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I Open Access @ Macquarie University ' Mac uarie Universit ResearchOnline is Macquarie University's open access digital collection.
I It is designed to promote globalIy, preserve locally and provide open access to the research and scholarly output I of Macquarie University's staff, students and affiliates. I To find out more about ResearchOnline please see the links below:
. Copyrightlnformation htl://WWW. researchonline. in .edu. au/vital/access/inaria er/Co ri ht
\.-) Contributing to Macquarie University ResearchOnline Macquarie University ResearchOnline is designed to show case the research and scholarly outputs of the I University. Staff, students and affiliates of the University are invited to contribute their research publications and , works to the repository. The Collection Develo merit Guidelines provides guidelines on the material which is I eligible for inclusion within the repository.
I Depositing Your Work
I To deposit your work please:
. Consult the Collection Management Policy prior to depositing. ; . Email your request to deposit and send a copy of your publication to repository staff at researchonline in edu. au I . Provide any information that you may have about the copyright permissions associated with your work, e. g. copyright ownership or permissions.
What Will Repository Staff Do For You? , , , I: Repository staff will:
. . Verify the copyright permissions associated with your publication, etc, on your behalf. . Verify and include the citation/publication details of your work within the repository. . Convert any Ms Word filers to PDF format Of required and appropriate) for storage and access within the repository. . Expose your publication in the repository to make it available to the global research community and discoverable via the Internet, e. g. Google, Google Scholar, etc. . Abide by and manage any embargos associated with your publication or work . , _. _.__.. I
Macquarie University - Open Access Policy Purpose To provide equitable, world-wide access to the scholarly and research output of Macquarie University.
Overview
Scholarly research is one of Macquarie's most important contributions to society. The free eXchange of information is a bedrock academic value, one that is supported by taking an open access approach to the dissemination of the outputs of scholarship and research. An open access approach means that these outputs are made available online and world-wide, free of charge and free of most other access restrictions.
i r chsu onsthefundamental rinciles of the Mac uarieUniversit Ethics Statement andtheSenate Statement on Academic Freedom.
The open access approach also enables Macquarie University authors to meetthe requirements offunding dies e. . Australian Research Council and National Health and Medical Research Council, to make the results of their research publicly accessible. The outputs of scholarship and research are collected as part of the University's research management processes. These outputs will now be stored and made accessible through the Macquarie University Digital Repository - Mac uarie Universit ResearchOnline. In addition to maximising access to Macquarie research, this policy also supports more effective storage of these outputs in perpetuity and assists in promoting Macquarie's research around the world.
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. Open Access Publications from Macquarie University ResearchOnline A selection of publications that have been made open access through Macquarie University ResearchOnline: OStafe, A. & Shparlinski, I. E. (2012). Exponential sums over points of elliptic curves with reciprocals of primes. Mathematika, 58(,), 21-33.
Kohnen, S. , Nickels, L. , Coltheart, M. & Brunsdon, R. (2008). Predicting generalization in the training of irregular-word spelling : treating lexical spelling deficits in a child. Cognitive neuropsych0/o9y, 25(3), 343-375.
Nichols, A. H. (1981).'The dynamic equivalence translation theory of EUgene A. Nida and Bible translation, a critique', Masters thesis, Macquarie University, Australia,
Open Access Publications from Macquarie University ResearchOnline
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Definition ~ ~~~I Open Access is. ... If an article is "Open Access"it means that it can be freely accessed by anyone in the world using an internet connection. This means that the potential readership of Open Access articles is far, far greater than that for articles where the full-text is restricted to subscribers. Evidence shows that making research material Open Access increases the number of readers and significantly increases citations to the article - in some fields increasing citations by 300%. Open Access is riot. ... It is important to point outthat Open Access does not affect peepreview; articles are peepreviewed and published in journals in the normal way. There is no suggestion that authors should use repositories instead of journals. Open Access repositories supplement and do not replace journals. Some authors have feared that wider availability will increase plagiarism:in fact, if anything, Open Access serves to reduce plagiarism. When material is freely available the chancethatpiagiarismis recognised andexposedisthatmUChhighe'. I
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20-26 October 20.4 O en Access Week highlights the burgeoning support for open access to research outputs amongstthe international higher education community and the general public, through the proliferation of digital repositories - such as Mac uarie Universit ResearchOnline - and the adoption of open access policies by majorresearch funders.
