SPARC - News & Media

University of Pittsburgh Joins Boycott Elsevier

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:29:18 UT

Is the Open Science Revolution for Real?

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:10:58 UT

David Dobbs, Wired blog, February 3, 2012

Tiptoeing Toward the Tipping Point

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:52:19 UT

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."

Scientific Publishing: The Price of Information

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:03:55 UT

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."

The NIH Public Access Policy

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:07:08 UT

NIH puts out comprehensive information on Open Access Policies.

Thousands of Scientists Vow to Boycott Elsevier to Protest Journal Prices

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:44:27 UT

Jop de Vrieze, ScienceInsider, February 1, 2012

Journal Publishing Reform

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:29:56 UT

A collection of links to information, opinion, activism, and other issues concerning the practices of research journal publishers.

Petition Targeting Elsevier’s Business Practices Begins to Snowball

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:26:49 UT

Michael Kelley, The Library Journal, January 31, 2012

ASPB Does Not Endorse the Research Works Act

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:45:54 UT

Elsevier's Publishing Model Might be About to Go Up in Smoke

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:42:24 UT

Your Comments on Access to Federally Funded Scientific Research Results

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:38:07 UT

Researchers Taking a Stand Against Elsevier

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:53:42 UT

SOPA's Killer Cousin You've Probably Never Heard About

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:28:35 UT

Abdulrahman El-Sayed, The Huffington Post, January 26, 2012

UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology Policy Briefing on Open Access

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:38:37 UT

Chandrika Nath, Parliament, January 25, 2012

SPARC Responds to White House RFI

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:18:36 UT

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.