May 1, 2008
Sparky Awards Theme Announced
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition this week announced the Second Annual Sparky Awards, a competition for students to create videos about “to promote the open exchange of information.”
This year’s theme is “MindMashup: the Value of Information Sharing.” Students are asked to create videos no longer than two minutes that “imaginatively portray the benefits of the open, legal exchange of information,” according to a news release. The winning entry will receive $1,000. Last year’s winners can be found here.
Sparc is an international alliance of academic and research libraries that promotes open access to scholarship. It is co-sponsoring the Sparky Awards with the Association of College and Research Libraries, the Association of Research Libraries, Penn Libraries (at the University of Pennsylvania), Students for Free Culture, and the Student PIRGs. —Catherine Rampell
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