Past SPARC Events
Below you can find an archive of previous SPARC events. Click here to view upcoming SPARC events.
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August 04: ACRL/SPARC Forum: Emerging “Inclusive Access” Programs and Their Implications for Course Material Affordability
Join us for the free, virtual ACRL/SPARC Forum “Emerging “Inclusive Access” Programs and Their Implications for Course Material Affordability” at 1:00 p.m. Eastern/12:00 p.m. Central/11 a.m. Mountain/10 a.m. Pacific on Thursday, August 4, 2022.
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July 27: Examining the Roots of Universities in Slavery and Anti-Black Racism
2pm ET / 11am PT · Virtual Open Access · Open Data · Open EducationAs part of SPARC's Knowledge Equity Series, this panel will discuss the roots of libraries, archives, and academic institutions in slavery and anti-Black racism.
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July 18: COAPI Community Call: HELIOS
2p-3p ET/11a-12p PT · VirtualCOAPI invites you to participate in their next Community Call on the Higher Education Leadership Initiative for Open Scholarship (HELIOS).
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July 14: Reinvestment Working Group Community Call
1-2pm ET · Open AccessThe SPARC Reinvestment Working Group invites you to participate in our next Community Call.
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June 23: COAPI Community Annual Meeting
12-1p ET | 9-10a PT · WebcastPlease join COAPI for our annual meeting. We will:
* Thank departing and welcome new Steering Committee members
* Review activities of the past year
* Hear from Working Groups
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May 26: The Politics of Design: Designing for Justice and Equity
1-2p ET | 10-11a PT · WebcastDesign has often been considered as a means of changing existing situations into preferred ones. This workshop will focus on how design is inherently political as it gives form to power and authority, and shapes ways of living. How can we then think of design critically to not be complicit in perpetuating unequal power structures, and instead recognize and mobilise against injustices?
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May 26: Applying Subscribe to Open to Scholarly Books
11a-12:30p ET · Webcast Open AccessOn May 26th at 11am ET / 8am PT, SPARC will host a webcast in partnership with the Subscribe to Open (S2O) Community of Practice to discuss how S2O, a conditional open access revenue model, is being used to support the open dissemination of scholarly books. The 90-minute session will cover the perspectives of publishers currently using conditional open access offers for books, authors who have published their books openly, and libraries that have committed to supporting this model. The webcast will seek to highlight both the increasing opportunities to support S2O models for books and the benefits of doing so for authors and for libraries.
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May 24: History of College Textbook Prices: Examining Past Practices and Emerging Models (InclusiveAccess.org)
3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT · Free Webcast Open EducationWebcast organized by InclusiveAccess.org on the history of how high textbook prices evolved, how the market is changing, and how higher education leaders can apply lessons from the past to the future.