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HowOpenIsIt? A Guide for Evaluating the Openness of Journals
Open AccessThis guide provides a means to identify the core components of Open Access and how they are implemented across the spectrum between “Open Access” and “Closed Access.”
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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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Campus Open Access Policies
Open AccessIf you are considering a campus open-access policy or already have one in development, SPARC can help with resources to support data-driven, community-engaging, and successful open-access policy development at institutions everywhere.
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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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Digital Repositories
Open AccessSPARC is committed to producing resources to promote the establishment, use, and improvement of open digital repositories.
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SPARC Libraries & OER Forum
Open EducationJoin our community of practice for academic and research librarians interested in OER.
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