Open Access challenges
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
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What you can do for Open Access
Open Access brings opportunities to various stakeholders Libraries Libraries form the ultimate locus for pushing out the case for Open Access and address to universities, funders, research institutes and publishers. Librarians often … Read More
Open Data and FAIR data benefits
Key OD and FAIR data benefits Accelerates the pace of discovery When datasets are openly available, they can be easily accessed and used to create a fuller picture of a given … Read More
Open Access benefits
Key OA benefits Researchers and their institutions benefit from having the widest possible audience Researchers provide their articles to publishers for free, because their compensation comes in the form of recognition … Read More
Towards large-scale transition to Open Access
SPARC Europe recently commissioned an opinion piece by Max Planck’s Ralf Schimmer on: . He claims, among other things, that there are sufficient resources in the current publishing system to make … Read More
New Business Plan Toolkit for OA Journals
SPARC Europe commissioned this toolkit to help those thinking of starting an OA journal. A business plan toolkit for OA journals addresses how to describe the business venture, the market context, how … Read More
Report on University-Based Publishing, Spring 2015
Intelligence on university-based Open Access publishing commissioned by SPARC Europe in the Spring of 2015. Download it here
A TDM exemption for non-commercial and commercial use in Europe?
Excellent news for Text and Data Mining users: The EU’s European Commission publicised today that they will be working on an exemption for TDM for non-commercial and commercial use. This is a … Read More
Electronic Publication: Intended and Unintended Consequences
Gail Feigenbaum, Associate Director of the Getty Research Institute, shares her view on the effects of electronic publication on the Humanities in a new SPARC Europe Talking Points paper. Download it … Read More