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News & Media 2006 and 2005 Archive

Nov 20, 2006
enews - October/November 2006

September 21, 2006
SPARC Teams with Public Knowledge Project
Canadian Initiative Provides Open Source Digital Publishing Platforms for Libraries; Improves Access to Scholarly Publications
September 20, 2006
SPARC PARTNERS WITH THEORETICAL ECONOMICS TO PROVIDE TOP-QUALITY OPEN ACCESS RESEARCH

Sep 20, 2006
enews - August/September 2006

Sep 13, 2006
Will Research Sharing Keep Pace with the Internet?
Johnson, Rick. Journal of Neuroscience

Sep 11, 2006
Publishing Cooperatives: An alternative for non-profit publishers
Crow, Raym. First Monday

May 20, 2006
enews - April/May 2006

Mar 20, 2006
enews - February/March 2006

Feb 1, 2006
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition: An evolving agenda
Joseph, Heather. C&RL News, Vol. 67, No. 2

Jan 20, 2006
enews - December 2005/January 2006

Nov 20, 2005
enews - October/November 2005

Sep 20, 2005
enews - August/September 2005

Jul 20, 2005
enews - June/July2005

May 20, 2005
enews - April/May 2005

Mar 20, 2005
enews - February/March 2005

January 7, 2005
Critics and Proponents Debate NIH's Plan to Free Access to Scientific Materials
By Lila Guterman (The Chronicle of Higher Education).

• Retooled Create Change Web Resource Helps Faculty Fulfill the Promise of Digital Scholarship - Fully Revised Version of Popular Web Site Looks at
  Scholarly Information Sharing on the Internet (June 22, 2006)

• OAWG Comments on the European Commission's "Study on the economic and technical evolution of the scientific publication markets in Europe," May 31, 2006. [PDF]

• SPARC Partners with Bioline International - North/South Initiative Opens Access to Bioscience Research from Developing Countries (May 18, 2006)

• SPARC-ACRL Forum at ALA Annual will focus on Open Data (May 11, 2006)
• SPARC Recognizes Herbert Von de Sompel for Outstanding Contributions to Scholarly Communication - New SPARC Innovator Program Acknowledges Individuals, Institutions, and Groups Whose Actions Change the Status Quo (April 18, 2006)
• SPARC Welcomes the Greater Western Library Alliance to the Open Access Working Group - GWLA is the first library consortium to join OAWG. Adrian Alexander, GWLA Executive Director, will represent the Alliance. (April 6, 2006)
• SPARC Partners with Theoretical Economics to Provide Top-Quality Open Access Research (March 15, 2006)
• Ray English Elected SPARC Steering Committee Chair (02.21.06)
• SPARC Europe Announces Award for Outstanding Achievements in Scholarly Communications (01.30.06)
• SPARC Partners with Science Commons to Provide Web Enhancements to SPARC Author Addendum (01.17.06)
• SPARC Welcomes 2006 Steering Committee Members (01.06.06)
• New SPARC Discussion List Advances Open Data Dialogue (10.24.05)
• New SPARC Sponsorship Guide Steers Journals to Success (08.01.05)
• SPARC and University of Michigan’s Scholarly Publishing Office Launch
  Publisher Assistance Program (05.18.05)
• Leadership Change at SPARC: Rick Johnson to pass reins to BioOne’s Heather Joseph (04.21.05)
• DOE/OSTI's E-Print Network Selected as SPARC Partner (01.10.05)

Jan 1, 2003
BioOne: Building a sustainable alternative publishing model for non-profit publishers
Joseph, Heather. Learned Publishing 16, 134-138

Nov 1, 2002
Institutional Repositories - Partnering with Faculty to Enhance Scholarly Communication
Johnson, Rick. D-Lib Magazine

Sep 1, 2002
Igniting Change in Scholarly Communication: SPARC, Its Past, Present, and Future
Case, Mary.Advances in Librarianship 26

Jan 1, 2001
Declaring Independence
A guide copublished with the Triangle Research Library Network that talks directly to editors of scholarly journals and urges them, as central actors, to take control of scholarly communication and improve its dissemination.

Nov 2, 2000
Competition: A Unifying Ideology for Change in Scholarly Communication
It’s a hot topic at academic conferences, library association meetings, and scientific forums. During the past decade, the debate about how to transform scholarly publishing has animated discussions around the globe. The problem is clear: Scholarly journals cost too much. But though a variety of solutions has been proffered, none has yet been so widely embraced that the underlying structures have shifted appreciably…