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

Published monthly

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1. News from SPARC and the Alliance for Taxpayer Access

• Next SPARC-ACRL forum to examine changing state of open-access journal publishing
• SPARC & ACRL Announce slate for forum on changing state of open-access journal publishing
• SPARC meeting highlights power of repositories for driving open access
• The conclusion of Open Access Week 2010
• Open Access: All in the Family - Scientists share their personal commitments and connections to Open Access
• SPARC statement in support of the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR)
• SPARC welcomes these new members to the coalition for opening access to research:  National Center for Atmospheric Research, Concordia University, Olin College of Engineering, CalTech, and University of California-Merced. Learn more about membership
• Join SPARC on Twitter for the latest news, as it happens -- http://twitter.com/SPARC_NA, http://twitter.com/R2RC and http://twitter.com/TaxpayerAccess

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2. SPARC Partner News

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

• PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference 2011
• arXiv Business Planning Update
• Open Access Africa: A Brief Report – BioMedCentral guest blog post by Pablo de Castro, Carlos III University Madrid, Spain

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3. Industry Roundup

For the latest industry news, please consult the monthly SPARC Open Access Newsletter, by Peter Suber. This month's edition features:

• Eleventh hour for SCOAP3
• The US elections and open access
• Important developments in Open Data
• New books, studies, software, awards, and more

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4. Authors & Researchers

Know Your Copy Rights - What you CAN do

Among the topics covered in the brochure are: fair use, the advantage of linking to instead of copying works, and special provisions for displaying or performing works in classes.

READ more More SPARC Resources for Authors.

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5. Resources for Publishers

For a resource guide to campus-based publishing, SPARC seeks sample planning and policy documents from existing publishing initiatives. Documents sought include business plans, publishing prospectuses, charters and governance documents, memoranda of understanding for publishers or partnerships, author agreements and instructions, editorial and peer review policies, licensing and copyright policies, metadata standards, technical specifications, etc. Please contact Raym Crow (crow [at] arl [dot] org) with any suggestions or questions.

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

Raym Crow participated in advisory group meetings for Project Euclid, arXiv, and Purdue University Press.

CONTACT: Raym Crow, SPARC Senior Consultant (crow [at] arl [dot] org)

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6. SPARC Resources for Students

The Right to Research Coalition has just launched a new Access Around the World blog series, where student guest contributors from all over the globe will document how access barriers to research affect them.  Read the first post from Sohaib Zahid, a medical student in Pakistan, who describes the impact access barriers have on medical education there and calls Open Access "absolutely essential for medical students."

CONTACT: Nick Shockey, SPARC Director of Student Advocacy (nick [at] arl [dot] org)

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7. Upcoming events

SAVE THE DATES:

SPARC-ACRL Forum

January 8, 2011
San Diego, CA, USA

4th Annual SPARKY Award Deadline
May 26, 2011

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8. Articles of Interest

• New Research Project Explores “Library Publishing Services: Strategies for Success”
• One year later, KU shown to be leader in open access scholarship, The Oread, November 18, 2010.
• David Carlson, " Costello does the right thing", Southern Illinoisan, November 16, 2010.
• Lawrence Lessig, " An Obvious Distinction", The Huffington Post, November 12, 2010.
• Peter Suber, The mandates of October 2010, SPARC Open Access Newsletter, November 2, 2010.
• Peter Suber, Politically selective calls for open access, SPARC Open Access Newsletter, November 2, 1010.