SPARC enews/September 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

Answer the Open Access Week Challenge - More OAWeek resources below
Call to action – Thank Chairman Clay for hosting the hearing on public access - Your action is requested NO LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 17th.
OPEN UP! Video Contest To Showcase Students’ Call For Open Access - Entries invited for the 4th Annual Sparky Awards
T-shirts for Open Access Week now available
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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3. Industry Roundup

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

Discovery, rediscovery, and open access. Part 2.
Important developments in Open Data
New books, studies, software, awards, and more

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4. Authors & Researchers

The Open Access Week Challenge

To kick off Open Access Week 2010, Dr. Philip Bourne has challenged scholars to think beyond free and ready access to the literature – made possible by Open Access – and consider how technology may be deployed to advance research. Accept the challenge and report on how Open Access has changed your ability to conduct research, access literature, or teach.

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.

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

See how publishers are participating in OAWeek 2010.

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6. SPARC Resources for Students

OPEN UP! Video Contest To Showcase Students’ Call For Open Access -
Entries invited for the 4th Annual Sparky Awards

STUDENTS! Get involved in Open Access Week

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

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7. Upcoming events

SAVE THE DATES:

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

Jocelyn Kaiser, “ Free Journals Grow Amid Ongoing Debate”, Science, August 2010.
Barbara Fister, “ Open Access and the Library’s Missing Mission”, Inside Higher Ed, August 18, 2010.
Julia Mortyakova, " Public Access Hearing in the U.S. House of Representatives", The Postgraduate Voice, August 2010.
Gina Kolata, “ Sharing of Data Leads to Progress on Alzheimer’s”, The New York Times, August 12, 2010.