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April 2008
1. SPARC News

SAVE THE DATE: Next SPARC-ACRL Forum to focus on Harvard Open Access Mandate. At ALA in Anaheim: Saturday, June 28, 4:00 - 5:30PM (Location TBA).
SPARC, Science Commons, and ARL offer options for university implementation of new NIH Public Access Policy (Further details on preparations for NIH policy implementation on April 7, including SPARC comments related to the recent public meeting, are available on the SPARC Web site).
NEW SPARC DISCUSSION FORUM TO ADDRESS AUTHOR RIGHTS  

New video highlights the benefits of rights management for authors  

CARL AND SPARC ANNOUNCE CREATE CHANGE CANADA
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2. Partner News

Please see the SPARC Web site for a complete list of news from SPARC partners.
eIFL call for cooperation
eIFL launches portal of IRs from developing and transition countries
BMC launches Molecular Cytogenetics

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Now available in SPARC Podcasts:

Working with the Facebook Generation: Engaging Student Views on Access to Scholarship (The SPARC-ACRL Forum at ALA Midwinter, January 12, 2008)

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3. Industry Roundup

Please see the SPARC Web site  for a complete listing of relevant industry news and details on these highlights, including selected commentary from Peter Suber.  
Managing Copyright for NIH Public Access (An ARL Preprint)

U.S. physics advisory panel supports SCOAP3
OASIS: A new OSI-supported OA source book to launch in June
Purdue endorses CIC author addendum
OA mandate at CIHR takes effect
Past and future of the NIH public access policy

Microsoft Word add-in for NLM format - Prepares articles in the XML format of the National Library of Medicine

U Delaware prof deposits books to Institutional Repository
Rockefeller UP: No delay on implementing NIH policy
The state of OA policy in Australia
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4. SPARC Resources for Authors
New video highlights the benefits of rights management for authors  

New Create Change interview features Carolyn Kenny, for Music Therapy & Indigenous Studies
**SHARE YOUR CREATE CHANGE STORIES: SPARC is looking for input on the Create Change Web site. If you've used the site directly or as a tool to engage others on campus, we want to know what you think. Please email Jennifer McLennan (jennifer [at] arl [dot] org) to share your Create Change story.  

More SPARC Resources for Authors.
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5. SPARC Resources for Publishers

NISO Issues Best Practices for Shared E-Resource Understanding (SERU)  
More SPARC Resources for Publishers.  
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6. SPARC Resources for Students

Calling all students! Open Students, a new SPARC-sponsored blog for students, is seeking contributors and guest authors. Contributors will write regularly for fellow students about the latest news from the open access movement. Please share this opportunity! For information, email Gavin Baker at gavin [at] openstudents [dot] org

New from openstudents.org:
Open access meets undergrad research... please? By Gloria Tavera

Open access for critical and cultural theory: Open Humanities Press, by Sigi Jöttkandt

Remember, your library card expires when you graduate, by Gavin Baker

Open access advocate learns from her students, by Gavin Baker

Read more on the SPARC-sponsored, Baker-authored Open Students Blog.

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7. Upcoming events

Bring SPARC's Right to Research campaign to students on your campus! For information on scheduling an event, contact Gavin Baker at gavin [at] arl [dot] org

SAVE THE DATE:

2008 SPARC Institutional Repositories Meeting
November 17 and 18, 2008,  Baltimore, MD

Saturday, April 12, 2008
Culture of Sharing, with Gavin Baker and Nelson Pavlosky
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Students: The Right to Research, with Gavin Baker
Carleton College

Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Students: The Right to Research, with Gavin Baker
St. Olaf College

May 21-24, 2008
LIBRARIES & PUBLISHING 3.0: - connecting authors to readers in the digital age
Canadian Library Association Annual Conference & Trade Show
(SPARC-sponsored pre-conference)

These and other important events can be found on the SPARC Activities Calendar.

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8.  Articles of Interest
Proponents: Slow Better Than Poor For WIPO Development Agenda, Intellectual Property Watch, March 21, 2008.
Clinical knowledge: from access to action, The Lancet, March 11, 2008 *Available to subscribers only

Information Liberation, The Wall Street Journal, March 7, 2008

Celebrations and Tough Questions Follow Harvard's Move to Open Access, The Chronicle of Higher Education, February 21, 2008
Open access to brilliant insights, Boston Globe, February 19, 2008
Harvard passes OA mandate, Library Journal, February 14, 2008
The Case for Open Access, The Harvard Crimson, February 12, 2008

At Harvard, a Proposal to Publish Free on Web, New York Times, February 12, 2008
Profile of the IR at U. of British Columbia, UBC Reports, February 7, 2008
One Way to Rein In Textbook Costs: Make Them Free, Chronicle of Higher Education, February 1, 2008
LJ Academic Newswire Newsmaker Interview: Student Open Access Activist Gavin Baker, Library Journal Academic Newswire, January 31, 2008
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You can help open access to research.

SPARC membership is open to North American and international academic and research institutions that share an interest in creating a more open and diverse marketplace for scholarly communication. Visit the SPARC Web site to learn how.  

"Author's Rights," a new customizable video from SPARC, ACRL, and ARL.

In this issue:

[NEW]Resources for Students

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