SPARC enews/February 2011 (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

OPEN UP! VIDEO CONTEST TO SHOWCASE STUDENTS’ CALL FOR OPEN ACCESS - Entries invited for the 4th Annual Sparky Awards."
Webcast invitation: The (OA)Week ahead
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:

Another US federal OA mandate
Word Contest #2
Important developments in Open Data
New books, studies, software, awards, and more

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4. Authors & Researchers

Research is more valuable when it's shared

Sharing enables new research to build on earlier findings. It not only fuels the further advancement of knowledge, it brings scientists and scholars the recognition that advances their careers. In the digital world, the ways we share and use scholarly material are expanding — rapidly, fundamentally, irreversibly.

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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)

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6. SPARC Resources for Students

This month, the Right to Research Coalition welcomed the world's largest medical student organization, the International Federation of Medical Students' Associations (IFMSA), as its 31st member. With this significant addition, the R2RC has a greatly expanded global presence and now represents nearly 7 million students internationally. For more information, see our press release:
http://www.righttoresearch.org/blog/IFMSAannouncement.shtml

The Right to Research Coalition has also received a number of notable mentions in the media over the past few weeks, including coverage in ReadWriteWeb, Voice of America, and Research Information. You can find a full list of R2RC media coverage on our news page.

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

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7. Upcoming events

SAVE THE DATES:

4th Annual SPARKY Award Deadline
May 26, 2011

Open Access Week 2011
October 24-30, 2011

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8. Articles of Interest

Rowland Lorimer et al., Digital Technology Innovation in Scholarly Communication and University Engagement. [PDF]
Susan Brown et al., Lasting change: sustaining digital scholarship and culture in Canada, May 2010.
Jason Miller, OSTP's role expanding under new law, 1500am Federal News Radio, January 27, 2011
Flat World Knowledge Secures $15 Million In Series B Funding, peHUB, January 27, 2011. Subscription Required.
Marc Parry, $2-Billion Federal Program Could Be ‘Windfall’ for Open Online Learning, The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 22, 2011.
Timothy Vollmer, The Right to Research Coalition’s Nick Shockey: Open Education and Policy, Creative Commons, January 20, 2011.
Josh Hadro, As COMPETES Act Is Signed into Law, 'Wait-and-See' Is the Attitude on Further OA Legislation, Library Journal, January 20, 2011.
Beth Noveck, Open Grantmaking in Practice, Not Just In Principle, Cairns Blog, January 20, 2011.
Hal Plotkin, New Job-Training and Education Grants Program Launched, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Blog, January 20, 2011.
Paul Jump, Nature's open-access offering may sound death knell for subs model, The Times Higher Education, January 13, 2011.