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SPARC provides comments on OSTP Memorandum on Public Access to Publicly Funded Research Articles

Thu, 16 May 2013 19:37:48 UT

UNESCO to make its publications available free of charge as part of a new Open Access policy

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:06:41 UT

Open-access scientific publishing

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:11:06 UT

The Economist, May 10, 2013

Education democratization

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:03:02 UT

The Daily Californian, Editorial, May 13, 2013
CAMPUS ISSUES: The university needs to ensure academic research is openly accessible to members of the general public regardless of status.

California Open Access Bill Clears Committee

Fri, 10 May 2013 18:12:14 UT

Library Journal, Meredith Schwartz, May 9, 2013

White Houses Issues Important Executive Order on Open Government Data

Thu, 09 May 2013 15:41:59 UT

May 9, 2013

Speakers Announced for Upcoming SPARC-ACRL Forum at ALA in Chicago

Fri, 03 May 2013 17:57:49 UT

Eight Organizations Letter in Support of New York's A.180/S.4050

Fri, 03 May 2013 17:34:53 UT

Nine Organizations Letter in Support of CA AB609

Wed, 01 May 2013 17:22:06 UT

California Weighs Its Own Open Access Plan

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 02:21:52 UT

Ry Rivard, Inside Higher Ed

AB 609 Web Banners

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:46:21 UT

New York considers state-level public access legislation

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:24:01 UT

Illinois considers state-level public access policy

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:14:15 UT

Call to Action: Support the California Taxpayer Access to Publicly Funded Research Act (AB 609)

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:29:46 UT

New SPARC Community Resource on Article-Level Metrics

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:10:11 UT

By Greg Tananbaum

Today, SPARC released a new community resource delving into Article-Level Metrics (ALMs) an emerging hot topic in the scholarly publishing arena. Article-Level Metrics (ALMs) are rapidly emerging as important tools to quantify how individual articles are being discussed, shared, and used.