SPARC Europe

SPARC Europe promotes & supports #OpenAccess. We advocate change in scholarly communications for the benefit of researchers & society.

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SPARC Europe fosters a fair knowledge ecosystem upholding diversity, equity & inclusion while securing the future of #OpenScience & #OpenEducation. A new strategy guides us to realise our vision, mission & goals: https://t.co/XwjWxrRgqA 🧵1/6

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🌍 Open science & education are reshaping how knowledge is created and shared – and research libraries are at the heart of it. We are heading to @LIBEReurope Conference – stop by our Networking Power Session (2 July, 17:00) for a chat!

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@scossfunding It’s time to shift from buying access to investing in a shared, equitable future for research. 🌍

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What if global #OpenScience cost a fraction of one nation's journal subscriptions?
@scossfunding reveals a stark contrast: €6M feeds 12 global #DiamondOA infrastructures, while a single country spends over €100M on paywalls and APC.
Read the full story: https://t.co/xiBwaTdwAx

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ALMASI is organizing its 2nd discussion series on scholar-led publishing.
From Preprints to Publication: How Community-Driven Models Are Reshaping Scholarly Communication

🕓 11 June 2026, 16:30 CEST
📝 Program: https://t.co/Et7lsNamV2
👉 Registration: https://t.co/apnSn05F2F

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📋 The #OEsurvey is back!

How is #OpenEducation progressing at your institution? Growth is real — but barriers remain. Without systematic data, Open Education remains invisible in policy conversations.
⏱️ 15 minutes. Big impact.
👉 https://t.co/MKosiaEwBp
#OER #OpenScience

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5️⃣ Advocate for investment in infrastructure and support to lower barriers to open participation

#ConnectingtheOpens

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📢 New in the Connecting the Opens leadership series: Policies and incentives shaping openness in Higher Education. 👉️ https://t.co/1Re8bzaku3
#OpenScience #OpenEducation
The item also highlights 10 key action points for institutions 🧵👇

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2️⃣ Stress the strategic imperative of valuing and rewarding open educational practices
3️⃣ Showcase the potential for increased funding and global leadership through openness
4️⃣ Emphasise the power of openness to drive innovation and collaboration
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📢 SPARC Europe and #ENOEL are mapping open education policy & practice in European Higher Ed – policies, funding, OER, & more. If OE is part of your work, your voice matters. Please take our simple survey 🔗https://t.co/MKosiaEwBp | ⏱️ 15–20 min | 📅 20 July 2026 #OESurvey

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SPARC Europe, together with ALLEA, EIFL, IFLA, @LIBEReurope, and OPERAS, is calling on EU policymakers to remove persistent barriers and accelerate the transition to Open Science across Europe.

Read our joint statement 👉️ https://t.co/QeoUdZb7Zk

#OpenScience #OpenAccess

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How do we make open educational resources easier to find and reuse — and what does it take to actually get there?

Those questions are at the heart of the 15th #ENOEL Workshop on 19 May. Come ready to think, share, and build together.

👉 Register here: https://t.co/04ivTKNy9Z

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📢 Vanessa Proudman & Paola Corti will open this year’s Knowledge Equity & Open Scholarship Week!
🗓 Tue 19 May | 10:45 CEST
Join them to explore how a more coordinated approach can help build more equitable and impactful knowledge systems for all.
👉 https://t.co/neBZhMJDL6

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From Commitment to Action: A SCOSS webinar happening tomorrow, 13 May at 2 PM UTC. This practical webinar will bring together 4 library consortia to share how they fund and support open infrastructure. You can still register to join the conversation! 👉️ https://t.co/WfO6cuWQ1I

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📢 Reminder to register for the 15th #ENOEL Workshop!
🎯 Embrace the Open: How do we promote the reuse of OE content?
Media, formats, technologies, software, metadata — there's a lot to discuss.
Hear from experts & shape the conversation. 👉 https://t.co/04ivTKNy9Z
#OpenEducation

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⏳ 1 week to go! Join the 12th #OpenEducation Café
💬 How can we better support upskilling in open education?
🌐 With Bea de los Arcos, Roel Grol, Chrissi Nerantzi & Nkem Ekene Osuigwe
📅 Date: Tuesday, 12 May 2026
⏰ Time: 13–14.00 CEST
👉 Register here: https://t.co/UHLtmXXhdL

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📣 1 week left, still time to register!

Join us for the 9th European RR CoP meeting with @KR21org
We welcome Anna Vernon (Jisc) and Susan Reilly (IReL). Members can also share updates on advancing rights retention.

👉 Register now: https://t.co/tBa9n7NXT2

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Want to discover more about reusing #OpenEducation content?

💡 Don’t forget to register for the 15th #ENOEL Workshop to hear from experts and contribute to finding answers. Let’s strengthen #OpenEducation and #OpenScience together!

👉 Register here: https://t.co/vhqpw9OcMl

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What does it take to defend #openness in a fragmenting world? 🌐
Vanessa Proudman joins the panel at SCONUL Spring Conference 2026 to explore exactly this as part of this year's theme Openness Under Pressure: Strategic Leadership for Libraries in an Era of Disruption. #SCONUL2026