[eIFLoa] Fwd: SPARC enews/August 2008

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Date: 14 Сер 2008 17:21
Subject: SPARC enews/August 2008

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 August 2008

1. SPARC News

   - New Web tools help educators use Sparky video awards in fall
courses<http://e2ma.net/go/1266344593/1143123/41879288/goto:http://www.arl.org/sparc/media/08-0812.shtml>-
Student video contest promotes critical thinking and creative
expression
   - Now online: Video from the SPARC-ACRL forum on Campus Open Access
   Policies<http://e2ma.net/go/1266344593/1143123/41879287/goto:http://www.arl.org/sparc/meetings/ala08/index.shtml>

   <http://e2ma.net/go/1266344593/1143123/41879286/goto:http://www.arl.org/sparc/publications/brochures/index.shtml>
   - New: Open Access Teaser Cards, for the Right to Research
Campaign<http://e2ma.net/go/1266344593/1143123/41879285/goto:http://www.arl.org/sparc/publications/brochures/index.shtml>
   - SPARC Europe and DRIVER sign Memorandum of Agreement
   <http://e2ma.net/go/1266344593/1143123/41879284/goto:http://www.arl.org/sparc/media/08-0707.shtml>

   <http://e2ma.net/go/1266344593/1143123/41879283/goto:http://www.arl.org/sparc/ir08>
   - SPARC Digital Repositories Meeting 2008: Early bird registration ends
   September 15<http://e2ma.net/go/1266344593/1143123/41879282/goto:http://www.arl.org/sparc/ir08>

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2. Partner News

Please see the SPARC Web
site<http://e2ma.net/go/1266344593/1143123/41879281/goto:http://www.arl.org/sparc/media/index.html%23partners>for
a complete list of news from SPARC partners.

   - SPARC Publisher Partner Evolutionary Ecology awarded Eminent Ecologist
   Award
   - New pricing model for Euclid Prime introduced
   - BioOne and PCG Announce Marketing and Sales Partnership for North
   America

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Available in SPARC Podcasts & Media:

*The 2008 SPARKY Awards invitational
video<http://e2ma.net/go/1266344593/1143123/41879280/goto:http://www.sparkyawards.org/downloads>
*

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3. Industry Roundup

Please see the Open Access News
Blog<http://e2ma.net/go/1266344593/1143123/41879279/goto:http://www.earlham.edu/%7Epeters/fos/fosblog.html>for
more on these and other industry developments from the past month.

   - Oxford Journals now deposits NIH-funded articles into PubMed
Central<http://e2ma.net/go/1266344593/1143123/41879278/goto:http://www.oxfordjournals.org/news/2008/08/04/nih_deposits.html>
   - NIH Releases Transcripts for March 20th Meeting
   <http://e2ma.net/go/1266344593/1143123/41879277/goto:http://publicaccess.nih.gov/open_meeting_march_2008.htm>
   - QUT creates experimental OA journal
fund<http://e2ma.net/go/1266344593/1143123/41879276/goto:http://www.earlham.edu/%7Epeters/fos/2008/08/qut-creates-experimental-oa-journal.html>
   - OA mandate at France's ANR
   <http://e2ma.net/go/1266344593/1143123/41879275/goto:http://www.earlham.edu/%7Epeters/fos/2008/07/oa-mandate-at-france-anr.html>
   - Microsoft Research Unveils Free Software Tools to Help Scholars and
   Researchers Share Knowledge
   <http://e2ma.net/go/1266344593/1143123/41879274/goto:http://www.earlham.edu/%7Epeters/fos/2008/07/free-microsoft-tools-for-scholarly.html>
   - New interim policy from the American Psychological
Association<http://e2ma.net/go/1266344593/1143123/41879273/goto:http://www.earlham.edu/%7Epeters/fos/2008/07/new-interim-policy-from-apa.html>
   - Canada's NRC adopts an OA
mandate<http://e2ma.net/go/1266344593/1143123/41879272/goto:http://www.earlham.edu/%7Epeters/fos/2008/07/canada-nrc-adopts-oa-mandate.html>
   - Publisher policies on NIH-funded authors
   <http://e2ma.net/go/1266344593/1143123/41879271/goto:http://www.earlham.edu/%7Epeters/fos/2008/07/publisher-policies-on-nih-funded.html>

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4. SPARC Resources for Authors

   - New Create Change interview features Foreign Languages professor Daniel
   Ferreras
   <http://e2ma.net/go/1266344593/1143123/41879270/goto:http://www.createchange.org/cases/scholars/languages.shtml>
   - Guidance for researchers on the NIH Public Access
Policy<http://e2ma.net/go/1266344593/1143123/41879269/goto:http://www.ascb.org/files/July08P10.pdf>-
[PDF] An article by Norka Ruis Bravo, in the July newsletter of the
   American Society for Cell Biology

More SPARC Resources for
Authors<http://e2ma.net/go/1266344593/1143123/41879268/goto:http://www.arl.org/sparc/author/index.html>.

