SPARC

The OA argument is won

David Prosser, Executive Director of SPARC Europe, February 4, 2008.
Podcast | 8.1MB

Working with the Facebook generation: Engaging student views on access to scholarship (Saturday, January 12, 2008, Philadelphia, PA)

Introductory Remarks:
Ray English, Director of Oberlin College Libraries and Chair, SPARC Steering Committee
Podcast | 10.4MB

Nelson Pavlosky, Law student at George Mason University and co-founder of Students for Freeculture
Podcast | 11.2MB
Slides | 6.7MB

Stephanie Wang, graduate student in Economics at Princeton University and former National Coordinating Committee member, Universities Allied for Essential Medicines
Podcast | 16.5MB
Slides [PDF] | 248KB

Andre Brown, PhD student in Physics and Astronomy at the University of Pennsylvania and co-blogger for Biocurious
Podcast | 12.2MB
Slides [PDF] | 2.6MB

Kimberly Douglas, University Librarian, California Institute of Technology
Podcast | 15.5MB
No slides

Course Check: A conversation with three open access publishers about the challenges of sustainability (SPARC/ACRL Forum - ALA Annual 2007) Introductory Remarks

Introductory Remarks:
Alma Swan, Director, Key Perspectives Ltd.
Podcast  | 14MB
Slides  | 88KB

Mark Patterson, Director of Publishing, Public Library of Science
Podcast  | 24MB
Slides  | 11.1MB

Bryan Vickery, Deputy Publisher, BioMed Central and Editorial Director, Chemistry Central
Podcast  | 21MB
Slides  | 4.2MBPaul Peters, Head of Business Development, Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Podcast  | 32MB
Slides  | 1.4MB

Public Access: Emerging Federal Research Access Policies and How They’ll Affect Your Library (SPARC/ACRL Forum - ALA Midwinter 2007)

Introductory Remarks
John Ober, Co-Chair, ACRL Scholarly Communications Committee & Member, SPARC Steering Committee, Director of Policy, Planning, and Outreach for the University of California’s Office of Scholarly Communication
Podcast | 12.4MB

David Pershing, Senior Vice-President for Academic Affairs, University of Utah
Podcast | 22.3MB

Open Data (SPARC/ACRL Forum - ALA Annual 2006)

Introductory Remarks
James Neal, Chair, SPARC Steering Committee, 2003 - 2005
Vice President of Information Services and University Librarian, Columbia University
Podcast | 8MB

John Ober, Director, Education and Strategy, California Digital Library
Podcast | 28.5MB
Slides | 1.15MB

David Hoole, Head of Brand Marketing and Content Licensing, Nature Publishing Group
Podcast | 15.1MB
Slides | 1.18MB

Mike Carroll, Associate Professor of Law, Villanova University School of Law
Board Member, Creative Commons
Podcast | 29.9MB

Three Big Ideas Transforming Scholarly Communication (SPARC/ACRL Forum - ALA Annual 2005)

The Commons
John Wilbanks, executive director of Science Commons
Slides | 5.6 MB

A Brief History of the Big Idea of Taxpayer Access
Debra Lappin, public policy advisor to SPARC
Slides | 5.7 MB

Googlization
John Price Wilkin, associate university librarian, University of Michigan

In the Public Interest: Open Access and Public Policy (SPARC/ACRL Forum - ALA Midwinter 2005)

Jane Griffith, NLM Assistant Director for Policy and Legislative Development, National Institutes of Health
Webcast | 78.6 MB

Gary Ward, Associate Professor of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, University of Vermont
Webcast | 96.9 MB

Sharon Terry, President and CEO, Genetic Alliance
Webcast | 31.5MB

Institutional Repositories: Revealing Our Strengths (ARL-SPARC-CARL Online Event - June 10, 2004)

The recording of a live, interactive presentation on June 10, 2004. Moderator Rick Johnson and three experts in building and populating IRs spent an hour and a half describing the necessary elements and most pertinent issues. Users from more than 100 sites tuned in. Webcast