New SPARC Europe Board Members for 2018 speak about their priorities Ms Marlène Delhaye, Head of the Open Access Unit and Head of the E-Resources Service, Aix Marseille University Academic Libraries, France … Read More
Taking concrete steps to make Open Access the default Continuing the push to make Open the default demands a multi-dimensional approach that takes into consideration the various stakeholders, from policy-makers to … Read More
We are looking for Open Data influencers At SPARC Europe we believe that changing policy and cultural change go hand in hand to make ‘Open’ the default. As part of that, SPARC … Read More
Study Atchison A & Bull J (2015) Will OA get me cited? An analysis of the efficacy of Open Access publishing in Political Science. PS: Political Science & Politics, (forthcoming). Disciplinary … Read More
A selection of our policy and advocacy resources to share and re-use Annual Report SPARC Europe 2022 Annual Report Facilitating knowledge exchange Council of National Open Science Coordinators (CoNOSC) Open Access Books Network … Read More
This page requires a modern browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera, or Internet Explorer 9+). How Open is Your Research? A Checklist for Institutions This checklist is designed to enable research … Read More
Recommendations for research libraries Appoint a Scholarly Communications Manager who can make the case for Open Access throughout the entire university Lobby for an Open Access policy at your research institution … Read More
Open Access is the free, immediate, online availability of research articles combined with the rights to use these articles fully in the digital environment. Open Access is the needed modern update … Read More