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White House OSTP celebrates Open Education Week with post on "Expanding Opportunity through Open Educational Resources"

Using advanced technology to dramatically expand the quality and reach of education has long been a key priority for the Obama Administration. In...

SPARC submits letter to House Science Committee leaders opposing Section 303 of FIRST Act

On March 12, SPARC submitted a letter to leaders of the House Science Committee opposing Section 303 of the FIRST Act which would severely undermine...

FIRST Act Severely Undermines U.S. Public Access Policies

By:

Heather Joseph, Executive Director of SPARC

Earlier this week, Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX) and Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-IN) introduced the H.R. 4186, the Frontiers in Innovation, Research, Science...

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HowOpenIsIt? New Guide Released

This resource outlines the core components of open access (e.g., reader rights, reuse rights, copyrights, author posting rights, etc.) across the continuum from ��open access�� to ��...

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