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SPARC Policy Talking Points
To help ensure that our member libraries can stay up-to-date and help to educate their colleagues on campus on issues of importance, SPARC regularly provides comprehensive "talking point" documents for this purpose.
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List of North American OER Policies & Projects
Open EducationThis resource provides examples of how institutions, companies, organizations and state governments across North America are working to expand the use, creation and improvement of Open Educational Resources. The list is not comprehensive but seeks to showcase...
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Implementing an Open Data Policy: A SPARC Primer for Research Funders
Open DataThis primer addresses key issues that research funders encounter when considering the adoption and implementation of an open data policy.
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Article Level Metrics
Open AccessArticle-Level Metrics (ALMs) are a new approach to quantifying the reach and impact of published research.
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SPARC Fact Sheets
Open Access · Open Data · Open EducationSPARC fact sheets are short, one-to-two page introductions to SPARC's three issue areas of Open Access, Open Data, and Open Education as well as to SPARC itself. SPARC fact sheets are meant to be used in either digital or printed form.
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SPARC Libraries & OER Forum
Open EducationJoin our vibrant community of academic and research librarians working to advance Open Education on campus.
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Developments in Publishers’ Text and Data Mining (TDM) Policy
Open DataMany libraries have questions on the implications of publisher text and data mining (TDM) policies and on TDM in general. We outline essential issues and offer some guidance on how libraries might consider responding to this new policy.
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SPARC Open Education Speaker List
Open EducationAs a service to our member campuses, SPARC has created the Open Education Speaker List with dozens of open education practitioners, authors, publishers and advocates from across North America willing to speak at campus events.
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Archived Member Updates
Open Access · Open Data · Open EducationUpdates on Open Access, Open Education, Open Data and Students prepared on a monthly basis.
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