SPARC Europe is leading an effort to halt the adoption of potentially harmful provisions found in the current draft of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market, and certain amendments, which … Read More
International coalition joins together to halt potentially harmful copyright reform Efforts target key lawmakers BACKGROUND | ISSUE BRIEFS & POSITION PAPERS | THE OPEN LETTER | CONTACT BACKGROUND SPARC Europe … 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
SPARC Europe papers SPARC Europe publishes briefing papers, position papers, opinion pieces and talking points to support the Open Access and Open Science communities on specific topics. We have published the following papers … Read More
Recommendations for researchers and authors Strive to retain your copyright for publication with no restrictions as recommended by Science Europe in its New Science Europe Principles on Open Access Publisher Services … 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
Challenges to be dealt with The need for researchers to maximise the dissemination and impact of their research; The need for readers to have access to the full corpus of relevant research … Read More
SPARC Europe’s strategic plan 2021-2024 (english | français | español) The scope SPARC Europe promotes and works for Open Science/Open Scholarship and Open Education in Europe. We focus on policy development … Read More