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5. SPARC Resources for Publishers

   - Publishing Cooperatives: An Alternative for Society Publishers - A
   SPARC Discussion
Paper<http://e2ma.net/go/1266344593/1143123/41879267/goto:http://www.arl.org/sparc/bm%7Edoc/Cooperatives_v1.pdf>(Released
September 2006) [PDF]

 More SPARC Resources for Publishers.
<http://e2ma.net/go/1266344593/1143123/41879266/goto:http://www.arl.org/sparc/publisher/>

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6. SPARC Resources for Students

New from openstudents.org:

   - Fair game: a grad student's adventures in fair use and
copyright<http://e2ma.net/go/1266344593/1143123/41879265/goto:http://www.openstudents.org/2008/07/08/fair-game/>,
   by Chris Boulton, including this very cool
video<http://e2ma.net/go/1266344593/1143123/41879264/goto:http://www.vimeo.com/1231277?pg=embed&sec=1231277>

   - The NIH, public access, and
you<http://e2ma.net/go/1266344593/1143123/41879263/goto:http://www.openstudents.org/2008/06/13/the-nih-public-access-and-you/>,
   by Nelson Pavlosky, SPARC Summer Intern 2008

Read more on the SPARC-sponsored, Baker-authored Open Students
Blog<http://e2ma.net/go/1266344593/1143123/41879262/goto:http://www.openstudents.org/>.

CALL FOR ENTRIES: 2008 SPARKY
AWARDS<http://e2ma.net/go/1266344593/1143123/41879261/goto:http://www.arl.org/sparc/media/08-0430.shtml>-
Competition showcases student productions, offers instructors a fun
and
thought-provoking class assignment

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7. Upcoming events

SAVE THE DATE:

The SPARC Digital Repositories Meeting
2008<http://e2ma.net/go/1266344593/1143123/41879260/goto:http://www.arl.org/sparc/ir08>
November 17 and 18, 2008,  Baltimore, MD

August 15, 2008
Utah Academic Library Consortia Retreat
"Scholarly Communication and the Library"
Salt Lake City, Utah

These and other important events can be found on the SPARC Activities
Calendar<http://e2ma.net/go/1266344593/1143123/41879258/goto:http://www.arl.org/sparc/meetings/forum.html>
.

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8.  Articles of Interest

Guidance for researchers on the NIH Public Access Policy
<http://e2ma.net/go/1266344593/1143123/41879257/goto:http://www.ascb.org/files/July08P10.pdf>[PDF]
An article by Norka Ruis Bravo, in the July newsletter of the American
Society for Cell Biology

Gratis and libre Open
Access<http://e2ma.net/go/1266344593/1143123/41879256/goto:http://www.arl.org/sparc/publications/articles/gratisandlibre.shtml>,
from the SPARC Open Access Newsletter, August edition. By Peter Suber

Should Publishers Have a Role--and an Interest--in Facilitating NIH
Compliance?<http://e2ma.net/go/1266344593/1143123/41879255/goto:http://www.libraryjournal.com/info/CA6581624.html?nid=2673%23news2>
*Library Journal Academic Newswire,* July 24

PubMed Central Submissions Jump Sharply Under New NIH
Policy<http://e2ma.net/go/1266344593/1143123/41879254/goto:http://www.libraryjournal.com/info/CA6581624.html?nid=2673%23news1>,
*Library Journal Academic Newswire*, July 24

Open or Shut? The Question of Open
Access<http://e2ma.net/go/1266344593/1143123/41879253/goto:http://library.wustl.edu/offtheshelf/>[PDF]
An article by Aaron Welborn, in
WUSTL's spring 2008 *Off the Shelf*.

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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<http://e2ma.net/go/1266344593/1143123/41879252/goto:http://www.arl.org/sparc/member/index.html>to
learn how.

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This and other ads and printables available to use on the Sparky Awards
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In this issue:

>SPARC News <#11bc194a0cc51f1a_spnews>

>Partner News <#11bc194a0cc51f1a_partner>
>Industry Roundup <#11bc194a0cc51f1a_industry>
>Resources for Authors <#11bc194a0cc51f1a_authors>
<#11bc194a0cc51f1a_oanews>

>Resources for Publishers
<#11bc194a0cc51f1a_publishers>>Resources for
Students<#11bc194a0cc51f1a_students>

>Upcoming Events  <#11bc194a0cc51f1a_events>

>Articles of Interest <#11bc194a0cc51f1a_articles>

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