SPARC enews archives are online athttp://www.arl.org/sparc/publications/enews

Published monthly 

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1. SPARC News 

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2. Partner News

Please see the SPARC Web site for a complete list of news from SPARC partners.

• Digital Repository Federation (Japan) and DRIVER sign Memorandum of Agreement
• BioMed Central Launches the Italian Journal of Pediatrics
• Bioline's new funding model
• New issue of the eIFL newsletter

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Vote now to make Public Access to research a priority for the Obama administration

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3. Industry Roundup

Please see the Open Access News Blog for more on these and other industry developments from the past month.

• Podcast of Rich Roberts on OA
• 500 DSpace installations worldwide
• Obama's Energy nominee and OA
• The OA mandate at Napier University
• Temple requires OA for all dissertations, from August 2008 onward 
• Interview with authors of an OA textbook
• SCOAP3 funding report
• Surveying the IR community on perceived trends
• Varmus one of the 10 most influential people in science 
• End of the line for the House IP subcommittee
• Facebook app for repository deposits
• Indian newspaper on OA Day 

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4. SPARC Resources for Authors

• New: NIH PubMed Central submission methods videos
  
  • Method D 6-minute WMV file
  • Method C WMV file of 12 minutes 

More SPARC Resources for Authors.

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5. SPARC Resources for Publishers

• Coming soon: SPARC'S University-based Publishing Partnerships: A Guide to Critical Issues

 More SPARC Resources for Publishers.  

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6. SPARC Resources for Students

Read the transcript of Lawrence Lessig's keynote at the Students for Free Culture Conference (Berkeley, October 11-12, 2008).

Read more on the SPARC-sponsored, Baker-authored Open Students Blog.

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7. Upcoming events

The SPARC-ACRL Forum on Open Educational Resources will be held from 4:00 - 5:30 PM on Saturday, January 24, 2009 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Centennial D. The ACRL Scholarly Communications Discussion Group will also host an open conversation about issues that surface at the Forum from 4:00 - 5:30 PM on Sunday, January 25 in room 403 of the Colorado Convention Center.

These and other important events can be found on the SPARC Activities Calendar.

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8.  Articles of Interest

• Other Voices: Proposal to impose fees on research articles should be rejected, The Ann Arbor News, December 08, 2008
• Stuck-in-the-Past Va. Physics Texts Getting Online Jolt, The Washington Post, November 30, 2008.
• At SPARC Digital Repository Meeting, Shulenberger Calls Out AAUP, ACS, Library Journal, November 20, 2008.
• SPARC Digital Repository Meeting Kicks Off Discussion of a "Disruptive" Future that Remains Largely Untapped, Library Journal. November 18, 2008.
• Peter Suber's Predictions for 2009, The SPARC Open Access Newsletter, December 2, 2008
• Hindawi - Where Open Access Is Simply Good Business, InfoToday blog, December 2, 2008.
• In Boost for NIH Policy, Major Autism Research Organization Mandates Public Access. Library Journal, Academic Newswire, November 13, 2008
• A new beginning for open access publishing? Information World Review, December 3, 2008.
• A Guide for the Perplexed:  Libraries and the Google Library Project Settlement. ARL, November 13, 2008
• One for All? As Google Deal Is Evaluated, Critics Question Single Library Terminal, Library Journal Academic Newswire, November 11, 2008
• For Advice on Publishing in the Digital World, Scholars Turn to Campus Libraries, Chronicle of Higher Education, November 21, 2008. 

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