SPARC Projects
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North American Diamond Knowledge Exchange Group
Open AccessThe North American Diamond Knowledge Exchange Group brings together organizations collaborating to create a space to learn and to share intersecting aspects of Diamond Open Access in North America—from infrastructure to institutional needs.
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Author Rights & the SPARC Author Addendum
Open AccessSPARC provides a full set of resources to help you learn more about your rights as an author, and the tools that are available to help you effectively manage your copyrights.
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International Open Access Week
Open AccessInternational Open Access Week (October 21-27, 2024) is an opportunity for advocates to engage their communities to teach them about the benefits of Open Access, share what they’ve learned with colleagues, and help inspire wider participation in making open the new norm in research.
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U.S. Repository Network
Open AccessThe U.S. Repository Network (USRN) is an initiative of SPARC with support from the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR). The USRN is an inclusive community of repository managers and library leaders committed to advancing repositories in the U.S It seeks to advance a community-generated...
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Negotiations Community of Practice
The Negotiations Community of Practice works to meaningfully address information asymmetries between libraries and vendors, to support libraries in negotiating better deals and unbundling from big deal packages, and to better align collections spending with library values.
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Open Education Leadership Program
Open EducationSPARC's intensive two-semester professional development program to empower leaders for open education.
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Privacy and Surveillance Community of Practice
The Privacy and Surveillance Community of Practice is an initiative of SPARC to support libraries in better understanding emerging privacy risks and in taking action to mitigate these threats.
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Right to Research Coalition
Open AccessThe Right to Research Coalition (R2RC) is an international alliance of more than 90 undergraduate and graduate student organizations in over 100 countries around the world, that work to promote openness in research through advocacy and education.
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USRN Discovery Pilot Project
The US Repository Network (USRN) Discovery Pilot provides concrete recommendations and best practice guidelines for machine and human discoverability of research articles in US repositories.
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SPARC Innovator Award
Open Access · Open Data · Open EducationThe SPARC Innovator Award is an initiative that recognizes an individual, institution, or group that exemplifies SPARC principles by working to challenge the status quo in scholarly communication for the benefit of researchers, libraries, universities, and the public.
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