SPARC enews/June 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

Update on activities related to public access (May 2010)
State of play: Public access policies to be explored at the next SPARC-ACRL forum
SPARC announces next digital repositories meeting for November
Now online: Recording for the OAWeek planning event
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.

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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

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

Unanimous faculty votes
Important developments in Open Data
New books, studies, software, awards, and more

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4. Resources for Authors

Complete the SPARC Author Addendum Online

Enter basic information about your article and generate a printable addendum to your publishing agreement in one easy step. Produced by Science Commons, the Scholar's Copyright Addendum Engine features the SPARC Author Addendum.

READ more More SPARC Resources for Authors.

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5. Resources for Publishers

Raym Crow will be participating in two panels on ebooks, financial sustainability, and academic libraries at the Association of American University Presses meeting, June 17 - 20 in Salt Lake City. The theme of this year's AAUP meeting is "Toward a Sustainable Future."

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

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

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6. SPARC Resources for Students

This month the Right to Research Coalition will begin the first stage of its year-long project of international expansion focusing on Europe. Also, we're excited to welcome Julia Mortyakova, the immediate past president of the National Association of Graduate-Professional Students, who will be working with us here in DC this summer.

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

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7. Upcoming events

SAVE THE DATES:

ACRL/SPARC Forum
Saturday, June 26
4:00 - 6:00pm
Washington Convention Center, Room 206

Open Access Week
October 18 - 24, 2010
www.openaccessweek.org

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

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8. Articles of Interest

Andrew Albanese, A Failure to Communicate, Publishers Weekly, June 14, 2010.
Gilles J. Frydman, Patient Driven Research: Rich Opportunities and Real Risks, Phoenix Rising, June 12, 2010.
John Timmer, California libraries gearing up for fight against Nature (Updated), ARS Technica, June 10, 2010.
Charles D. Eckman and Beth T. Weil, Institutional Open Access Funds: Now is the Time, PLoS Biology, May 25, 2010.
David Carlson, You deserve access to research, Southern Illinoisan, May 21, 2010.