ET / 12pm PT, SPARC will host a policy office hours session for SPARC members. This call will provide an overview of the most recent policy developments impacting open research,...
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May 19: Protecting ILL to Better Enable Collections Flexibility: Leveraging and Preserving Fair Use/Fair Dealing
1pm ET / 10am PT · VirtualAs more libraries find themselves needing to cancel big subscription deals or just subscribe to fewer journals, they increasingly rely on Interlibrary Loan (ILL) to meet researcher needs. In both the...
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May 06: PIDs 101: Global PID Adoption Use Cases
12pm ET / 9am PT · VirtualPersistent identifiers (PIDs) are important research infrastructure that enable the reliable identification of people, outputs, organizations, and funding across the scholarly ecosystem. As...
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April 16: April Policy Office Hours for SPARC Members
3pm ET / 12pm PT · VirtualOn April 16th at 3pm ET / 12pm PT, SPARC will host a policy office hours session for SPARC members. This call will provide an overview of the most recent policy developments impacting open...
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April 09: PIDs 101: Effecting Large Scale PID Adoption
12pm ET / 9am PT · WebcastPersistent identifiers are foundational research infrastructure that enable reliable linking, tracking, and reuse of research across various systems. There are many different approaches that...
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March 30: USRN March Community Conversation: Persistent Identifier Usage in Community Repositories
12pm ET / 9am PT · VirtualPersistent identifiers (PIDs) are key research infrastructure that aid discovery, transparency, and reproducibility. They make information more FAIR, while also supporting research output reporting,...
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March 19: March Policy Office Hours for SPARC Members
3pm ET / 12pm PT · VirtualOn March 19th at 3pm ET / 12pm PT, SPARC will host a policy office hours session for SPARC members. This call will provide an overview of the most recent policy developments impacting open...