SPARC Europe
@sparc-eu.bsky.social
SPARC Europe advocates change in scholarly communications for the benefit of research and society.
https://sparceurope.org/
https://sparceurope.org/
‼️ Next week! Webinar: Can the ERA Act help reach 100% Open Access?
What does the forthcoming #ERAAct means for the future of #OpenAccess in Europe?
📅 Date: Wednesday, 10 December 2025
⏰ Time: 11:00-12:30 CET
👉 Register now: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#OA100
What does the forthcoming #ERAAct means for the future of #OpenAccess in Europe?
📅 Date: Wednesday, 10 December 2025
⏰ Time: 11:00-12:30 CET
👉 Register now: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#OA100
December 2, 2025 at 9:45 AM
‼️ Next week! Webinar: Can the ERA Act help reach 100% Open Access?
What does the forthcoming #ERAAct means for the future of #OpenAccess in Europe?
📅 Date: Wednesday, 10 December 2025
⏰ Time: 11:00-12:30 CET
👉 Register now: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#OA100
What does the forthcoming #ERAAct means for the future of #OpenAccess in Europe?
📅 Date: Wednesday, 10 December 2025
⏰ Time: 11:00-12:30 CET
👉 Register now: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#OA100
November 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Webinar: Can the ERA Act help reach 100% Open Access?
Join us as we explore EU policy developments and what the research community, libraries, and institutions can do to advance OA
Date: 10 December 2025
Time: 11:00-12:30 CET
👉 Register now: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#OpenAccess #OA100
Join us as we explore EU policy developments and what the research community, libraries, and institutions can do to advance OA
Date: 10 December 2025
Time: 11:00-12:30 CET
👉 Register now: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#OpenAccess #OA100
November 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Webinar: Can the ERA Act help reach 100% Open Access?
Join us as we explore EU policy developments and what the research community, libraries, and institutions can do to advance OA
Date: 10 December 2025
Time: 11:00-12:30 CET
👉 Register now: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#OpenAccess #OA100
Join us as we explore EU policy developments and what the research community, libraries, and institutions can do to advance OA
Date: 10 December 2025
Time: 11:00-12:30 CET
👉 Register now: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#OpenAccess #OA100
Librarians, advocate for Diamond OA! Diamond OA is a transparent, sustainable publishing model where libraries can make a significant contribution. Let's make scholarly communication fair for everyone.
👉Arguments to support it: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
👉Arguments to support it: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
November 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Librarians, advocate for Diamond OA! Diamond OA is a transparent, sustainable publishing model where libraries can make a significant contribution. Let's make scholarly communication fair for everyone.
👉Arguments to support it: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
👉Arguments to support it: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Why isn't public research truly open?
🛑 Barriers to open access publishing include👇
💬 What other barriers to open access publishing have you encountered?
🛑 Barriers to open access publishing include👇
💬 What other barriers to open access publishing have you encountered?
November 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Why isn't public research truly open?
🛑 Barriers to open access publishing include👇
💬 What other barriers to open access publishing have you encountered?
🛑 Barriers to open access publishing include👇
💬 What other barriers to open access publishing have you encountered?
