Publicly funded research for a price (Open Access story on NPR's "Marketplace")

This is a good story about open access (OA) to publicly-funded research, including a poignant human interest angle. OA advocates and publishers offer their points of view, with specific mention of the NIH Open Access policy and the Fair Copyright in Research Works Act. Don't miss the comment thread, with special props to Frye Institute Fellows Joanne A. Schneider (Colgate University) and JQ Johnson (University of Oregon).

SPARKY Awards: student videos to promote information sharing)

Attention, student video producers!

April 30, 2008
Welcome to the 2008 SPARKY Awards. Now accepting entries.

STUDENTS: tell us the way it should be. Is open sharing of ideas and information important to you? Form a team or go it alone and make a video to demonstrate the value of information sharing as you see it. Win great prizes!

EDUCATORS: a great assignment to design into your fall curriculum

LIBRARIANS: an excellent way to engage others on campus

See the Winning Videos from the 2007 Sparky Awards

First Place
“Share”
http://blip.tv/file/488550
Written and directed by Habib Yazdi, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

First Runner Up
“Pri Vetai: Private Eye”
http://www.blip.tv/file/512440
Directed by Tommy McCauley and Max Silver, Carleton College

Second Runner Up
“An Open Access Manifesto”
http://blip.tv/file/517300
Written and directed by Romel Espinel and Josh Hadro, Pratt Institute