Past SPARC Events
Below you can find an archive of previous SPARC events. Click here to view upcoming SPARC events.
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March 27: Open Education Week
March 27 - 31 · Everywhere Open EducationOpen Education Week is a global event that seeks to raise awareness of free and open sharing in education and the benefits they bring to teachers and learners. Coordinated by the Open Education Consortium, the event showcases projects, resources, and ideas from around the world that demonstrate open education in practice. The open education movement seeks to reduce barriers, increase access and drive improvements in education through open sharing and digital formats. Open education includes free and open access to platforms, tools and resources in education, including learning materials, course materials, videos, assessment tools, research, study groups, and textbooks, all available for free use and modification under an open license.
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March 22: ACRL 2017 OER Preconference
Open EducationRunning Effective OER and Open Textbook Initiatives in Your Academic Library
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March 04: Open Research Data do-a-thon
Newspeak HouseWe invite you, whether you’re in London or afar, to a weekend of learning, making, and doing to advance Open Research Data. The event is hosted by SPARC and the NIH as part of an international celebration for Open Data Day.
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March 04: Open Data Day
GlobalOpen Data Day is an annual celebration of open data all over the world. For the fifth 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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February 14: February OpenCon Librarian Community Call
12:00pm EST · Open Conference Call Open Access · Open Data · Open EducationThis call brings together all librarians working with, or learning about, all things Open--and gives participants an opportunity to connect with each other to better their work and librarianship.
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January 21: ACRL/SPARC Forum at ALA Mid-Winter Conference
3:00pm · Georgia World Congress Center, B406 Open AccessThe ACRL/SPARC Forum at ALA Midwinter will discuss how libraries are rethinking the strategic implications of how many of their operations - and in particular, their collections budgets, are positioned within the organization.
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January 10: January OpenCon Librarian Community Call
12:00pm EST · Open Conference Call Open Access · Open Data · Open EducationThis call brings together all librarians working with, or learning about, all things Open--and gives participants an opportunity to connect with each other to better their work and librarianship.
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November 17: Envisioning a World Beyond APCs/BPCs
Nov 11 at 10am CST · University of Kansas Open AccessThe Envisioning a World Beyond APCs/BPCs symposium will consider current models available for achieving an expansive, inclusive, and balanced worldwide open publishing ecosystem. The symposium will take place at the University of Kansas on November 17-18.