Act now, Librarians! Ensure full compliance with national #SecondaryPublishingRight laws and, if there is no law in your country, start advocating for legal reform. This is where libraries can provide support. 👇
November 14, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Act now, Librarians! Ensure full compliance with national #SecondaryPublishingRight laws and, if there is no law in your country, start advocating for legal reform. This is where libraries can provide support. 👇
SPARC Europe advocates for an integrated open strategy. To set our compass for connecting the opens, we interviewed many leaders at a number of European universities. Read our newly-published The Case for #ConnectingTheOpens: A SPARC Europe Position Paper zenodo.org/records/1757... 🧵 1/2
November 13, 2025 at 12:54 PM
SPARC Europe advocates for an integrated open strategy. To set our compass for connecting the opens, we interviewed many leaders at a number of European universities. Read our newly-published The Case for #ConnectingTheOpens: A SPARC Europe Position Paper zenodo.org/records/1757... 🧵 1/2
A #SecondaryPublishingRight should cover:
☑️ All outputs from publicly funded research, not just articles, but also books, chapters and any scientific publications
☑️ Zero embargo for immediate #OpenAccess
☑️ Access to Version of Record preferably: the peer-reviewed, edited article the public paid for
☑️ All outputs from publicly funded research, not just articles, but also books, chapters and any scientific publications
☑️ Zero embargo for immediate #OpenAccess
☑️ Access to Version of Record preferably: the peer-reviewed, edited article the public paid for
November 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
A #SecondaryPublishingRight should cover:
☑️ All outputs from publicly funded research, not just articles, but also books, chapters and any scientific publications
☑️ Zero embargo for immediate #OpenAccess
☑️ Access to Version of Record preferably: the peer-reviewed, edited article the public paid for
☑️ All outputs from publicly funded research, not just articles, but also books, chapters and any scientific publications
☑️ Zero embargo for immediate #OpenAccess
☑️ Access to Version of Record preferably: the peer-reviewed, edited article the public paid for
To accelerate 100% #OpenAccess, several countries have already passed #SecondaryPublishingRight into law, using different legal mechanisms.
💡The forthcoming #ERAAct must include SPR to ensure consistent, EU-wide knowledge sharing. Look at the current situation 👇
💡The forthcoming #ERAAct must include SPR to ensure consistent, EU-wide knowledge sharing. Look at the current situation 👇
November 12, 2025 at 10:02 AM
To accelerate 100% #OpenAccess, several countries have already passed #SecondaryPublishingRight into law, using different legal mechanisms.
💡The forthcoming #ERAAct must include SPR to ensure consistent, EU-wide knowledge sharing. Look at the current situation 👇
💡The forthcoming #ERAAct must include SPR to ensure consistent, EU-wide knowledge sharing. Look at the current situation 👇
What are the differences between #RightsRetention and #SecondaryPublishingRight? Both help achieve #OpenAccess, but the mechanisms differ. #OA100
🎓💪 Librarians: Your authors and institutional leaders need you to clarify this distinction!
🎓💪 Librarians: Your authors and institutional leaders need you to clarify this distinction!
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
What are the differences between #RightsRetention and #SecondaryPublishingRight? Both help achieve #OpenAccess, but the mechanisms differ. #OA100
🎓💪 Librarians: Your authors and institutional leaders need you to clarify this distinction!
🎓💪 Librarians: Your authors and institutional leaders need you to clarify this distinction!
Librarians, let's talk about the Secondary Publishing Right this week. 📣
#SecondaryPublishingRight is a legal tool for achieving 100% open access. See the card 👇
#SecondaryPublishingRight is a legal tool for achieving 100% open access. See the card 👇
November 11, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Librarians, let's talk about the Secondary Publishing Right this week. 📣
#SecondaryPublishingRight is a legal tool for achieving 100% open access. See the card 👇
#SecondaryPublishingRight is a legal tool for achieving 100% open access. See the card 👇
This week!! Join us at this workshop on #GenAI and #OpenEducation with the European Network of Open Education Librarians #ENOEL!
📅 13 Nov 2025
⏰ 13.00-14.30 CET
🔗 tinyurl.com/ENOELWorksho...
📅 13 Nov 2025
⏰ 13.00-14.30 CET
🔗 tinyurl.com/ENOELWorksho...
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
This week!! Join us at this workshop on #GenAI and #OpenEducation with the European Network of Open Education Librarians #ENOEL!
📅 13 Nov 2025
⏰ 13.00-14.30 CET
🔗 tinyurl.com/ENOELWorksho...
📅 13 Nov 2025
⏰ 13.00-14.30 CET
🔗 tinyurl.com/ENOELWorksho...
To achieve 100% #OpenAccess, you need to engage with issues on #RightsRetention and #OpenLicences. This is where libraries can provide support. 👇
November 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
To achieve 100% #OpenAccess, you need to engage with issues on #RightsRetention and #OpenLicences. This is where libraries can provide support. 👇
The implementation of #RightsRetention policies brings challenges to every library. Stop solving it alone, join the European Rights Retention Community of Practice (CoP) to collaborate with peers.
