Articles of Interest (SPARC)

Michael Patrick Rutter and James Sellman, Uncovering Open Access, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, March 9, 2010
Peter Suber, Open access, markets, and missions, SPARC Open Access Newsletter, March 2, 2010
Steve Kolowich, Encouraging Open Access, Inside Higher Ed, March 2, 2010
Richard Poynder, Interview With Stevan Harnad A Prophet Whose Time Has Come, Information Today, Inc., February, 2010
Peter Schmidt, New Journals, Free Online, Let Scholars Speak Out, The Chronicle of Higher Education, February 14, 2010
Pete Rosenbery, Student’s video wins library’s ‘SPARKY Award’, The Saluki Times, February 2, 2010.
University of Pennsylvania Libraries, 2009 Sparky Awards at Penn Celebrate Information Sharing, January 27, 2010.
Christy Manthis, Carlson elected to leadership role with coalition, The Saluki Times, January 29, 2010.
Josh Hadro, At SPARC-ACRL forum, reality check on open access monographs, Library Journal, January 21, 2010.
Josh Hadro, White House Signals Interest in Open Access with Public Call for Comments, Library Journal, December 17, 2009.
Obama's Open Government Plan Includes Open Access for Research Publications, GenomeWeb News, December 10, 2009.
Josh Hadro, At SPARC-ACRL Forum, Reality Check on Open Access Monographs, Library Journal, January 21, 2010.
Jocelyn Kaiser, Panel Calls on U.S. Agencies to Require Free Access to Research Papers, Science Insider, January 13, 2010.
Barbara Fister, Barbara Fister thinks back on a year of hashtag-worthy highlights, Library Journal, January 8, 2010
Josh Hadro, Obama administration potentially a strong voice in open access debate, Library Journal, December 17, 2009.
John Timmer, US government looks to expand scientific open access policy, ars technical, December 14, 2009.

President Obama on Access to Medical Information, at the American Medical Association Meeting, June 15, 2009
Jennifer McLennan, A Different Kind of Conversation: The Sparky Awards and Fresh Views on Change in Scholarly Communication. Research Library Issues, June edition.
Scott Jaschik, U.S. Push for Free Online Courses, Inside Higher Ed, June 29, 2009
Andrew Richard Albanese, Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA) Reintroduced in Senate, Publishers Weekly - Library Journal, July 2, 2009
US student bodies call for open access, Industry Trends, June 15, 2009
Meredith Benjamin, Practical Advice on Bridging the Library-Press Divide, The Exchange Online, June 11, 2009
Student Coalition Forms to Back Open Access, Inside Higher Ed, June 15, 2009
Josh Hadro, Medical Students, Other Student Groups Endorse Open Access, Library Journal, 6/18/2009
Open Access Growing Steadily, But Powerful Gatekeepers Remain, CAUT/ACPPU Bulletin, June 2009
Lee C. Van Orsdel & Kathleen Born, Reality Bites: Periodicals Price Survey 2009, Library Journal, April 15, 2009
Leslie Chan, Open Access: Promises and Challenges of Scholarship in the Digital Age, Academic Matters, April 14, 2009
Heather Joseph, Fair to whom? New House bill challenges public access, College & Research Libraries News, April 2009
Gabe Schubiner, In Defense of Open Access, The Eye, April 9, 2009
Richard J. Roberts, Protect our access to medical research, Boston Globe, March 23, 2009
Mike Rossner, An unfair formula. Boston Globe, March 30, 2009.
Declan Butler, The textbook of the future, Nature, April 1, 2009
Pat Lohmann, Students mourn outdated textbooks, New Mexico Daily Lobo, March 26, 2009
Alicia Brown, 'Open Access' repository to house works of OSU faculty publishers, The Daily Barometer, April 9, 2009.
Meredith Wadman, Open-access policy flourishes at NIH, Nature, April 7, 2009
Molly Kleinman, Lessons from Open Access Week, Molly Kleinman, March 30, 2009
Dawn Lim, Cornell Librarians Protest Bill Closing Access to NIH Research, Cornell Daily Sun, March 30, 2009
Andrew Albanese, Another First, as MIT Faculty Adopts "University-Wide" Open Access Policy, Library Journal, 3/25/2009
Jeffrey Young, MIT Professors Approve Campuswide Policy to Publish Scholarly Articles Free Online, Chronicle of Higher Education News Blog, March 23, 2009
Jennifer Howard, U. of Michigan Press Reorganizes as a Unit of the Library, Chronicle of Higher Education, March 23, 2009
Scott Jaschik, Farewell to the Printed Monograph, Inside Higher Ed, March 23, 2009
Peter Suber, A field guide to misunderstandings about open access, The SPARC Open Access Newsletter, April 2009
Michael Eisen, John Conyers Tries [and Fails] to Explain His Position, It is NOT Junk, March 7, 2009
Jennifer Howard, A New Push to Unlock University-Based Research, the Chronicle of Higher Education, March 6, 2009
The internet's librarian, The Economist, March 5, 2009.
Research copyright bill would end free health info, the Detroit Free Press, March 5, 2009
Lawrence Lessig and Michael Eisen, Is John Conyers Shilling for Special Interests?, Huffington Post, March 2, 2009
Allyson Mower and Lisa Chaufty, Do something no one has imagined: The 2008 SPARC Digital Repositories meeting, College & Research Libraries News, March 2009
Paula J. Hane, Open Educational Resources (OER) and Libraries, Information Today, March 2, 2009.
Keith Donovan, No Taxation Without Information, The Hoya, February 26, 2009
James Boyle, Misunderestimating open science, Financial Times, February 24, 2009
Esther Wojcick, Bill Before Congress May Close Medical Research to Average American, The Huffington Post, February 25, 2009
Peter Suber, Re-introduction of the bill to kill the NIH policy, SPARC Open Access Newsletter, March 2, 2009
Elie Dogan, Online access = more citations, The Scientist, Feb 25, 2009. (Free registration required)
Andrew Albanese, In New Letter, Library Associations Voice Strong Opposition to Anti-NIH Bill, Library Journal, February 17, 2009
Catherine Simpson, Online freedom, The Diamondback, February 19, 2009
Peter Suber, Open access policy options for funding agencies and universities, SPARC Open Access Newsletter, February 2, 2009
Heather Joseph Q & A: An Open Access Advocate Discusses Why She Feels Overturning the NIH Policy Would be a Big Mistake,
The Scientist, February 9, 2009.
Federal Players: The NIH's David Lipman.From the Partnership for Public Service. The Washington Post, February 9, 2009.
Bill Against NIH Open-Access Policy Back in House,by Matt Jones. GenomeWeb Daily News, February 5, 2009.
New Wrinkles as Bill Banning NIH-Like Public Access Resurfaces,
by Andrew Albanese. The Library Journal, February 5, 2009.
The Publisher's Pushback against NIH's Public Access and Scholarly Publishing Sustainability, by John Willinsky. Published in PLoS Biology, January 27, 2009
Obama's team must fight 'cultural agoraphobia', by James Boyle. Financial Times, December 17, 2008.
Physicists Set Plan in Motion to Change Publishing System, by Jeffrey Young. Chronicle of Higher Education, January 30, 2009.
I'm Battling Cancer. How About Some Help, Congress? Letter from Patrick Swayze as published in The Washington Post, February 8, 2009.