[FC-discuss] Students recognized as new SPARC Innovators

[Jennifer McLennan]

I think Gavin may already have sent this too:

SPARC-ACRL Forum to focus on student engagement:
http://www.arl.org/sparc/media/07-1204.html

FC-ers in the Philly and nearby regions are definitely welcome to attend.
Just contact me for details.

--Jennifer


On 12/11/07 4:31 PM, "Gavin Baker" <gavin at gavinbaker.com> wrote:

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> Not to toot our own horns, but..
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> http://www.arl.org/sparc/media/07-1211.html
> http://www.arl.org/sparc/innovator/
> 
> SPARC highlights five students for leadership and activism on open access
> 
> Washington, DC -- December 11, 2007 -- SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing
> and Academic Resources Coalition) has recognized five student leaders as
> the new SPARC Innovators. Hailed as "Agents of Change," students point
> to the promise of a more open system for information sharing.
> 
> December's SPARC Innovators include:
> 
> * "The Technologist," Benjamin Mako Hill, Graduate of the MIT Media Lab,
> current Researcher at the Sloan School of Management at MIT, Fellow in
> the MIT Center for Future Civic Media, and engineer of the 2007
> "Overprice Tags" project at the MIT library.
> 
> * "The Professional," Gavin Baker. Political Studies graduate of the
> University of Florida, Open Access Director for Students for Free
> Culture, and co-mastermind of the National Day of Action for Open
> Access, February 2007.
> 
> * "The Politician," Nick Shockey. Current undergraduate and Student
> Senator at Trinity University in San Antonio and author of the
> second-ever student senate resolution in favor of public access to
> publicly funded research results.
> 
> * "The Diplomat," Elizabeth Stark. Student of Law at Harvard University,
> Affiliate of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, founder of
> Harvard Free Culture, and architect of one of the first student free
> thesis repositories.
> 
> * "The Evangelist," Nelson Pavlosky. Law student at George Mason
> University, co-founder of Students for Free Culture, and ally of the
> Student Global AIDS Campaign and Universities Allied for Essential
> Medicines.
> 
> "Despite different backgrounds and interests, these students share a
> common interest in ensuring ease of access and use of electronic
> information," said SPARC Director Heather Joseph. "As members of a
> generation raised with the Internet, sharing is second nature to them.
> When it comes to open access, they just get it."
> 
> The December SPARC Innovator profile is the first of several
> student-centered initiatives from SPARC. The January SPARC-ACRL forum at
> ALA will explore "Working with the Facebook Generation: Student
> Engagement on Access to Scholarship" and will feature the winners of the
> first SPARKY awards for student videos illustrating the value of
> sharing. The forum will also mark the introduction of a dedicated SPARC
> campaign to engage students on the topic of open access.
> 
> "The more we have the opportunity to work with students, the more we see
> their creativity and commitment to opening access not only to research,
> but to textbooks, software, and information of all kinds," said Diane
> Graves, University Librarian at Trinity University. "It's a pleasure as
> well as a learning experience to collaborate with these Innovators and
> their peers on these issues."
> 
> The SPARC Innovator program recognizes advances in scholarly
> communication realized by an individual, institution, or group.
> Typically, these advances exemplify SPARC principles by challenging the
> status quo in scholarly communication for the benefit of researchers,
> libraries, universities, and the public. SPARC Innovators are featured
> on the SPARC Web site semi-annually and have included Ted and Carl
> Bergstrom; Melissa Hagemann of the Open Society Institute; the
> University of California; and Herbert Van de Sompel of the Los Alamos
> National Laboratory. SPARC Innovators are named by the SPARC staff in
> consultation with the SPARC Steering Committee.
> 
> 
> - --
> Gavin Baker
> http://www.gavinbaker.com/
> gavin at gavinbaker.com
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Jennifer McLennan
Director of Communications
SPARC
(The Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition)
http://www.arl.org/sparc
(202) 296-2296 ext 121
jennifer at arl.org