SPARC enews/March 2009 - NIH Public Access Policy Made Permanent (SPARC)

Believing that collaboration is crucial to effecting meaningful change, SPARC actively pursues partnerships with the non-profit publishing community and continues to develop resources and tools that aid publishers in remaining competitive and providing affordable options for libraries. Visit our publisher resource center for available tools, guides, and services.

More SPARC guides, tools, and links for publishers are available on the SPARC Web site.

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6. SPARC Resources for Students

SPARKY AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Athanasia Pontika, Introducing the Open Access Directory, a wiki resource about Open Access, Open Students, February 25, 2009.

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

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7. Upcoming events

SAVE THE DATES:

Open Access Week 2009
October 19 - 23, 2009
SPARC Digital Repositories Meeting 2010
November 8 - 9, 2010
Baltimore, MD, USA

DSpace Foundation, Fedora Commons, Sun Microsystems and SPARC Present All About Repositories Webinar Series

"Open Access and Libraries," March 17, 2009, at Columbia University Heather Joseph, "SPARC and Electronic Serial Publications--Open Access and Not-so-Open Access to the Serial Literature Vital to Research in the Scholarly Community"

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

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8. Articles of Interest

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

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Ensuring public access to publicly funded research
Raising libraries' profile in campus policy
Expanding the coalition for Open Access to research
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