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SPARC enews/November 2009

 

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

 

Published monthly

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1. SPARC News and The Alliance For Taxpayer Access

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2. Partner News

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

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Join the movement
toward opening access to research. Join SPARC!

SPARC has created successful, proven programs that provide the opportunity for member libraries to actively engage on the local, national and international levels and ensure that they have a leading role in determining how the system of scholarly communication continues to evolve in the digital age.
 
Is your library a SPARC member? Learn more at http://www.arl.org/sparc/member

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3. Industry Roundup

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

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4. Resources for Authors 

  • SPARC calls on campuses to coordinate open-access policy efforts
     
    The University of Kansas became the first public university in the U.S. to adopt a policy to ensure free and open access to the results of the institution’s research outputs. As a growing number of colleges and universities embark on the path toward an institutional open-access policy, SPARC invites libraries to take advantage of a new Web resource built to leverage experience gained in establishing such policies to date.

More SPARC Resources for Authors.

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5. Resources for Publishers


“How do we pay for Open Access?” is a key question faced by publishers, authors, and libraries as awareness and interest in free, immediate, online access to scholarly research increases. SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) examines the issue of sustainability for current and prospective open-access publishers in a timely new guide, “Income models for Open Access: An overview of current practice,” by Raym Crow.

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

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6. SPARC Resources for Students

 
The student-led Right to Research Coalition has welcomed four new members over the past month.  The new additions include the Library and Information Science Student Association of Simmons College, the University of Tennessee-Knoxville Student Government Association, the Dartmouth College Graduate Student Council, and the Oberlin College Student Senate.

 

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

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7. Upcoming events

SAVE THE DATES:

SPARC Digital Repositories Meeting 2010
November 8 - 9, 2010
Baltimore, MD, USA

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

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8.  Articles of Interest

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You can help create a more equitable system for scholarly communication. Join SPARC!  

Here are three things SPARC member libraries focused on in 2008:
  • 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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