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By Gregory N. Price and Elizabeth M. Stark, The Harvard Crimson (April 27, 2007) >> More Public Access in the News (from the Alliance for Taxpayer Access)
SPARC at Ten: A Decade Later, Organization Still Aims to Be Part of The Solution.
Library Journal-Academic Newswire. (January 18, 2007) >> 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: Jennifer McLennan, SPARC Director of Communications, SPARC - jennifer [at] arl [dot] org or (202) 296-2296 ext 121. Recent Announcements & Site Updates:(See below for more news in: Advocacy | Partners | Publications | Pricing) 
SECOND ANNUAL SPARKY VIDEO CONTEST SPOTLIGHTS STUDENT VIEWS ON INFORMATION SHARING Six library, student, and advocacy organizations today announced the Second Annual Sparky Awards, a contest that recognizes the best new short videos on the value of sharing and aims to broaden the discussion of access to scholarly research by inviting students to express their views creatively.
Apr 30, 2008
SPARC, Science Commons Release Institutional OA Guide Library Journal Academic Newswire, April 29, 2008
Apr 28, 2008
SPARC AND SCIENCE COMMONS RELEASE GUIDE TO CREATING INSTITUTIONAL OPEN ACCESS POLICIES SPARC and Science Commons have released "Open Doors and Open Minds: What faculty authors can do to ensure open access to their work through their institution." The new white paper assists institutions in adopting policies that ensure the widest practical exposure for scholarly works produced, such as that adopted by the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences in February.
Apr 23, 2008
SPARC Europe and the Directory of Open Access Journals Announce the Launch of the SPARC Europe Seal for Open Access Journals Seal to Set Standards for Open Access Journals
Apr 22, 2008
Leo Waaijers Receives SPARC Europe Award for Outstanding Achievements in Scholarly Communications, 2008
Apr 22, 2008
SPARC-ACRL Forum addresses Harvard open access policy 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.
Apr 8, 2008
New video highlights the benefits of rights management for authors ACRL, ARL, and SPARC have released a new, short video to help librarians effectively engage disciplinary faculty and researchers on the topic of author rights. Starting a conversation with faculty researchers about securing their rights as authors is timelier than ever, given the new NIH Public Access Policy.
Apr 8, 2008
New Create Change interview features Carolyn Kenny, for Music Therapy & Indigenous Studies Carolyn Kenny is a professor of human development and indigenous studies at Antioch University in Santa Barbara, California and also a board certified music therapist.
Apr 8, 2008
The Pratt Institute School of Information and Library Science Student Association Publication Pratt Institute, February 2008
Apr 8, 2008
SPARC ANNOUNCES NOVEMBER DIGITAL REPOSITORIES MEETING SPARC, in partnership with SPARC Europe and SPARC Japan/National Institute of Informatics, announces the SPARC Digital Repositories Meeting 2008, to be held November 17-18, 2008 at the Renaissance Harborplace Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland.
Feb 29, 2008
SPARC, Science Commons, and ARL offer options for university implementation of new NIH Public Access Policy SPARC, Science Commons, and ARL have jointly released a white paper to help university and medical school administrators ensure their institutions comply with public access requirements that are soon to be a condition of National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding.
Feb 28, 2008
CARL AND SPARC ANNOUNCE CREATE CHANGE CANADA Popular Web site adapted to help Canadian scholars widen exposure for their research
Feb 21, 2008
Celebrations and Tough Questions Follow Harvard's Move to Open Access The Chronicle of Higher Education, February 21, 2008
Feb 11, 2008
New database of publishing agreements and publisher OA policies Open Access News, Friday, February 08, 2008
Feb 11, 2008
More on OA textbooks One Way to Rein In Textbook Costs: Make Them Free, Chronicle of Higher Education, February 1, 2008
Feb 6, 2008
OA mandate at CIHR takes effect See Peter Suber's comments from last September on the CIHR policy.
Feb 5, 2008
NEW SPARC DISCUSSION FORUM TO ADDRESS AUTHOR RIGHTS List to help libraries navigate copyright, support authors in a changing environment
Jan 31, 2008
LJ Academic Newswire Newsmaker Interview: Student Open Access Activist Gavin Baker Library Journal Academic Newswire, January 31, 2008
Jan 30, 2008
Columbia joins Microsoft scan plan; SPARC launches student campaign Academic Newswire, January 29, 2008
Jan 28, 2008
SPARC RELEASES NEW CAMPAIGN FOR STUDENT ENGAGEMENT SPARC has released a new educational initiative to engage students on the topic of Open Access. “The Right to Research: The student guide to opening access to scholarship” repeats SPARC’s call for student voices to broaden the ongoing discussion of access to research.
