Whilst the SCOSS campaign to fund 4 vital services is underway, a one-year project – funded by the Open Society Foundations – recently launched in an effort to gather insights into … Read More
Two years into helping secure vital, non-commercial services within the Open Science community; the Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services (SCOSS) is searching for new potential candidates to help fund. … Read More
SPARC Europe has released our Annual Report for 2019 providing a concise look at how we have focused its efforts to help advance Open in 2019. Inside, you will find: A … Read More
The Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services (SCOSS), of which SPARC Europe is a founding member, is launching its second funding cycle; three vetted “vital open infrastructure” services are being … Read More
This week, SPARC Europe – in consultation with the European Open Education Librarian Network – is launching a survey targeting academic libraries across Europe. The purpose of the survey is to … Read More
This month, SPARC Europe contributed to a policy analysis that’s being produced as part of the FAIRSFAIR EC research project. Our focus: a review of funder policies to determine their compliance … Read More
In July of this year, The Directive on open data and the re-use of public sector information, also called the “Open Data Directive” went into effect. To aid in the implementation … Read More
Everything we have gained by opening content and data will be under threat if we allow the enclosure of scholarly infrastructures. We propose a set of principles by which Open Infrastructures … Read More
A report that reveals the Open Access and Open Science policies, incentives and practices of European funders is being released today. Based on a survey conducted in late spring, the report … Read More