All European scientific articles to be freely accessible by 2020 - May 31, 2016
All scientific articles in Europe must be freely accessible as of 2020. EU member states are looking to to achieve optimal reuse of research data. They are also looking for European visa for foreign start-up founders. According to the new Innovation Principle, new European legislation… Read More
European Union launches new European Medical Corps to respond faster to emergencies - February 16, 2016
The European Union has launched the European Medical Corps to help mobilise medical and public health teams and equipment for emergencies inside and outside the EU. Through the European Medical Corps, EU Member States and other European countries participating in the system can make medical… Read More
SPARC applauds introduction of the Affordable College Textbook Act of 2015 - October 12, 2015
SPARC, an international alliance of academic and research libraries working to broaden access to academic knowledge, has applauded the introduction of the Affordable College Textbook Act of 2015, which would reduce the cost of college textbooks by expanding the use of open educational resources. The bill… Read More
European consortium develops new approaches for dealing with Big Data - August 17, 2015
The new BigStorage project, funded by the European Union, will develop new approaches to deal with Big Data concepts over the next three years, from theoretical basic research to the development of complex infrastructures and software packages. As an Innovative Training Network (ITN) of the European… Read More
SPARC joins broad coalition in urging Administration to open up access to federally funded educational resources - August 5, 2015
The Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), along with a broad coalition of more than 85 education, library, technology, public interest, and legal organisations, called on the White House to take administrative action to ensure federally funded educational materials are made available as Open Educational… Read More
SPARC applauds Senate Committee action on public access legislation - July 30, 2015
The Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) has passed S. 779, the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research (FASTR) Act, unanimously by voice vote and moved it to the full Senate for consideration. This marks the first time the Senate has acted on… Read More
