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1. SPARC News

• SPARC RELEASES NEW CAMPAIGN FOR STUDENT ENGAGEMENT - SPARC has released a new educational initiative to engage students on the topic of Open Access. "The Right to Research: The student guide to opening access to scholarship" repeats SPARC's call for student voices to broaden the ongoing discussion of access to research.
• SPARC ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF THE FIRST ANNUAL SPARKY AWARDS - Short Videos Showcase Student Perspectives on Information Sharing
• PUBLIC ACCESS MANDATE MADE LAW - President Bush signs omnibus appropriations bill, including National Institutes of Health research access provision
• STUDENTS RECOGNIZED AS NEW SPARC INNOVATORS - SPARC highlights five students for leadership and activism on Open Access

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2. Partner News

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

• UC eScholarship Repository exceeds 5 million full-text downloads
• January 2008 Issue of BioOne News [PDF]
• BioOne Announces New Agreement with Allen Press, Powered by Atypon
• Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Chooses Open Access over Subscription Publishing
• There are now 3,000 journals in the Directory of Open Access Journals

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Coming soon to SPARC Podcasts:

The 16th SPARC-ACRL Forum, "Working with the Facebook Generation: Engaging Student Views on Access to Scholarship," held at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia.

Now available: a video of the event from Hungry Filmmaker.

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3. Industry Roundup

Please see the SPARC Web site for a complete listing of relevant industry news and details on these highlights.

• International Call for Open Resources - the Cape Town Open Education Declaration introduced
• European Research Council releases OA guidelines - six months, mandatory [PDF]
• Revised Policy on Enhancing Public Access to Archived Publications Resulting from NIH-Funded Research - National Institutes of Health, January 11, 2008
• Health Care Reform: CED Releases Harnessing Openness to Transform American Health Care [PDF]
• First DRIVER Summit demonstrates the advancement of the European repository network and lays out further actions
• Open Choice at the Journal of Neuroscience
• Publishing Research Consortium publishes new study of Peer Review
• OA journal fund at Berkeley
• [Australian] Scientists 'obliged' to share wisdom

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4. SPARC Resources for Authors

Mandatory public access to federally funded research does not violate copyright obligations [PDF]

**SHARE YOUR CREATE CHANGE STORIES: SPARC is looking for input on the Create Change Web site. If you've used the site directly or as a tool to engage others on campus, we want to know what you think. Please email Jennifer McLennan (jennifer [at] arl [dot] org) to share your Create Change story.

More SPARC Resources for Authors.
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5. SPARC Resources for Publishers

SPARC and ACRL release materials on the progress of open access journal publishing - SPARC and ACRL have released interviews and analysis exploring in depth the views of three major open access publishers on the challenges of sustainability. The materials were produced in conjunction with the 15th SPARC-ACRL Forum on Emerging Issues in Scholarly Communication, which took place on June 23, 2007.

Society publishers with open access journals, from the SPARC Open Access Newsletter.

More SPARC Resources for Publishers.
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6. Upcoming Events

SAVE THE DATE:
2008 SPARC Institutional Repositories Meeting
November 17 and 18, 2008, Baltimore, MD

February 2008

February 20-22, 2008
LCDP Institute on Scholarly Communication and Information Policy
Knoxville, TN

March 2008

Thursday, March 13, 2008
San Jose State University SPARC presentation
11:30am-1:00pm

May 2008

May 21-24, 2008
LIBRARIES & PUBLISHING 3.0: - connecting authors to readers in the digital age
Canadian Library Association Annual Conference & Trade Show
(SPARC-sponsored pre-conference)

These and other important events can be found on the SPARC Activities Calendar.

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7. Articles of Interest

NIH mandates open access to researchers' publications, University Times, University of Pittsburgh, January 24, 2008

OSI Stories: Open Access to Scientific Research--Sharing Information, Saving Lives, Open Society Institute, January 28, 2008.

MIT finds key to avian flu in humans, MIT News, January 6, 2008

Show me the data, The Journal of Cell Biology, Vol. 179, No. 6

Under the microscope: research available free online, The Daily Pennsylvanian, January 22, 2008

Bright Futurists: Student Speakers Offer Unique Perspective at ACRL/SPARC Forum, Library Journal Academic Newswire, January 17

The LJ Academic Newswire Newsmaker Interview: SPARC Executive Director Heather Joseph, Library Journal Academic Newswire, January 8, 2008

Measure Would Require Free Access To Results of NIH-Funded Research, The Washington Post, December 21, 2007

SPARC Celebrates New Year with NIH Victory, Library Journal Academic Newswire, January 3, 2008

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You can help open access to research.

SPARC membership is open to North American and international academic and research institutions that share an interest in creating a more open and diverse marketplace for scholarly communication. Visit the SPARC Web site to learn how.