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Open Access Empowers 16-Year-Old Jack Andraka To Create Breakthrough Cancer Diagnostic

Staff Writer | Right to Research Coalition | June 11, 2013

Open Access Empowers 16-year-old to Create Breakthrough Cancer Diagnostic: An Interview with Jack Andraka and Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health Read More »

Open Access Meeting Reflections—SPARC 2012

Abby Clobridge | Information Today, Inc | March 26, 2012

Ten years after the movement was launched through the Budapest Open Access Initiative, open access (OA) is thriving, flourishing, and becoming a core element in the broader “Open Knowledge” movement that includes Open Educational Resources (OER), Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), Open Data, and Open Science among others, all of which share the common goals of providing free, unrestricted access to different types of information and knowledge. Read More »

Open Access Petition Passes 25,000 Threshold

Matt Enis | Library Journal | June 4, 2012

A petition calling for public access to all federally funded research posted last month on the White House’s “We the People” website has garnered the 25,000 signatures necessary to be considered for action by the Obama Administration. Read More »

Open Access Week 2013: A Recap Of This Year’s Global Celebration

Abby Clobridge | Information Today | October 31, 2013

This year’s Open Access Week, a global event that just finished its sixth year, was held Oct. 21–27, 2013. Celebrations of various types were sponsored by libraries, students, researchers, publishers, and nonprofit organizations to increase awareness about open access (OA). [...] Read More »

Open Access Week At Harvard, October 22 - 28, 2012: Celebrating Open Access Worldwide

Staff Writer | Harvard | October 16, 2012

Today marks the beginning of Open Access Week, a six-day celebration and reflection on the global movement to promote “the free, immediate, online access to the results of scholarly research, and the right to use and re-use those results as you need.” Read More »

Open Access Week Preview

Abby Clobridge | Information Today | October 15, 2012

Organizations around the world are gearing up to celebrate Open Access Week, officially held Oct. 22–28, 2012. For most institutions, Open Access Week is a way to increase the visibility of open access among scientists, researchers, librarians, university faculty members, and students. Read More »

Open Access Week Will Feature Keynote Speech At Hamilton Library [University of Hawaiʻi]

Teri Skillman | University of Hawai‘i System | October 12, 2012

Lorraine Haricombe, Dean of Libraries at Kansas University, will give the keynote address for Open Access Week on Monday, October 22, 2012, from 11:30 a.m to 1 p.m. in the Hamilton Library Alcove.  The topic of her talk will be, "Open Access: An Evolving Alternative or a Maturing Threat?” Read More »

OpenCon: Students And Early-Career Researchers For Open Access, Open Education, And Open Data

Abby Clobridge | Information Today, Inc. | December 2, 2014

OpenCon, the first full conference for students and early-career researchers that’s focused on the open knowledge trifecta—open access (OA), open education, and open data—was anything but a typical event...

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Paperity Hopes To Create A Comprehensive Index Of Open Literature

Nancy K. Herther | Information Today, Inc. | November 25, 2014

Paperity, “The first multidisciplinary aggregator of Open Access journals and papers,” launched on Oct. 8. The database currently includes more than 350,000 open access (OA) articles from 2,200-plus scholarly journals that are categorized as either gold (journals that are completely OA cover to cover) or hybrid (subscription journals with some OA articles)...

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Public Access To Scientific Research Advances

Press Release | Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) | January 16, 2014

Progress toward making taxpayer-funded scientific research freely accessible in a digital environment was reached today with Congressional passage of the FY 2014 Omnibus Appropriations Bill. Read More »

Redefining Impact Through Open Access

Staff Writer | The World Bank | October 18, 2013

In the 18 months since the World Bank announced its Open Access Policy with the launch of the Open Knowledge Repository, a transformation has taken place in the way the Bank’s published knowledge reaches the public. The frequency and volume of content being accessed doubled from one million downloads in the first year to two million in the subsequent six months. But measuring the impact goes beyond counting downloads and visits. Read More »

Save The Date: Oct. 21 Open Access Week 2013 Kick Off Event At The World Bank And Online: Redefining Impact

Andrea Higginbotham | Open Access Week | July 24, 2013

SPARC (The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) and the World Bank have announced they will co-sponsor the kickoff event for Open Access Week 2013 on Monday October 21st in Washington, DC. Read More »

Six Funders Working To Set Science Free

Tate Williams | Inside Philanthropy | December 3, 2014

Sharing information is easier than ever, but much scientific research remains maddeningly walled-off in publications charging thousands of dollars for access. Some prominent funders are part of a growing movement to make science more open...

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SPARC 2014 Open Access Meeting Speakers Accounced

Press Release | Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) | January 16, 2014

SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) is pleased to announce a strong slate of speakers for its upcoming Open Access Meeting, to be held March 3 and 4 in Kansas City, MO. Dr. Philip Bourne, the newly-appointed Associate Director for Data Science at the National Institutes of Health, will deliver the opening keynote address. Read More »

SPARC Announces ‘Generation Open’ As Theme For 2014 International Open Access Week

Press Release | Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition | May 9, 2014

The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has announced that the theme for this year's International Open Access Week is "Generation Open". The theme will highlight the importance of students and early career researchers as advocates for change in the short-term, through institutional and governmental policy, and as the future of the Academy upon whom the ultimate success of the Open Access movement depends...

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