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The Research Works Act: A Damaging Threat to Science
From the Lancet (January 28, 2012) >> More Public Access in the News (from the Alliance for Taxpayer Access)
SOPA's Killer Cousin You've Probably Never Heard About
From The Huffington Post (January 26, 2012) >> More SPARC In the News SPARC representatives are available to discuss and offer comments on: the Federal Research Public Access Act; taxpayer access to publicly funded research; open access; copyright issues and author rights; and scholarly communication issues, including those related to academic journals and pricing. We can also put you in touch with library directors who are SPARC members in the U.S., Europe, and Japan. For contacts, visit our Staff page or contact: Andrea Brusca Higginbotham, SPARC Communications Manager, SPARC - andrea [at] arl [dot] org or (202) 296-2296 ext 121. Recent Announcements & Site Updates:
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January 6, 2012
Take Action: Oppose H.R. 3699, a new bill to block public access to publicly funded research A new bill, The Research Works Act (H.R.3699), designed to roll back the NIH Public Access Policy and block the development of similar policies at other federal agencies has been introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives. Supporters of public access to the results of publicly funded research need to speak out against this proposed legislation. Contact Congress to express your opposition today, or as soon as possible.
February 3, 2012
Tiptoeing Toward the Tipping Point Barbara Fister, Library Journal, February 2, 2012 "The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has done academic librarians a huge favor. When it publicly got behind the Research Works Act, it accomplished something librarians have been trying to do for decades. It turned a lot of scholars into open access activists."
February 3, 2012
Scientific Publishing: The Price of Information The Economist "After all, publishers need academics more than academics need publishers. And incumbents often look invulnerable until they suddenly fall. Beware, then, the Academic spring."
February 2, 2012
The NIH Public Access Policy NIH puts out comprehensive information on Open Access Policies.
February 2, 2012
Thousands of Scientists Vow to Boycott Elsevier to Protest Journal Prices Jop de Vrieze, ScienceInsider, February 1, 2012
February 1, 2012
Journal Publishing Reform A collection of links to information, opinion, activism, and other issues concerning the practices of research journal publishers.
February 1, 2012
Petition Targeting Elsevier’s Business Practices Begins to Snowball Michael Kelley, The Library Journal, January 31, 2012
January 27, 2012
SOPA's Killer Cousin You've Probably Never Heard About Abdulrahman El-Sayed, The Huffington Post, January 26, 2012
January 27, 2012
UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology Policy Briefing on Open Access Chandrika Nath, Parliament, January 25, 2012
January 19, 2012
SPARC Responds to White House RFI On January 12, 2012 SPARC submitted the following comments in response to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy's (OSTP) Request for Public Information on public access to scholarly articles. In Advocacy
February 3, 2012
Tiptoeing Toward the Tipping Point Barbara Fister, Library Journal, February 2, 2012 "The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has done academic librarians a huge favor. When it publicly got behind the Research Works Act, it accomplished something librarians have been trying to do for decades. It turned a lot of scholars into open access activists."
February 1, 2012
Journal Publishing Reform A collection of links to information, opinion, activism, and other issues concerning the practices of research journal publishers.
February 1, 2012
Petition Targeting Elsevier’s Business Practices Begins to Snowball Michael Kelley, The Library Journal, January 31, 2012
January 24, 2012
Who Gets to See Published Research? Jennifer Howard, The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 22, 2012
January 18, 2012
Nature Publishing Group and Digital Science joint statement on Research Works Act January 18, 2012
January 18, 2012
AAAS Does Not Endorse the Research Works Act Ginger Pinholster, AAAS, January 18, 2012
January 18, 2012
Democrat Maloney and Republican Issa Ally to Hurt Science and Help Companies Adrienne Burke, Forbes, January 17, 2012
January 17, 2012
New Bill Would Put Taxpayer-Funded Science Behind Pay Walls Lena Groeger, ProPublica, January 12, 2012
January 17, 2012
Cracking Open the Scientific Process Thomas Lin, The New York Times, January 16, 2012
January 17, 2012
University Presses Disagree With Publishers Group on Bill to Curb Public Access Jennifer Howard, The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 17, 2012 In Partners
July 12, 2011
Public Knowledge Project Announces Third International PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference The third International PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference will be held from September 26 - 28, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. The theme for the conference is "Building and Sustaining Alternative Scholarly Publishing Projects Around the World."
June 29, 2011
Project Euclid receives 2011 PAM Division award Project Euclid, jointly managed by Cornell University Library and Duke University Press, received the 2011 Division Award from the Physics-Astronomy-Mathematics (PAM) Division of the Special Libraries Association.
