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SPARC (sparc@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 26-Feb-2026 15:55:55 JST SPARC

Encouraging news from France: The National Centre for Scientifics Research (CNRS) announced it is walking away from its Web of Science subscription - noting impact factors distort research practices. Money saved will be redirected to #OpenScience & #OpenData initiatives. https://www.cnrs.fr/en/update/cnrs-breaking-free-web-science
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  The CNRS is breaking free from the Web of Science
  
  From January 1st 2026, the CNRS will cut access to one of the largest commercial bibliometric databases, Clarivate Analytics'
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SPARC (sparc@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Mar-2025 12:01:28 JST SPARC
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Shout out to the @internetarchive & its important work at this moment. See NPR story: https://www.npr.org/2025/03/23/nx-s1-5326573/internet-archive-wayback-machine-trump?utm_campaign=npr&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_term=nprnews
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  As the Trump administration purges web pages, this group is rushing to save them
  
  The Trump administration's erasure of federal data has put the Internet Archive in the spotlight. The organization, with its small but mighty team, is working to help save the world's digital history.
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SPARC (sparc@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 08-Jul-2024 23:13:52 JST SPARC

Excited to join in the conversation on Mastodon!
We're sparcopen.org.
We believe everyone should be able to access and contribute to the knowledge that shapes our world. SPARC supports systems for #openaccess #opendata #OER #openscience that are open by default and equitable by design.
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  SPARC: Setting the Default to Open in Research and Education
  
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  SPARC is a global organization committed to making Open the default mode for all research and education, empowering people to solve big problems and make new discoveries through the adoption of Open Access, Open Data, and Open Education.

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