FPRAA takes Center Stage at Congressional Hearing
Open access issues are clearly on the minds of U.S. lawmakers. Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight conducted a hearing on the topic “Examining...
View ArticleBipartisan Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA) Continues to Gain...
Good news for supporters of open access to the results of taxpayer funded research this week, as Members of Congress continue to express their support for the proposed legislation.
View ArticleSign the White House Petition on Open Access to Research Today!
We now have a brief, critical window of opportunity to demonstrate that we as a community firmly believe should be a high priority for the Administration to act on right now. To help accomplish this,...
View ArticleWikimedia Endorses OA Petition and Next Steps
Just four days into the White House’s “We the People” Petition over 17,000 people have signed, calling on the Obama Administration to “require free access over the Internet to journal articles arising...
View ArticleAdvocates Set Ambitious Goal: Setting the Default to Open Access in Ten...
Ten years ago, a small group of activists convened in Budapest to discuss ways for the academic community to come together and work to make all research articles in all academic fields freely...
View ArticleSUNY Potsdam Takes Tough Stand Against American Chemical Society Prices
Many of you have heard about the SUNY-Potsdam library's recent experiences in trying to navigate continued price increases to the American Chemical Society journals' subscriptions. SPARC's Caralee...
View ArticleOpen Access Week 2012 in Full Swing
Open Access Week 2012 is underway, and we here at SPARC are watching with delight as the buzz from the announcements, events, contests, launches, and just plain cool activities underway in the...
View ArticleR2RC Partners with PhD Comics for Open Access Week Video!
To close Open Access Week 2012, we’re excited to announce our video collaboration with PhD Comics to produce “Open Access Explained!”. The comic-style animated video is a great resource to explain...
View ArticleSCOAP3 Project Progresses
After an intense period of behind-the-scenes effort, CERN's open access, library, purchasing, and legal staff, along with the SCOAP global Steering Committee and Technical Working Group, secured with...
View ArticleHonoring an "Open" Activist by Taking Action
By Heather Joseph As we struggle to digest the news of the loss of Aaron Swartz, a brilliant intellect, a passionate activist, and a very human 26-year-old, I am, as I suspect we all are, wrestling...
View ArticleWith Introduction of FASTR, Congress Picks up the Pace on Open Access...
By Heather JosephThe Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act (FASTR), introduced today in both the House and the Senate, represents an important step forward in the legislative progression...
View ArticleNew SPARC Open Data Resource for Research Funders
By Greg TananbaumToday, SPARC released a new community resource for research funders entitled, “Implementing an Open Data Policy”. This primer addresses key issues that these organizations encounter...
View ArticleKnowledge Exchange Releases SPARC-sponsored Report on Strategies for...
By Raym CrowKnowledge Exchange* has released “The Collective Provision of Open Access Resources,” the third report in its multiphase “Sustainability of Open Access Resources” initiative. The report,...
View ArticleNew SPARC Community Resource on Article-Level Metrics
By Greg TananbaumToday, SPARC released a new community resource delving into Article-Level Metrics (ALMs) an emerging hot topic in the scholarly publishing arena. Article-Level Metrics (ALMs) are...
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