[FC-discuss] Students recognized as new SPARC Innovators

[Matt Agnello]

A big grats to all those listed. Well done.

/cheer

// Matt

On Dec 12, 2007, at 9:51 AM, Jennifer McLennan wrote:

> 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..
>>
>> 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
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> SPARC
> (The Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition)
> http://www.arl.org/sparc
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