Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), UK, a leading organisation of European research libraries, has recognised five student leaders as its latest SPARC Innovators.
Hailed as Agents of Change, the latest students to join an accomplished group of past SPARC Innovators include: Benjamin Mako Hill, a graduate of the MIT Media Lab, and currently a researcher at the Sloan School of Management at MIT; Gavin Baker, a Political Studies graduate of the University of Florida; Nick Shockey, an undergraduate and Student Senator at Trinity University in San Antonio and author of the second-ever student senate resolution in favor of public access to publicly funded research results; Elizabeth Stark, a student at Harvard University School of Law and an affiliate of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society; and Nelson Pavlosky, a law student at George Mason University and co-founder of Students for Free Culture.
The December SPARC Innovator profile is the first of several student-centered initiatives from SPARC. The January SPARC-ACRL forum at ALA will explore 'Working with the Facebook Generation: Student Engagement on Access to Scholarship' and will feature the winners of the first SPARKY awards for student videos illustrating the value of sharing. The forum will also mark the introduction of a dedicated SPARC campaign to engage students on the topic of open access.
The SPARC Innovator programme recognises advances in scholarly communication realised by an individual, institution, or group. These advances exemplify SPARC principles by challenging the status quo in scholarly communication for the benefit of researchers, libraries, universities and the public. SPARC Innovators are named by the SPARC staff in consultation with the SPARC Steering Committee.
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