👉European RR COP webpage tinyurl.com/285535z4
👉European RR COP webpage tinyurl.com/285535z4
November 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The implementation of #RightsRetention policies brings challenges to every library. Stop solving it alone, join the European Rights Retention Community of Practice (CoP) to collaborate with peers.
👉European RR COP webpage tinyurl.com/285535z4
👉European RR COP webpage tinyurl.com/285535z4
100% #openaccess starts with 100% #RightsRetention and using #OpenLicences. 🔒 Publisher embargoes (up to 36 months) and restrictive CC BY-NC-ND licences contradict many Europe’s OA goals.
💪 Empower your researchers: look to the Rights Retention Helper tinyurl.com/4uk2xzu6
💪 Empower your researchers: look to the Rights Retention Helper tinyurl.com/4uk2xzu6
November 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
100% #openaccess starts with 100% #RightsRetention and using #OpenLicences. 🔒 Publisher embargoes (up to 36 months) and restrictive CC BY-NC-ND licences contradict many Europe’s OA goals.
💪 Empower your researchers: look to the Rights Retention Helper tinyurl.com/4uk2xzu6
💪 Empower your researchers: look to the Rights Retention Helper tinyurl.com/4uk2xzu6
📢 Save the date! Join us for the 7th European Rights Retention Community of Practice event!
📅 Wednesday, 26 November 2025 | 12:00–13:30 CET
🔍 Our next meeting will bring insights from Slovenia and Sweden.
Register now 👉 tinyurl.com/42cukkxa
#OpenAccess #RetainYourRights
📅 Wednesday, 26 November 2025 | 12:00–13:30 CET
🔍 Our next meeting will bring insights from Slovenia and Sweden.
Register now 👉 tinyurl.com/42cukkxa
#OpenAccess #RetainYourRights
November 6, 2025 at 10:25 AM
📢 Save the date! Join us for the 7th European Rights Retention Community of Practice event!
📅 Wednesday, 26 November 2025 | 12:00–13:30 CET
🔍 Our next meeting will bring insights from Slovenia and Sweden.
Register now 👉 tinyurl.com/42cukkxa
#OpenAccess #RetainYourRights
📅 Wednesday, 26 November 2025 | 12:00–13:30 CET
🔍 Our next meeting will bring insights from Slovenia and Sweden.
Register now 👉 tinyurl.com/42cukkxa
#OpenAccess #RetainYourRights
📣 Join the next European Network of Open Education Librarians #ENOEL workshop, “Embrace the Open: Open Education and Generative AI, hands-on," to learn together with us how GenAI tools can help deliver #OpenEducation objectives.
📅 13 Nov 2025
⏰ 13.00-14.30 CET
🔗 tinyurl.com/ENOELWorksho...
📅 13 Nov 2025
⏰ 13.00-14.30 CET
🔗 tinyurl.com/ENOELWorksho...
November 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM
📣 Join the next European Network of Open Education Librarians #ENOEL workshop, “Embrace the Open: Open Education and Generative AI, hands-on," to learn together with us how GenAI tools can help deliver #OpenEducation objectives.
📅 13 Nov 2025
⏰ 13.00-14.30 CET
🔗 tinyurl.com/ENOELWorksho...
📅 13 Nov 2025
⏰ 13.00-14.30 CET
🔗 tinyurl.com/ENOELWorksho...
Libraries: Advocating for #RightsRetention is key for #OpenAccess. It provides immediate OA/reuse, accelerates OA, and clarifies copyright. Make every article accessible!
💪📚 Use the flashcards: tinyurl.com/3385jfhz
💪📚 Use the flashcards: tinyurl.com/3385jfhz
November 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Libraries: Advocating for #RightsRetention is key for #OpenAccess. It provides immediate OA/reuse, accelerates OA, and clarifies copyright. Make every article accessible!