June 21, 2011
ALA names PLoS one of the best free reference sites of 2011 The Machine-Assisted Reference Section (MARS) of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) of ALA announced its selection of the top reference sites of 2011. In Publications
December 5, 2011
December '11 Issue of the SPARC Open Access Newsletter Peter Suber and Caroline Sutton inventory open access journals from society publishers.
September 5, 2011
September '11 Issue of the SPARC Open Access Newsletter Ten years after 9/11, Peter Suber reflects on the problem of access to dangerous knowledge.
September 5, 2011
Access to dangerous knowledge: reflections on 9/11 ten years later From Peter Suber's September 2011 Issue of the SPARC Open Access Newsletter
July 6, 2011
July '11 Issue of the SPARC Open Access Newsletter By Peter Suber, this issue addresses widespread assumptions about OA and copyright.
July 6, 2011
Open access and copyright From Peter Suber's July 2011 Issue of the SPARC Open Access Newsletter In Partnering
November 1, 2011
Publishing Services a Major Growth Area for Academic Libraries, Suggests New Research Report Publishing services provided by libraries are expanding and professionalizing, suggests a new report released for comment today by SPARC, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, on behalf of a team of researchers from the libraries of Purdue University, Georgia Institute of Technology, and the University of Utah. The report is the result of a year-long study of library publishing services made possible by a collaborative planning grant from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), with additional support from Berkeley Electronic Press and Microsoft Research.
July 13, 2011
Pacific University Library and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Library Launch Scholarly Communications Journal A joint publishing partnership between the libraries at Pacific University (Ore.) and California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo has announced a new open access, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to library-led scholarly communication initiatives, online publishing and digital projects.
June 17, 2011
Libraries Offer Tools and Support for Open-Access Publishing From Duke University Libraries
April 20, 2011
Speakers for IMLS-sponsored Library Publishing Services Workshops Announced The roster of invited speakers and participants for the IMLS-funded Library Publishing Services: Strategies for Success workshops has been finalized. Each workshop will feature 5 focused topics with 3 panel speakers each. The workshops are scheduled for three consecutive weeks this May on the campuses of the Georgia Institute of Technology (May 4-6), the University of Utah (May 11-13), and Purdue University (May 18-20).
June 23, 2009
Practical Advice on Bridging the Library-Press Divide Meredith Benjamin, The Exchange Online, June 11, 2009
June 16, 2009
Open Access Membership: Reporting tool brings convenience and control Following the recent rapid growth of institutional Memberships for open access publications, innovative publisher BioMed Central announces the introduction of the "Online Reporting System" for its open access Prepay and Postpay Membership accounts.
June 10, 2009
PLoS Progress Report, June 2009 [PDF] The Public Library of Science releases their progress report detailing their current financial statement, impressive statistics and more.
June 9, 2009
Index of campus-based publishing partnerships - now online The Scholarly Communication Program, based at Columbia University Libraries/Information Services' Center for Digital Research and Scholarship, now offers an index of campus-based publishing partnerships. The index employs framework and data from "Campus-based publishing partnerships: A guide to critical issues" by Raym Crow, and is part of the Campus-based Publishing Resource Center organized by the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC).
April 3, 2009
U-M redefining scholarly publications in the digital age U-M Press refocuses on disseminating ideas, adding authors, printing on demand. From the UMich News service, Mar. 23, 2009. In Pricing
September 29, 2011
Peers, review your actions By Michael Taylor, from the Times Higher Education, September 29, 2011
September 29, 2011
UK government announces working group on research transparency By Peter Mansell, from PharmaTimes Online, September 15, 2011
September 29, 2011
Peace talks on a pressing matter By John Gill, from the Times Higher Education, September 29, 2011
September 15, 2011
Academic publishers make Murdoch look like a socialist Opinion by George Monbiot from The Guardian (UK)
April 19, 2011
Periodicals Price Survey 2011: Under Pressure, Times Are Changing By Stephen Bosch, Kittie Henderson, & Heather Klusendorf, from Library Journal online
February 1, 2011
Nature's open-access offering may sound death knell for subs model from the Times Higher Education
January 9, 2011
Announcing Scientific Reports, a new open access publication Press Release from Nature Publishing Group In Open Educational Resources
January 27, 2011
$2-Billion Federal Program Could Be ‘Windfall’ for Open Online Learning from the Chronicle of Higher Education
January 24, 2011
New Job-Training and Education Grants Program Launched from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy blog |
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