SPARC enews/January 2010 (SPARC)

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

SPARC comments to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, on public access to federally funded research
Expanding the NIH Public Access Policy will advance science, innovation, competition, and the good of the American public (ATA comments to OSTP)
SPARC honors Optical Society of America as a pioneer in scholarly publishing innovation
SCOAP3 needs your support NOW to move forward (No money changes hands now. Please submit your expression of interest today.)

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2. SPARC 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 OANews Connotea feed and recent SPARC Open Access Newsletter

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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

SPARC is developing an overview of open access monograph publishing initiatives. The review will provide descriptions of current initiatives, focusing on the business models used to sustain the projects, and with detailed case studies of selected initiatives.Anyone interested in more information should contact Raym Crow, crow@arl.org

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 Right to Research Coalition has welcomed the Canadian Federation of Students as its newest member. The addition of CFS marks the coalition's expansion to include the premiere student organizations of both the United States and Canada, a crucial step in making the student movement for Open Access truly international. For more information, check out http://www.righttoresearch.org.

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

Josh Hadro, White House Signals Interest in Open Access with Public Call for Comments, Library Journal, December 17, 2009.
Obama's Open Government Plan Includes Open Access for Research Publications, GenomeWeb News, December 10, 2009.
Josh Hadro, At SPARC-ACRL Forum, Reality Check on Open Access Monographs, Library Journal, January 21, 2010.
Jocelyn Kaiser, Panel Calls on U.S. Agencies to Require Free Access to Research Papers, Science Insider, January 13, 2010.
Barbara Fister, Barbara Fister thinks back on a year of hashtag-worthy highlights, Library Journal, January 8, 2010
Josh Hadro, Obama administration potentially a strong voice in open access debate, Library Journal, December 17, 2009.
John Timmer, US government looks to expand scientific open access policy, ars technical, December 14, 2009.

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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
Read how...

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