💪📚 Use the flashcards: tinyurl.com/3385jfhz
💪📚 Use the flashcards: tinyurl.com/3385jfhz
Librarians, let's talk rights retention and open licences this week. 📣
#RightsRetention is a key policy tool for achieving 100% open access immediately. Just knowledge, shared. See the card 👇
#RightsRetention is a key policy tool for achieving 100% open access immediately. Just knowledge, shared. See the card 👇
November 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Librarians, let's talk rights retention and open licences this week. 📣
#RightsRetention is a key policy tool for achieving 100% open access immediately. Just knowledge, shared. See the card 👇
#RightsRetention is a key policy tool for achieving 100% open access immediately. Just knowledge, shared. See the card 👇
To achieve 100% #OpenAccess, you need to engage with issues on repositories and #GreenOpenAccess route. This is where libraries can support #OA100. 👇
October 31, 2025 at 1:01 PM
To achieve 100% #OpenAccess, you need to engage with issues on repositories and #GreenOpenAccess route. This is where libraries can support #OA100. 👇
Metadata is the key to #OpenScience and reaching 100% OA.
📊 Interoperable metadata = discoverable, machine-readable, and AI-ready research.
👇How to optimise your repository for metadata #OA100
📊 Interoperable metadata = discoverable, machine-readable, and AI-ready research.
👇How to optimise your repository for metadata #OA100
October 30, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Metadata is the key to #OpenScience and reaching 100% OA.
📊 Interoperable metadata = discoverable, machine-readable, and AI-ready research.
👇How to optimise your repository for metadata #OA100
📊 Interoperable metadata = discoverable, machine-readable, and AI-ready research.
👇How to optimise your repository for metadata #OA100
To achieve 100% open access, you need to engage with issues on copyright and ownership. This is where libraries can support. 👇
#OA100 #OpenAccess #Copyright
#OA100 #OpenAccess #Copyright
October 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
To achieve 100% open access, you need to engage with issues on copyright and ownership. This is where libraries can support. 👇
#OA100 #OpenAccess #Copyright
#OA100 #OpenAccess #Copyright
The EU supports open science, but legislative and regulatory frameworks often act as barriers, preventing the full implementation of its principles. We need copyright law to support, not hinder, research. #CopyrightReform
👉Check which legal barriers prevent you from 100% OA. Share your challenges.👇
👉Check which legal barriers prevent you from 100% OA. Share your challenges.👇
October 24, 2025 at 8:44 AM
The EU supports open science, but legislative and regulatory frameworks often act as barriers, preventing the full implementation of its principles. We need copyright law to support, not hinder, research. #CopyrightReform
👉Check which legal barriers prevent you from 100% OA. Share your challenges.👇
👉Check which legal barriers prevent you from 100% OA. Share your challenges.👇
Librarians, learn with us about #OpenEducation & #OpenScience at the upcoming 'Embrace the Open' workshop from the European Network of Open Education Librarians #ENOEL!
📅28 Oct
⏰13.00-14.30 CET
🔗https://tinyurl.com/ENOELWorkshop12
And stay tuned for the next workshop on OE & #GenAI on 13 Nov!
📅28 Oct
⏰13.00-14.30 CET
🔗https://tinyurl.com/ENOELWorkshop12
And stay tuned for the next workshop on OE & #GenAI on 13 Nov!
October 23, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Librarians, learn with us about #OpenEducation & #OpenScience at the upcoming 'Embrace the Open' workshop from the European Network of Open Education Librarians #ENOEL!
📅28 Oct
⏰13.00-14.30 CET
🔗https://tinyurl.com/ENOELWorkshop12
And stay tuned for the next workshop on OE & #GenAI on 13 Nov!
📅28 Oct
⏰13.00-14.30 CET
🔗https://tinyurl.com/ENOELWorkshop12
And stay tuned for the next workshop on OE & #GenAI on 13 Nov!
Librarians: alert researchers to check pub agreements. A 2020 analysis of Europe's top 10 legacy journals found only 1 allowed authors to retain #copyright in all subscription/hybrid journals. The rest demanded full copyright transfer or exclusive licences, limiting reuse 👉 doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
October 23, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Librarians: alert researchers to check pub agreements. A 2020 analysis of Europe's top 10 legacy journals found only 1 allowed authors to retain #copyright in all subscription/hybrid journals. The rest demanded full copyright transfer or exclusive licences, limiting reuse 👉 doi.org/10.5281/zeno...