SPARC Europe highlights of 2022

We are very excited to announce the publication of our 2022 Annual Report.  Last year was an eventful year for SPARC Europe, and we were pleased to reconnect with our network […]

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Project Retain Preliminary Findings: Rights Retention, Licensing & Copyright

Did you know that over 60 European higher education institutions have policies covering the copyright of research publications and almost 45 institutions either have or will soon have rights retention policies […]

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Just released — new insights into OE in European Libraries of Higher Education 2022

We are pleased to announce the publication of our report, Open Education in European Libraries of Higher Education: Implementing the UNESCO Recommendation on OER.  The report presents the findings of the […]

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Gathering insights on copyright and open access at Europe academic institutions

At SPARC Europe, we are keen to better understand the topic of copyright for Open Access at research institutions across Europe.  We are therefore calling for European academic institutions to complete […]

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Let’s Align International and National Copyright OA Policy Action

“For so many years researchers have been confused about what they can and can’t do with respect to copyright …We can make the life of the author easier!”: these were some […]

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