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OpenEd Digest - June 2026 — Open Education Association This month’s roundup of open education news, opportunities and events.

See how graduate students at MIT advocated for & supported the library's stance on scholarly publishing reform. We talked with campus leaders about their motivation, strategy & hope for the future in a profile on the HELIOS website.

MIT Graduate Student Council — Higher Education Leadership Initiative for Open Scholarship Graduate Student Voices Support for Scholarly Communication Reform The MIT Graduate Student Council recently passed a resolution expressing support for campus libraries to exit big deal journal packages and calling for changes to promotion and tenure processes to move away from journal-based me

The US Repository Network will continue the conversation on electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) Monday, June 29 @ Noon ET. Register for this free community call to hear how campuses manage submissions, approvals, metadata, access & long-term preservation. https://sparcopen-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/s5Pj9quVRwq45c_XXV6CYw #/registration

One week left! Applications are due June 23 for the 2026 U.S. Open Textbook Pilot grant program. Submit an proposal to get federal money to expand the use of open textbooks & make college more affordable for students.

Opportunity Listing - Open Textbook Pilot Program Read detailed information about this funding opportunity.

ICYMI: Learn about the latest trends in scholarly publishing & research analytics in SPARC's updated 2026 Financial Landscape Analysis. Market analyst Claudio Aspesi tracks risks & cost pressures AI could create for this sector.

SPARC Landscape Analyses - SPARC Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Beginning in 2019, SPARC has regularly provided our community with market analyses and suggestions for accompanying action to better navigate the rapidly evolving research and education environments. This page hosts our most current analysis a...

It is possible to cancel a big deal & still provide your community with essential research materials. We've profiled several campuses on the process to provide models for how it can happen & save your library millions.

Exit Interviews: Leaving Big Deals & Proprietary Products - SPARC Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email This profile series seeks to support libraries that are considering leaving big deal journal packages and other major proprietary products by sharing the increasing depth of experience that institutions have in pursuing this path. Currently, t...

Curious what happened at last year's conference? Here's a wrap up of highlights:https://sparcopen.org/news/2025/open-education-conference-recap-2025/ Get ready for happening virtually Oct. 27-29. Register now: https://go.opened.org/events/opened26

2026 Open Education Conference - Open Education Association The 2026 Open Education Conference will be held as a virtual event on Oct. 27-29. Programming will be centered on U.S. Eastern Time (New York / UTC -4) with asynchronous content and post-event recordings available.

Check out the HELIOS website for a new campus case study on MIT. It's a hopeful sign that the next generation of early career researchers value & stand with the library in reforming the scholarly publishing ecosystem.

MIT Graduate Student Council — Higher Education Leadership Initiative for Open Scholarship Graduate Student Voices Support for Scholarly Communication Reform The MIT Graduate Student Council recently passed a resolution expressing support for campus libraries to exit big deal journal packages and calling for changes to promotion and tenure processes to move away from journal-based me

The 2026 theme, "The Cost of Knowledge," focuses on the financial, human & environmental costs of creating, sharing & sustaining knowledge—particularly when they are driven by private rather than public interests. Go to the Week website to learn more. https://www.openaccessweek.org/

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