October 21Wednesday

• Publishers Contracts 101: Copyright and Open Access

  October 21, 2015 from 1pm to 2pm – South Africa Prof Bernard Martin (Dean: Law Faculty) will give a lunchtime talk exploring what’s at stake when you sign a publisher’s contract. Acceptance of papers by research journals is cause for celebration. … Organized by UWC Library | Type: seminar

• Altmetrics & Open Access

  October 21, 2015 from 1pm to 2pm – United States of America A one-hour webinar about comprehensive and modern metrics – sometimes called alternative metrics or altmetrics – and how they can help open access initiatives. Topics will include the definition of n… Organized by Marianne Parkhill | Type: webinar

• Open Acess - Let's Talk about Data, Developments and Collaboration

  October 21, 2015 from 12:30pm to 4pm – Ireland Programme Outline: 12.30 - 1pm Registration & light lunch 1.00 - 1.15pm Opening Dr. Graham Love, Chief Executive Health Research Board 1.15 - 1.30pm "Google Analytics for Repositories", Ashlin… Organized by Repository Network Ireland | Type: seminar

• Journals open to the world - PRESSto the university platform of digital academic journals

  October 21, 2015 from 12pm to 1pm – 1 During the meeting we will present the new academic e-journal platform of the Adam Mickiewicz University of Poznań - PRESSto. PRESSto works based on the Open Journal Systems software, configured and… Organized by Emilia Karwasińska | Type: presentation

• Lakehead University Open Access Week events

  October 21, 2015 from 12pm to 1:30pm – Canada Open Access panel & lunch:  Wed. Oct. 21, noon to 1:30 p.m.  Locations:  Thunder Bay ATAC 5036 ; Orillia University Avenue OA 3007 See our poster for workshops, Open Access tour: https://library.… Organized by Moira Davidson | Type: panel, discussion

• Open Access: Opening Up the Conversation

  October 21, 2015 from 12pm to 1pm – 1 Whether you’re an open access advocate, a skeptic, or somewhere in between, join the College of Wooster libraries for a conversation about the state of open access.  We’ll untangle terminology, provi… Organized by Zachary Sharrow | Type: workshop/roundtable

• The Green and the Gold: perspectives on open access publishing

  October 21, 2015 from 12pm to 1:30pm – Ireland This seminar features presentations by two NUI Galway academics who have an editorial role in journals operating green and gold models for open access: Dr. Emer Mulligan, Lecturer, J.E. Cairnes Schoo… Organized by John Cox | Type: seminar

• Open Access Week Roadshow - Craiglockhart campus

  October 21, 2015 from 12pm to 2pm – United Kingdom Staff and students at Edinburgh Napier University are invited to come along to our Open Access Week Roadshow in Craiglockhart foyer. We've got lots of information about Open Access at the university… Organized by Joyce Templeton | Type: roadshow

• Knowledge Without Borders: The Open Access Movement's Impact on the Flow of Information

  October 21, 2015 from 12pm to 1pm – Canada Join us for a talk on the global impact of open access presented by Robyn Hall (Scholarly Communications Librarian, MacEwan University) and Dan Mirau (Library Director, Concordia University of Edmont… Organized by Dr. Steven Muir | Type: presentation

• Searching Open Access Literature

  October 21, 2015 from 12pm to 1pm – United States of America Ginsburg Health Sciences Library-Temple University Introduction to open access resources, the history of the Open Access Movement and the pros and cons of open access biomedical literature.  Whether… Organized by Stephanie Geffert | Type: library, workshop