New SPARC Europe’s report on rights retention and open licensing in Europe

We are pleased to announce the completion of a study on the current landscape of non-legislative policy practices affecting researchers and authors in the authors’ rights and licensing domain. The freshly […]

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New project for SPARC Europe to reform rights retention and open licensing policies in Europe

SPARC Europe has been selected to deliver the first project sponsored under the Knowledge Rights 21 (KR21) programme. KR21 seeks to strengthen access to knowledge in particular through libraries and archives. […]

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Meet the family. Open infrastructure group to collaborate with the view to exchange knowledge and build an Open Science Infrastructure Community of Practice.

SCOSS has successfully supported three pledging rounds to date, helping to gather over 4.5 million euros for Open Science Infrastructures. Since the launch of our Pilot cycle, the group of SCOSS-supported […]

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Librarians make a difference! Help us open up education

Academic librarians are crucial actors in implementing OE policy, practice and principles and they have played a pivotal role in advancing them, developing Open Access, Open Scholarship and Open Science policies […]

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Thirteen Open Education ambassadors share their stories: The OE Champions project just launched

How can we draw attention to the importance of Open Education? SPARC Europe thought that one of the best ways would be to talk to OE experts and practitioners themselves and […]

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UKSG 45th Annual Conference and Exhibition: Glasgow 2022

The event is a major event in the scholarly communications calendar which attracts delegates each year from around the world – librarians, publishers, content providers, consultants and intermediaries. The conference combines […]

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Hot off the press: SPARC Europe’s report on Open Education in European Libraries of Higher Education.

SPARC Europe has just released a long-awaited report Open Education in European Libraries of Higher Education. This report is the 2021 version of the 2020 report under the same title, which […]

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SCOSS publishes the 2022 Expression of Interest call. Apply now!

Having raised well over 3 million EUR to sustain vital, non-commercial infrastructure and services within the Open Science community; the Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services (SCOSS) is once again […]

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What’s next for SCOSS? Find out at a joint SCOSS/LIBER webinar

When? Wednesday, 24 November 2021, 11.30-1 PM CET Where? Please register here. For whom? This webinar is open to all, including RFOs and other funders, RPO, including universities and other academic institutions, […]

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Equity and diversity in Open Access. National and regional OA publishing platforms. Webinar. 

When? Thursday, 2 December 2021, 3-4.30PM CET Where? Please register here. For whom? This webinar is open to all, including RFOs and other funders, RPO, including universities and other academic institutions, societies, […]

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SPARC Europe to facilitate high-level European OS policymaker group CoNOSC

SPARC Europe is honoured to support the Council for National Open Science Coordination (CoNOSC) in their efforts to advance national European Open Science policies. The CoNOSC mission is to help countries […]

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