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 23: ACRL/SPARC Forum at ALA Annual 2018
New Orleans, LA Open AccessAt each meeting of the American Library Association, SPARC and the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) host a forum on a current issue in scholarly communications.
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April 23: University of San Diego Digital Initiatives Symposium
May 1-2, 2017 · University of San Diego Copley Library Open Access · Open Data · Open EducationThe University of San Diego Digital Initiatives Symposium features workshops and user group meetings for a variety of institutional repository platforms, focusing on the digital elements of library ecosystems and institutional repositories.
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March 07: Collaborating Across Institutions to Advance Open Education
Webcast Open EducationThis special Open Education Week webcast will highlight system and state/provincial-wide Open Education initiatives at SPARC member institutions.
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March 05: Open Education Week 2018
Worldwide Open EducationOpen Education Week is a celebration of the global Open Education Movement. Its goal is to raise awareness about the movement and its impact on teaching and learning worldwide.
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March 03: Open Data Day 2018
Worldwide Open DataOpen Data Day is an annual celebration of open data all over the world. For the seventh time in history, groups from around the world will create local events on the day where they will use open data in their communities. It is an opportunity to show the benefits of open data and encourage the adoption of open data policies in government, business and civil society.
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March 01: Community Efforts to Combat “Predatory” Publishers
2pm EST / 11am PST · SPARC webcasting platform Open AccessThe problem of "predatory" publishers is often the first issue raised by faculty in conversations about Open Access. Authors (rightly) complain of being spammed with solicitations to publish in questionable journals. Please join us on Thursday, March 1st, at 2pm EST / 11am PST for a SPARC webcast on community-based efforts to combat "predatory" publishing with representatives from these three initiatives. The discussion will focus on equipping librarians to address these quality concerns as they come up on campus.
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February 10: ACRL/SPARC Forum at ALA Midwinter 2018
3-4pm · ALA Midwinter Open AccessWith the acquisition and creation of scholarly communication platforms/infrastructure by major commercial entities, the balance of influence continues to shift. This forum will bring together library stakeholders for a conversation about how the library community can reassert its influence to shape the open access publishing landscape. This session is designed to reach a broad range of librarians and other information professionals. Panelists will focus on: 1) individual action: ‘what can one person do?’; 2) local coordinated action: ‘how can one group or institution effect change?’; and, 3) collective action: ‘how can libraries work together to provide sustainable alternatives?’