Jan 22, 2008
SPARC ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF THE FIRST ANNUAL SPARKY AWARDS Short Videos Showcase Student Perspectives on Information Sharing
Jan 18, 2008
Bright Futurists: Student Speakers Offer Unique Perspective at ACRL/SPARC Forum Library Journal Academic Newswire, January 17
Jan 8, 2008
The LJ Academic Newswire Newsmaker Interview: SPARC Executive Director Heather Joseph Library Journal Academic Newswire, January 8, 2008 In Advocacy
May 7, 2008
NIH Updates its Public Access Policy FAQ The NIH has made significant revisions to its NIH Public Access Policy Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page (http://publicaccess.nih.gov/FAQ.htm). These revisions were posted on May 2, 2008. For your reference, we have detailed the revisions – which include one blanket change, a series of added questions and answers, and some revisions –below. Please circulate to anyone who may be interested in or affected by the policy.
Apr 25, 2008
OPEN DOORS AND OPEN MINDS: What faculty authors can do to ensure open access to their work through their institution On February 12, 2008, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) at Harvard University took a landmark step. The faculty voted to adopt a policy requiring that faculty authors send an electronic copy of their scholarly articles to the university’s digital repository and that faculty authors automatically grant copyright permission to the university to archive and to distribute these articles unless a faculty member has waived the policy for a particular article. Essentially, the faculty voted to make open access to the results of their published journal articles the default policy for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences of Harvard University. Inspired by the example set by the Harvard faculty, this White Paper is addressed to the faculty and administrators of academic institutions who support equitable access to scholarly research and knowledge, and who believe that the institution can play an important role as steward of the scholarly literature produced by its faculty.
Apr 15, 2008
Harold Varmus talks about the NIH policy on NPR's Science Friday The Nobel Prize winner discusses the new NIH Public Access Policy with host Ira Flatow.
Apr 11, 2008
Continued Commitment to Grassroots Legislative Advocacy Podcast. Listen to Jonathan Miller, Director of Olin Library at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, talk about his experience as one of the inaugural group of ACRL legislative advocates.
Apr 8, 2008
Three principles for university open access policies From the SPARC Open Access Newsletter, April 2008, by Peter Suber.
Apr 8, 2008
Implementing the new NIH policy: Featuring university-sponsored resources for authors From the SPARC Open Access Newsletter, April 2008, by Peter Suber.
Apr 8, 2008
NIH Director Zerhouni welcomes comments on public access policy implementation ..."We believe that public access after a reasonable embargo period of up to a year to research funded by NIH will help advance science and improve human health while preserving peer review and the value of scientific publishing," ...
Apr 8, 2008
NIH Public Comments Reveal Librarian Support From Library Journal Academic Newswire, March 25, 2008
Apr 8, 2008
SPARC comments offered at NIH public meeting Contributions from David Carlson, SIUC, and SPARC Director Heather Joseph are online now.
Apr 8, 2008
SPARC continues to support the timely implementation of the NIH mandate On March 17, 2008, SPARC responded to the NIH call for comments held in conjunction with a public meeting to be held on the NIH Public Access Policy, March 20. A copy of those comments follows.
Apr 8, 2008
New ACRL online chat to focus on NIH policy implementation Join us on March 27 for the inaugural ACRL OnPoint chat on the newly mandatory NIH Public Access Policy. The discussion of how libraries are leveraging this new policy on campus will be convened by ACRL Scholarly Communication Committee member Karen Williams and Linda Watson, president of the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries. Discuss actions your library is taking or could take, such as educating authors, offering deposit services and partnering with your office of sponsored research.
Apr 8, 2008
Progress toward Public Access to Science Harold Varmus on Implementation of the NIH Public Access Policy
Feb 28, 2008
Complying with the NIH Public Access Policy - Copyright Considerations and Options On January 11, 2008, the National Institutes of Health (“NIH”) adopted a revised Public Access Policy for peer-reviewed journal articles reporting research supported in whole or in part by NIH funds. Under the revised policy, the grantee shall ensure that a copy of the author’s final manuscript, including any revisions made during the peer review process, be electronically submitted to the National Library of Medicine’s PubMed Central (“PMC”) archive and that the person submitting the manuscript will designate a time not later than 12 months after publication at which NIH may make the full text of the manuscript publicly accessible in PMC. This White Paper is written primarily for policymaking staff in universities and other institutional recipients of NIH support responsible for ensuring compliance with the Public Access Policy.