Origins of Open Access The Open Access movement is the worldwide effort to provide free online access to scientific and scholarly research literature, especially peepreviewed journal articles and their preprints. The Open Access movement started out with a series of statements or declarations. Historically the movement has progressed and gained momentum since 2002 through three major statements made in Budapest, ) Batheseda and Berlin.
. Buda est O en Access Initiative (February 2002) . Bathesda Statement on O en Access Publishin (June 2003) . Berlin Declaration on O en Access to Knowled e in the Sciences and Humanities (October 2003)
Now Open Access is on a roll. Recent Funder Mandates - including that of the U. S. National Institutes of Health (the world's largest research funder), which now requires that aritheirfunded research be placed in an openly accessible database, and Harvard University - have further strengthened the prospects for Open Access to allresearch. Locally the Australian Research Council(ARC) and the National Health and Medical Research Council(NHMRC) have both adopted funder inariadates. AOASG have written a ^.!!OLD^ coin ansion of the ARC and NHMRC mandates.
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IThe Australian Australian Open O en AccessAccess Su support onGrou Group (AOASG) (AOASG) existsto:
I. Provide an advocacy voice for open access to research in Australia. 2. Increase awareness of the importance of open access, and target advocacy to Australian research institutions, funders and the wider community. 3. Where appropriate to correspond with and advocate open access to publishers. 4. Share knowledge and experience and work collaborative Iy with groups in support of open access. 5. Be an Australian voice to interact with other international organisations.
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I Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) An international alliance of academic and research libraries working to correct imbalances in the scholarly I publishing system. Developed by the Association of Research Libraries, SPARC has become a catalyst for I change. Its pragmatic focus is to stimulate the emergence of new scholarly communication models that expand I the dissemination of scholarly research and reduce financial pressures on libraries.
Publications from SPARC: "/. Open Access Booklet htt ://WWW. arl. or Is arc/bin~doc/O enAccess. of
. Create Change Booklet htt ://WWWCreatechan e. or Ibm~doctoreatechan e2003. of
. The Right To Research Booklet htt ://vvww. s arearl. or Ibm~doc/rr2008 a es. of
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. How Open Is It? Brochure htt ://WWW. s arc. arl. or Ibm~doc/howo enisit- uide. of
. SPARC Open Access Newsletter(Edited by Peter Suber)- March 2012 htt ://WWW. earlham. edu/~ eters/fos/newsletter/03-02-12. htm . SPARC Open Access Newsletter(Edited by Peter Suber)- June 2012 htt me ac .earlham. edu/~ eters/fos/newsletter/06-02.2. htm . SPARC Open Access Newsletter(Edited by Peter Suber)- September 2012 htt me ac .earlham. edu/~ eters/fos/newsletter/09-02-, 2. htm . SPARC Open Access Newsletter(Edited by Peter Suber)- December 2012 htt me ac .earlham. edu/~ eters/fos/newsletter/12-02-12. htm ,
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Whatis ROMEO? ROMEO is a searchable database of publisher policies on the self- archiving of journal articles on the web and in Open Access repositories.
What use is ROMEO to me? If an academic author wants to puttheirresearch articles on-line, they are faced with an increasingly complex situation. Evidence shows that citations to articles made openly accessible in this way are taken up and cited more often than research that is simply published in journals. Also some funding agencies require open access archiving fortheir research, to increase the use of the information generated. However, some publishers prohibit authors from using their own articles in this way. Others allow it, but only under certain conditions, while others are quite happy for authors to show their work in this way. Authors can be left confused: ROMEO helps to clarify the situation.
What does ROMEO contain? ROMEO contains publishers'general policies on self-archiving of journal and conferencearticles. Each entry I
beprovides deposited, a summary and any of conditions the publishers that arepolicy, attached including to that what deposit. version of an article can be deposited, where it Can I
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OAK Law Project ~~~'I Open access to knowledge is increasingly important both as an economic and social force. O en Access to Knowled e Law OAK Law Pro^Ct aims to make sharing knowledge across domains, and the world, both legal and efficient.
r I Directory of Open Access Journals (DoAJ) I DoAJ,jinsoj^co, aims to be comprehensive and cover all open access scientific and, scholarly , journals that use an I appropriate quality control system, and is not limited to particular languages or subject areas. .
