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Nov 13, 2009
SAVE THE DATE: SPARC-ACRL forum @ ALA
We're putting together a rigorous program on interdisciplinarity and the humanities. Saturday, January 16th from 4 to 5:30pm. Stay tuned!
Nov 12, 2009
CONTEST SPONSORS BRING NEW VOICES, MOMENTUM TO FINAL WEEKS OF 2009 SPARKY AWARDS
Three new sponsors have thrown their support behind the 2009 Sparky Awards, reinforcing the importance of new media and student voices in the global discussion on access to research, and adding new momentum to the contest in its final weeks: the New Media Consortium, the Center for Social Media, and the Open Video Alliance. Students have until December 6, 2009 to submit their entries.
Nov 10, 2009
DRIVER/eIFL.net collaboration: More repositories in the DRIVER Research Infrastructure
Nov 10, 2009
Nobel Prize-winning scientists urge Congress to act to ensure free online access to federally funded research results
“For America to obtain an optimal return on our investment in science, publicly funded research must be shared as broadly as possible,” is the message that forty one Nobel Prize-winning scientists in medicine, physics, and chemistry gave to Congress in an open letter delivered yesterday.
Nov 8, 2009
November '09 Issue of the SPARC Open Access Newsletter
Explore the navigation bar above for news in each of our program areas.

SPARC Innovator, July 2009:
Mike Rossner, Executive Director, Rockefeller University Press

Barbara Stebbins, Middle School Science Teacher from Open Access Videos on Vimeo.

Upcoming Events

Nov 13, 2009
SAVE THE DATE: SPARC-ACRL forum @ ALA
We're putting together a rigorous program on interdisciplinarity and the humanities. Saturday, January 16th from 4 to 5:30pm. Stay tuned!
Nov 6, 2009
(Webcast invitation) New Publishing Models: Developing a common platform for university press e-book distribution
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation recently awarded four university presses with a grant to support development of a collaborative university press electronic book project. The grant will fund multifaceted research into the feasibility of developing a consortium of university presses to deliver e-books to libraries on a shared platform. Monica McCormick, Program Officer for Digital Scholarly Publishing at New York University, will join us to discuss the project. 
Oct 1, 2009
(Closed) Webcast invitation - Administrators and Open Access to research: The view from today (a SPARC pre-OA Week event)
Working with administrators will be a key focus on many campuses during Open Access Week 2009. On October 13th, pioneers in engaging administrators on the topic of research access – and facilitating action – will join us to share their experiences in securing support for Open Access at their institutions.
Sep 17, 2009
(Registration has closed) Webcast invitation - The next level of student engagement: Open Access Week and beyond (Sept. 30)
Tapping into student energy, commitment, and national networks can transform library programs around faculty and campus engagement, including those planned for October. On September 30th, please join us for a Webcast on “The next level of student engagement: Open Access Week and beyond.” Nick Shockey, SPARC’s Student Advocacy Fellow and engineer of the student summit, will discuss new ways to get student attention – including new messages and tools he’s developed, how to connect to the burgeoning student network for Open Access, and how to plug in to the student initiative for Open Access Week.
Jul 28, 2009
Now online: Video and slides from the SPARC-ACRL forum in July
Library and publishing innovators offered concrete data and strategies for “Rough waters: Navigating hard times in the scholarly communication marketplace,” at the SPARC-ACRL forum at ALA in Chicago, July 2009