Feb 18, 2008
ARL Guide to NIH Public Access Policy Now Online Association of Research Libraries, February 18, 2008
Jan 12, 2008
Revised Policy on Enhancing Public Access to Archived Publications Resulting from NIH-Funded Research National Institutes of Health, January 11, 2008
Jan 12, 2008
European Research Council releases OA guidelines - six months, mandatory See the Open Access News blog for details and comment. In Partners
Apr 23, 2008
SPARC Europe and the Directory of Open Access Journals Announce the Launch of the SPARC Europe Seal for Open Access Journals Seal to Set Standards for Open Access Journals
Apr 5, 2008
NIH Public Access Policy becomes mandatory from April 7th from Peter Suber's Open Access blog: BMC isn't alone in this category, but the advantages it lists are real. While many journals from many publishers meet the NIH criteria for making deposits on behalf of authors, not all of them are OA, and not all of the OA journals use open licenses.
Feb 20, 2008
eIFL launches portal of IRs from developing and transition countries Open Access News, February 19, 2008 In Publications
May 15, 2008
enews Feature: Berkeley steps forward with bold initiative to pay authors’ open-access charges It’s one thing to say you support open-access publishing. It’s another to provide authors with a pot of money to actually pay for it. That’s what’s happening at the University of California Berkeley. In January, the university launched the Berkeley Research Impact Initiative, a pilot program co-sponsored by the University Librarian and the Vice Chancellor for Research to cover publication charges for open-access journals.
May 5, 2008
What we don't know about open access: research questions in need of researchers From the SPARC Open Access Newsletter, May edition, by Peter Suber.
May 5, 2008
May edition of the SPARC Open Access Newsletter By Peter Suber. This issue tries to get specific about what we don't know about open access and poses a series of research questions in need of researchers. The round-up section briefly notes 125 OA developments from April.
Apr 25, 2008
OPEN DOORS AND OPEN MINDS: What faculty authors can do to ensure open access to their work through their institution On February 12, 2008, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) at Harvard University took a landmark step. The faculty voted to adopt a policy requiring that faculty authors send an electronic copy of their scholarly articles to the university’s digital repository and that faculty authors automatically grant copyright permission to the university to archive and to distribute these articles unless a faculty member has waived the policy for a particular article. Essentially, the faculty voted to make open access to the results of their published journal articles the default policy for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences of Harvard University. Inspired by the example set by the Harvard faculty, this White Paper is addressed to the faculty and administrators of academic institutions who support equitable access to scholarly research and knowledge, and who believe that the institution can play an important role as steward of the scholarly literature produced by its faculty.
Apr 8, 2008
Three principles for university open access policies From the SPARC Open Access Newsletter, April 2008, by Peter Suber.
Apr 8, 2008
Implementing the new NIH policy: Featuring university-sponsored resources for authors From the SPARC Open Access Newsletter, April 2008, by Peter Suber.
Apr 8, 2008
The SPARC Open Access Newsletter, April issue, now online By Peter Suber. This issue brings together the many online guidelines and resources for implementing the new NIH policy, and takes a close look at the principles and policy options for universities considering an OA policy. The round-up section briefly notes 97 OA developments from March.
Apr 8, 2008
March issue of the SPARC Open Access Newsletter This issue takes a close look at the new OA mandate adopted by a unanimous vote of Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences. The round-up section briefly notes 109 OA developments from February. By Peter Suber.
Feb 28, 2008
Complying with the NIH Public Access Policy - Copyright Considerations and Options On January 11, 2008, the National Institutes of Health (“NIH”) adopted a revised Public Access Policy for peer-reviewed journal articles reporting research supported in whole or in part by NIH funds. Under the revised policy, the grantee shall ensure that a copy of the author’s final manuscript, including any revisions made during the peer review process, be electronically submitted to the National Library of Medicine’s PubMed Central (“PMC”) archive and that the person submitting the manuscript will designate a time not later than 12 months after publication at which NIH may make the full text of the manuscript publicly accessible in PMC. This White Paper is written primarily for policymaking staff in universities and other institutional recipients of NIH support responsible for ensuring compliance with the Public Access Policy.
Feb 4, 2008
February issue of the SPARC Open Access Newsletter This issue takes a close look at open access mandates adopted or revealed in January, with special attention to those from the European Research Council and the US National Institutes of Health. The round-up section briefly notes 118 OA developments from January.
Jan 7, 2008
SPARC Open Access Newsletter, January issue This issue takes a close look at the long-sought Congressional victory mandating OA at the NIH. It also contains Peter Suber's annual look back at OA developments from the previous year. The round-up section briefly notes 85 OA developments from December.
May 15, 2007
enews - April/May 2007 SPARC's bi-monthly newsletter for the months of April and May is now online.
Mar 2, 2007
March issue of the SPARC Open Access Newsletter now online This issue takes a close look at the February events in Europe, primarily the EC's release of its Communication on OA, and the February events in the US, primarily the National Day of Action for OA. The round-up section briefly notes 65 new developments from the past month. In PricingSee the SPARC News Archive for more updates |
