SPARC - News & Media

Innovative Choice: SPARC gives Innovator Award to Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:09:27 UT

Library Journal Academic Newswire, June 26

SPARC Forum: Harvard’s Shieber Discusses OA Policy; UC Officials Recall Near Miss

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:59:17 UT

Library Journal Academic Newswire, July 1

ALA Annual Conference Under Way in Anaheim, CA

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:00:00 UT

Library Journal Academic Newswire, June 26

HARVARD ARTS AND SCIENCES FACULTY RECOGNIZED AS NEWEST SPARC INNOVATORS

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:54:06 UT

SPARC has named the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University as the newest SPARC Innovators for their unanimous vote in support of a policy that ensures Open Access to the faculty’s published research results.

SPARC Announces Lineup for 2008 Institutional Repository Conference

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:22:30 UT

Library Journal Academic Newswire, June 24

Univ. of Calgary Is First in Canada To Establish Open Access “Authors Fund”

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:21:08 UT

Library Journal Academic Newswire, June 24

THOUGHT-LEADERS IN POLICY, INNOVATION, AND ADVOCACY HEADLINE SPARC FALL DIGITAL REPOSITORIES MEETING

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:22:35 UT

Higher-education leader David Shulenburger, Science Commons head John Wilbanks, and marketing communications strategist Bob Witeck are keynote speakers slated for the SPARC Digital Repositories Meeting 2008 in Baltimore on November 17-18. The international gathering, organized by SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) in cooperation with SPARC Europe, and SPARC Japan (a Japan National Informatics Institute initiative), will offer a practical exploration of how open online archives hosted by universities, colleges, and government agencies can enhance their service to scholars, institutions, and the public.

Reminder: SPARC-ACRL Forum to address Harvard open access policy

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:00:00 UT

SPARC and ACRL announce that the SPARC-ACRL Forum during the 2008 American Library Annual Conference in Anaheim, Calif., will provide a timely look at “Campus Open Access Policies: The Harvard Experience and How to Get There.” Co-sponsored by the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services—Continuing Resources (ALCTS-CRS), the forum will give an up-close look at the recent vote by Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences enabling open access to their scholarly articles in an institutional repository.

Introducing The Right to Research campaign, a letter from SPARC to instruction librarians (April 2008)

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:09:17 UT

SPARC and the right to research.

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:18:19 UT

New tools promote wider sharing of research for scholars across disciplines

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:18:56 UT

ACRL, ARL, and SPARC have released a new series of bookmarks in the Create Change campaign, which targets scholars in different disciplines with messages about the benefits of wider research sharing. Librarians can use these freely available files to enhance their efforts to engage faculty interest in changing the way scholarly information is shared.

Shieber To Lead Harvard Office for Scholarly Communication

Thu, 22 May 2008 18:30:00 UT

Reminder: May 30 Deadline - Submissions for the SPARC Digital Repositories Meeting

Mon, 19 May 2008 17:45:04 UT

Registration now open

SPARC Launches “Change” Series with Article on Libraries’ OA Funding

Thu, 15 May 2008 18:35:00 UT

Library Journal, 5/15/08.

SPARKY VIDEO CONTEST

Sat, 03 May 2008 18:35:00 UT