I Public Library of Science (PLOS) I PLOS is a nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and ., I Open Access Net I The gp^0^t platform aims to meetthe growing demand for information on the subject of Open Access. I Our editorial team gathers information Millich is scattered across many sources and bundles it thematicalIy for presentation to various target groups.
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I What's in it for you? Reach a much larger audience I OA articles are cited significantly more often (in the order of 50-300% more often)than non-OA articles from the samejoumal and year htt ://o cite rints. or 10acitation-biblio. html). ,
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. Copyrightlnformation for HDR Students htt ://WWW. in .edu. au/ ubstatic/on cain us/libra ICO ri hVco ri ht for students/
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F"atUnderstanding can I do' Open Access in the Academic Environment: A Guide for Authors Pappalardo, Kylie M. , Fitzgerald, Brian F. , Fitzgerald, Anne M. , Kiel-Chisholm, Scott D. , Georgiades, Jenny, & Austin, Arithony C. (2008) Understanding Open Access in the Academic Environment:A Guide for Authors. (Unpublished)
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The OAK Law Project aims to facilitate seamless access to knowledge and improve social, economic and cultural outcomes. This guide aims to provide practical guidance for academic authors interested in making their work more openly accessible to readers and other researchers. The guide provides authors with an overview of the concept of and rationale for open access to research outputs and how they may be involved in its implementation and with what effect. In doing so it considers the central role of copyright law and publishing agreements in structuring an open access framework as well as the increasing involvement offunders and academic institutions. The guide also explains different methods available to authors for making their outputs ' openly accessible, such as publishing in an open access journal or depositing work into an open access repository. Importantly, the guide addresses how open access goals can affect an author's relationship with their , commercial publisher and provides guidance on how to negotiate a proper allocation of copyright interests between an author and publisher. A Copyright Toolkit is provided to further assist authors in managing their copyright.
Creative Commons
Creative Commons is an international non-profit that provides free licences and tools that copyright owners can use to allow others to share, reuse and remix their material, legally.
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'~I Authors Addendum Template - Examples Request that following publication of your research you make available a copy on open access through Macquarie University ResearchOnline.
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Open access is making research results freely available to anyonewith an internet connection rather than keeping those results hidden behind a subscription paywall. While the majority of journals are now published online (many exclusively), often they are only available to peoplewho pay a subscription orwho are members of an institution who pays a subscription. Putsimply open access uses digital technology to make research findings widely available. Researchers can make their work open access by one of byo ways; by depositin an onen access copy of their published work in a repository or by publishing in ajournalthatis free ._I readers.
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The scholarly communication system is fundamental to the pursuit of research. Researchers formally share the results of their work by publishing it in the academic literature. This primarily can be in the form of research papers, conference papers or as books. The research for most journal articles produced in Australia is undertaken in publicly funded universities. Researchers write up the results of their work and submit papers to journals or conferences. These are assessed by editors and sent outfor peerreview, before being amended (; the author(s) and finally published. ,
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Researchers can deposit a version of their published work into a subject-based repository or an institutional repository. This is referred to as 'green' open access publishing. Examples of subject-based repositories include such as arXiv arxiv. or %20 in the high energy physics and mathematics disciplines, Socialscience Research Network (SSRN htt : WWW. ssrn. coin ), Research Papers in Economics(RePEc htt : re ec. or and PubMed Central htt WWW. ncbi. nlm. nth. ov inc Every university in Australia has a!:^I^ htt : aoas or .atto en-access-in-action for this purpose. .' I .' I "'.', .*'. ".' ' \ .....'. '. I. , . ... ,., -; ,,*..', ...... ,". . ,. - -..,.,,-* . - - , '.*',-, .- . a. I-,' .!,', '~' ' " ' ' '~'~' . I ..'.. . " . .., ..,... :-.,,* 4- ' .:. ',..., ,. ..,,!!;':; I
