The following is a quick list of events and meetings in which SPARC is participating. Please follow the links to meetings that are open to registration or click to view our materials when they are posted.

If there's an opportunity for SPARC to speak to your group, please contact Jennifer McLennan.

February 2008

ARL Leadership and Career Development Program
Diversity Scholars
February 20, 2008
Knoxville, TN
"Open Access - What's New, and What's Next?"

SCOAP3 U.S. Focal Meeting
February 29, 2008
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA

March 2008

Scholarly Communication Symposium
McMaster University
March 3, 2008
Hamilton, Ontario
"Open Access - What's New and What's Next?"

The Emerging Research Library - Our Role in the Digital Future
University of Oklahoma Library Conference
March 7, 2008
Oklahoma City, OK
"The NIH Public Access Policy - From Advocacy to Implementation"

The NIH Public Access Policy
Greater Western Library Alliance Member Meeting
March 10, 2008
Denver, CO
"The NIH Public Access Policy - From Advocacy to Implementation"

Thursday, March 13, 2008
San Jose State University presentation
11:30am-1:00pm

NIH Public Meeting on Public Access Policy
National Institutes of Health
March 20, 2008
Bethesda, MD
Comments Presented by David Carlson, Heather Joseph

NIH Public Access Policy: Friend, or Foe?
University of Connecticut
March 26, 2008
Storrs, CT
"Public Access Policies: Implementation and Impact"

National Education Association/American Federation of Teachers Joint Meeting
Building Alliances for Higher Education and the Public Good
March 28, 2008
Washington, DC
"Public Access and the Public Good"
For more information: http://www.aft.org/higher_ed/conferences/2008_national_conference.htm

April 2008

Saturday, April 12, 2008
University of Wisconsin-Madison
3 to 6 pm
Memorial Union (TITU)
For more information: http://cultureofsharing.library.wisc.edu/

Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Carleton College
5 to 6:30 pm
Sayles-Hill 251

Wednesday, April 16, 2008
St. Olaf College
7 to 8 pm
Buntrock 144

May 2008

May 21-24, 2008
LIBRARIES & PUBLISHING 3.0: - connecting authors to readers in the digital age
Canadian Library Association Annual Conference & Trade Show