http://www.sparceurope.org daily 1 2006-12-10T00:37:06Z http://www.sparceurope.org/news/new-open-access-scholarly-publishers-association-oaspa-launched As part of Open Access Day the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association, OASPA, announced its official launch on 14 October 2008. The mission of OASPA is to support and represent the interests of Open Access (OA) journals publishers globally trough an exchange of information, setting of industry standards, advancing business and publishing models, advocating for gold OA journals publishing, education and the promotion of innovation. OASPA has the strong support of SPARC Europe. No publisher sparc Journals Open access 2008-11-07T15:43:26Z News Item http://www.sparceurope.org/news/springer-purchase-biomedcentral Springer has announced that it is to buy pioneering OA publisher BMC No publisher sparc Economics Journals Open access 2008-10-29T16:34:30Z News Item http://www.sparceurope.org/news/european-commission-launches-open-access-pilot EC pilot to give OA to results from approximatley 20% of FP7 projects - especially in health, energy, environment, social sciences and information and communication technologies. No publisher sparc Policy Repositories Open access 2008-10-30T15:02:09Z News Item http://www.sparceurope.org/news/sparc-europe-and-driver-agree-to-closer-collaboration SPARC Europe and DRIVER to cooperation in order to progress and enhance the provision, visibility and application of European research outputs through digital repositories. No publisher sparc Repositories Open access 2008-10-30T14:36:38Z News Item http://www.sparceurope.org/news/sparc-europe-award-for-outstanding-achievements-in-scholarly-communications-2008 Leo Waaijers Receives SPARC Europe Award for Outstanding Achievements in Scholarly Communications, 2008 No publisher sparc 2008-06-09T16:30:33Z News Item http://www.sparceurope.org/news/sherpa-receives-sparc-europe-award-for-outstanding-achievements-in-scholarly-communications-2007 SHERPA honoured in recognition of their advocacy for the adoption of institutional repositories and their development of a suite of tools in support of Open Access No publisher sparc Repositories 2008-03-12T15:45:43Z News Item http://www.sparceurope.org/news/new-ec-study The EC promises to include publishing costs in research grants and promote open access infrastructure development. No publisher sparc europe 2007-08-07T15:43:44Z News Item http://www.sparceurope.org/news/european-research-community-call-on-european-union-to-adopt-open-access EC Commissioner of research presented with 17,500-signatory petition for open access No publisher sparc europe 2007-08-07T15:35:24Z News Item http://www.sparceurope.org/news/fifth-uk-research-council-issues-open-access-mandate Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council to require self-archiving from its grantees No publisher sparc europe 2007-08-07T15:22:42Z News Item http://www.sparceurope.org/news/european-commission-publishes-synthesis-of-responses-to-scientific-publications-study Majority of stakeholders respond positively to call for open access to publicly-funded research No publisher sparc europe 2007-08-07T15:17:36Z News Item http://www.sparceurope.org/news/fourth-research-council-adopts-open-access-mandate Natural Environment Research Council to require self-archiving from its grantees No publisher sparc europe 2007-08-07T15:06:58Z News Item http://www.sparceurope.org/news/uk-funding-bodies-mandate-open-access Three Research Councils issue self-archiving mandates No publisher sparc europe 2007-08-07T14:50:49Z News Item http://www.sparceurope.org/news/european-commission-publish-study-into-scientific-publications Study identifies key failing of current market to meet researchers' needs No publisher sparc europe 2007-08-07T14:41:23Z News Item http://www.sparceurope.org/news/leading-european-library-organization-firmly-supports-research-councils-uk-new-open-access-policy Policy that requires UK-funded research be deposited in openly accessible archives will strengthen increased investment in research. No publisher sparc 2007-08-06T16:51:17Z News Item http://www.sparceurope.org/news/news_item.2007-08-06.5735961794 Policy would make provision of open access a condition of grant No publisher sparc 2007-08-06T16:52:19Z News Item