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Name Position & organisation Email Date signed ~\nton Angelo Research Data anton. angelo@canterbury. ac. nz 9 Sept 2014 Coordinator, University of Canterbury Philip Research Repository philip. bertling@monash. edu 13 Aug Bertling Librarian, Monash 2014 University Rudy bin Research Repository rbinmahl@aut. ac. nz I Sept 2014 Mahli Administrator, Auckland university of Technology Katrina Science & Health k. chaudhary@uws. edu. au 23 Sept Chaudhary Librarian, University of 2014 Westernsydney ~Catherine University Librarian, 26 June Clarke Curtin University 2014 Emeritus Faculty of Law at QUT, t. cochrane@qut. edu. au 26 June Professor Tom Patron of the AOASG 2014 Cochrane
A1an Cockerill Library Technologies alan. cocker11/@jcu. edu. au 14Aug Coordinator, James 2014 Cook University LyndaCooper Associate University ICOope30@une. edu. au 20 Oct 2014 Librarian, UNE Rhonda Ballarat Health Services rhondaco@bhs. org. au 20 Oct 2014 Cotsell Library AnnaDaniel Brisbane Ambassador, AnnaMDaniel@ginail. coin 14Aug OpenKnowledge, 2014 htt au. okfri. or ,
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NeilGodfrey Digital Collections neil. godfrey@cdu. edu. au 16 Oct 2014 Coordinator, Charles Danvin University Sridhar Senior Scientist, ICAR gutam2000@ginail. coin 30Nov Gutam RCER Research Centre, 2014 Ranchi, India Arithony Associate Director, arithony. hornby@cdu. edu. au 6 Oct 2014 Hornby Charles Danvin University Library Alex University of Sydney 14 Aug Holcombe 2014
Karen Executive Director, kjohnson@CSu. edu. au 261une Johnson Library Services, 2014 Charles Sturt University Karen Executive Director, kjohnson@CSu. edu. au 261une (~ I Johnson Library Services, 2014 Charles Sturt University Christiane University of Sydney christiane. klinner@sydney. edu. au 26 Sept Klinner 2014
DrjohnLamp Associate Professor, john. lamp@deakin. edu. au 8 Sept 2014 Deakin University Jayshree Research Services jayshree. maintora@cdu. edu. au 14 Oct 2014 Maintora Coordinator Charles Darwin University Library Roxanne University Librarian Roxanne. Missingham@anu. edu. au 261une Missingham Australian National 2014 (~ University, Deputy ChairAOASG
Stephanie Resources Management stephanie. inortonl@jcu. edu. au 14Aug Morton Officer, James Cook 2014 University Library Linda O'Brien Pro Vice Chancellor 11nda. obrien@griffith. edu. au 261une (Information Services), 2014 Griffith University Frances Associate Librarian, frances. oneil@vu. edu. au 15 Aug O'Neil Victoria University 2014 Sonia Relan Serials Librarian sonia. relan@dtf. vic. gov. au 20 Oct2014 Kostas Head, Office of Science 14Aug Repanas Communication, A- 2014 STAR loanna Library Strategy j. richardson@griffith. edu. au 15Aug Richardson Advisor(Information 2014 Services), Griffith University Susannah Executive Officer, susannah. sabine@anu. edu. au 3 July 2014 Sabine AOASG
Paula Sellin 6 Nov2014
Kate Sergeant Repository & Archive 11Nov Metadata Services 2014 Coordinator, UniSA
Iudy Stokker Deputy Vice-Chancellor i, stokker@qut. edu. au 261une (Technology, 2014 Information and Learning Support) Queensland University of Technology, Chair \ AOASG
Mark Associate Librarian, mark. sutherland@newcastle. edu. au 14Aug Sutherland Research & Information 2014 Services; University of Newcastle
Jackie Research Services jackie. wolstenholme@jcu. edu. au 22 Oct 2014 Wolstenholme Librarian, ICU
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When you publish, you may be signing I'. Publishers of online-onlyjournals The system is away your rights to useyour own work. fearthatthey may notbe able to "o longer working. attract quality manuscripts if C Copyrighttransfer agreements often academic authors are uncertain about require you to transfer allofyour You may be finding it harder and harder to the perceived value of electronic copyrights exclusively to the locate articles you need as most campuses publications in the promotion and continue to canceljournal subscriptions. publisher, thereby losing controlof funding processes. any subsequent public distribution ,_, ::' Worldwidejournalprices continue of your work. C Libraries are concerned with ( ':' tons^signific4ntlyfasterthan the long-term preservation and inflation and library budgets. < Restrictions on use of your own work archiving issues raised by In North America, for example, may prohibit personal distribution electronic media. research libraries spent 227% more forteaching and research, as wellas on journals in 2002 than in 1986. posting your paper on publicly available Web sites and archives. Your youngfoculty colleagues in the In the UK, journal prices rose 158% humanities may not be able to find a between 1991 and 2001compared publisher for their first book. to a 28% increase in inflation. Although electronic publishing is a ," These increases have led to continued promising avenue for scholarly research, I. Subsidies from granting agencies and it brings its own challenges. universities for publishing in