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 24: ACRL/SPARC Forum: Navigating the Current Budget Crisis While Creating a More Sustainable, Values-Aligned Future for Research
3-4:30pm EDT · Webcast Open AccessRescheduled from August 5th! Libraries are facing a period of serious financial hardship while simultaneously navigating the shift to a system for sharing scholarship that is open by default. The...
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January 30: Public Domain Day 2020
5:30-8:30pm ET · Grossman Hall, American University Washington College of Law Open Access · Open Data · Open EducationSPARC is delighted to partner with the Internet Archive, the Institute for Intellectual Property & Social Justice, Creative Commons, and American University’s Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property to host the 2020 Public Domain Day celebration in Washington, DC.
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January 26: SPARC Member-only Meetup at ALA Midwinter
The Kimpton Hotel Palomar Open Access · Open DataAn Overview of A Roadmap for Action with Claudio Aspesi, Heather Joseph, and the SPARC team.
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January 25: ACRL/SPARC Forum at ALA Midwinter 2020
3-4:30pm EST · Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 122-A Open Access · Open DataAt 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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October 21: International Open Access Week 2019
Worldwide Open AccessRunning from October 21st through the 27th, the theme for this year's International Open Access Week is "Open for Whom? Equity in Open Knowledge."
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October 07: Open Education Policy Forum
Warsaw, Poland Open EducationThe 4th Open Education Policy Forum will take the form of a six-month policy incubation process, initiated by a two-day in-person workshop and ending during Open Education Week 2020. The workshop...
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June 23: SPARC Member Meetup at ALA Annual
3:00 - 5:00pm · National Union BuildingA SPARC members-only event, featuring a sneak preview of our soon-to-be released “Solutions Roadmap” document, the follow-up to SPARC’s Landscape Analysis on the implications of commercial control of critical higher education infrastructure. Claudio Aspesi, will be with us to talk about his latest research and work.
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June 22: ACRL/SPARC Forum: Collective Reinvestment in Open Infrastructure
2:30-3:30pm · Washington Convention Center, 151A Open Access · Open DataAt 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.