the journal cancellations, with fewer humanities have virtually journals being purchased by libraries. \ Some major publishers seek to restrict access to electronic information disappeared in the last 15 years' I Despite cuts in subscriptions, a few through legislation and technical :: Academic libraries in the UK publishers continue to postlarge protection systems. purchase 19% fewer books per profits-up to 40% in some cases. ,-' Many of the electronic resources studenttoday than they did 8 years ;' Commercialjournal publishers ago due to highjournalprices. In available on your campus are North America, research libraries are are expanding their market control governed by licenses that restrict purchasing 5% fewer books through acquisitions, mergers, and howyou andyourstudentscan use the purchase of individual titles from the content. in 2002 than in 1986, despite learned and professional societies. spending 62% more. ( Some publishers have bundled all < Mergerstypicallyresultinsignificant Aslibrary budgets are squeezed by increases in subscription prices. their electronicjournals to provide additional access, but licenses for expensive journals the market for booksisreduced. Today many I While a growing number of journals these packages tie up significant are now available online, this access scholarly books sellonly 200-400 often comes at an extra cost, further portions of library budgets. This can divert funds from subscriptions to copies compared with 1500 copies a decade ago. stretching library budgets. Many high-quality titles from smaller colleges and universities cannot publishers. ,. University presses reject some quality provide this access for their faculty , manuscripts with limited market and students. Smallsocieties and university presses potential because publishing costs do not have the capital to invest in cannot be recovered. the new media and they worry about the loss of print subscriptions iftheir journals are made available electronically. . I.I :a~./'~ ..." '~~...*. "_\. 11/11 I', ,,..- \.,\ -~,,,.\*.\ \,\ \ \ \ 11. ^,'^, I* '^
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u Consider using your influence by Ifyou areajournaleditor: The system is refusing to review for expensive journals; by declining to serve I'.' Become involved in the business :^:^';"^iff-;;::^:" on editorial boards of such aspects of your journal. publications; by supporting the <1 Use your influence, and that of 4 Encourage discussion of scholarly library's cancellation of expensive, your editorial board, to lobby for communication issues and proposals low-use titles; and by encouraging reasonable prices and access for change myour department, colleagues to do the same. policies-other editors and boards have found this a ) college, oruniversity C- Investigate your campus intellectual C Where possible, publish in open- property policies and participate in successful strategy! accessjournals, which employ their development. I- Include your librarian when meeting funding modelsthat do notcharge with a publisher's representative. readers or their institutions for access. t' Invite library participation in Serve on editorial boards or review faculty departmentalmeetings t~ Ifwarranted, consider moving manuscripts for open-accessjournals. and graduateseminarsto discuss your journal to a non-commercial (For a list of open-accessjournals, see scholarly communication issues. publisher or creating an the Directory of Open AccessJournalsat Encourage your institution or its local alternative journal. WWW. doaj. org). orregionalconsortium to set up an For more information t Include electronic publications in institutional repository to promotion and funding discussions. permanently archive the intellectual \!,!\."\':, GEL%:jetC;haft Of, .ill; wealth of your institution 11 Encourage your society to explore (WWW. arl. org/sparc/IR/ir. html) To find out more aboutthese issues, alternatives to contracting or selling contact your library liaison and visit its publications to a commercial Deposit your research materials the Create Change Web site at publisher. (including pre-andpost-printsof WWWCreatechange. org. your articles)in your local or regional ;' Encourage your society to maintain institutional repository Ib obtain additional copies of this (or adopt!) reasonable prices and oryour discipline's repository. brochure, e-mail: pubs@an. o1g. user-friendly access terms. <-,) I~ Familiarizeyourselfwithjournal :: Encourage your society to consider cost-per-use studies, such as those creating enhanced competitors to conducted at Comelland Wisconsin expensive commercial titles. (WWWCreatechange. org/ I-' Modify, ifappropriate, any contract resources. html). you sign with a publisher ensuring Encourage your library to become a your rightto use your work, member of SPARC (WWW. arl. org/ including posting on a public archive. sparc) or SPARC Europe Carefully examine the pricing, (WWW. sparceurope. org). SPARC, copyright, and subscription the Scholarly Publishing & Academic licensing agreements of anyjournal Resources Coalition, encourages you contribute to as an author, competition in the scholarly reviewer, or editor. publishing market. Submit papers to SPARC-supported journals in your discipline, serve on SPARC editorial boards, and/or agree to review papers for SPARC titles. ,
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About Us Search SPARC SPARC@, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, Is an international alliance of academic and research libraries working to create a more open system of scholarly communication. SPARC believes elite I' Seal'di term that faster and wider sharing of the outputs of the scholarly research process Increases the impact of research, fuels the advancement of knowledge, and increases the return on research Investments. SPARC focuses on taking action in collaboration with stakeholders - including authors, publishers, and libraries - to build on the unprecedented opportunities created by the networked digital environment to advance the conduct of scholarship
Staff As a catalyst for action, our pragmatic agenda focuses on supporting the emergence of new scholarly communication models that expand the dissemination of scholarly research and reduce financial pressures on libraries and create a more open system of scholarly communications. SPARC's strategy focuses on reducing Governance barriers to the access, sharing, and use of scholarship. Our highest priority is advancing the understanding and implementation of policies and practices that ensure Open Access to scholarly research outputs. SPARC's Current Steering Committee primary focus is on Journal literature, but our evolving strategy reflects an increasing focus on Open Access to research outputs of all kinds - Including digital data and open educational resources (OER). Current Program Plan
See our fact sheet on SPARC and the benefits of membership for libraries. C\ Contact Us What Does SPARC Do?
SPARC's activities will advance acceptance and long-term sustainability of an open system for scholarly communication. SPARC will promote changes to both the infrastructure and culture needed to make "open" the default mode in scholarly communication. SPARC's activities are centered on the following broad issue areas
Open Access to Scholarly and Scientific Research Artides= SPARC supports the immediate, barrier-free online availability of scholarly and scientific research articles, coupled with the rights to reuse these articles fully in the digital environment, and supports practices and policies that enable this Why Access Open Data, SPARC recognizes that the conduct of scientific and scholarly research Is Increasingly digital, and Matters that its advancement Is predicated on being able to access, comment on, build upon and reuse data. SPARC
supports practices and polices that promote broad, open accessibility and utility of scholarly and scientific . .-,. research data ., ,.. 11 Open Educational Resources (OER)= SPARC believes that Open Education makes the link between ; I'll teaching, learning and the collaborative culture of the Internet. SPARC supports the open creation and ..-,. It. sharing of materials used in teaching, as well as new approaches to learning where people create and shape knowledge openly together, and supports practices and policies to advance this vision. t:. Ie. (:>API SPARC's role in stimulating change focuses on
Educating stakeholders about challenges in the scholarly communication system and the <1 opportunities for change; Advocating for policy changes that leverage technology to advance scholarly communication and that explicitly recognize that dissemination is an essential, inseparable component of the research process;
Lncubating demonstrations of business and publishing models that leverage openness for the benefit of scholarship and academe C<:^;jilti0!\ {01' Open Access The current Program Plan contains current Information about SPARC's direction. More in depth Information and progress updates on change in scholarly communication Is available from SPARC publications. Policy inst!toxic^!\s
Review the SPARC community's key 20:13 accomplishments. coApj
Who is a Member?
Today membership in SPARC (and our partner organizations SPARC Europe and SPARC Japan) numbers nearly 800 Institutions in North America, Europe, Japan, China, and Australia. SPARC is also actively am 11ated with major library, academic and advocacy organizations through our active coalition work
SPARC finances Its efforts through coalition member fees that support operating expenses and help build a capital fund to provide start-up money for its programs. SPARC also seeks grants to augment the capital fund. The key to SPARC's success, however, Is the commitment of Its members to support SPARC Initiatives The members elect a small group of their own to assist SPARC in creating and governing its programs through the SPARC Steering Committee according to the SPARC governance policies.
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