October 20Tuesday

• Open Textbooks with Nicole Allen and David Wiley at Colorado State University

  October 20, 2015 from 3pm to 4:30pm – United States of America This is an exciting opportunity for instructors and students to learn from national experts about Open Textbooks and how their adoption by faculty and instructors can lower textbook costs for student… Organized by Merinda McLure | Type: open forum

• Greedy man pays twice, or: Why should we care about Open Access?

  October 20, 2015 from 3pm to 4pm – Ukraine National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Library traditionally organized events to celebrate International Open Access Week in University. Seminar "Greedy man pays twice, or: Why should we care abo… Organized by National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy | Type: seminar

• Open access webinar for Helmholtz Ph.D. students

  October 20, 2015 from 3pm to 3:30pm – Germany The Helmholtz Open Science Coordination Office will offer a free webinar for Ph.D. students of the Helmholtz Association entitled „Science is open: an introduction to open access“. Organized by Paul Schultze-Motel | Type: webinar

• Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

  October 20, 2015 from 3pm to 6pm – United States of America Join us for a Wikipedia edit-a-thon and help contribute to Wikipedia’s articles on Open Access. You’ll get to choose which articles to edit and you’ll be able to say that YOU have contributed to the… Organized by Gemmill Library of Mathematics, Engineering and Physics | Type: activity

• Table ronde: la collaboration au service de la diffusion scientifique en libre accès

  October 20, 2015 from 2:30pm to 4:30pm – Canada La diffusion en libre accès des publications scientifiques est un mouvement récent, mais qui engage de plus en plus d’acteurs de la recherche, qu’ils soient chercheurs, bibliothécaires, directeurs de… Organized by Consortium Érudit | Type: table, ronde

• Open Access and the politics of publishing, University of KwaZulu-Natal, 20 Oct 2015

  October 20, 2015 from 2pm to 3pm – South Africa UKZN Library is celebrating its second event on Open Access advocacy. Open Access and the politics of publishing by Mr Grahame Hayes. View video recording. Organized by Faith Bhengu | Type: seminar

• Free Webinar: Faculty Perspectives on Publishing Open Access

  October 20, 2015 from 2pm to 3pm – 3 Reports find that perceptions of OA publishing are changing for the better and as a result, many faculty members seek out OA publications for maximum access and impact. However, other researchers con… Organized by SAGE | Type: webinar

• Publishing with Open Access

  October 20, 2015 from 2pm to 4pm – Switzerland Invitation to an event in the Open Access Week 2015 for students, doctoral students, young scientists, professors, librarians and others: Publishing with Open Access Are you considering publishing wi… Organized by Main Library of the University of Zurich | Type: information, event, about, open, access

• Symposium on Open Access: Perspectives in Biomedical and Health Sciences

  October 20, 2015 at 2pm to October 21, 2015 at 12pm – United States of America Rutgers University Libraries and the Rutgers Office of Research and Economic Development are co-sponsoring these symposia (held in two different locations) that will feature a keynote presentation by… Organized by Rutgers University Libraries | Type: open, access, symposia

• AU and NZ OA tweetchat

  October 20, 2015 from 2pm to 3pm – 3 Tweetchat on all things #openaccess in AU & NZ Tues 20 Oct 2015 2pm NZ; Noon AEDT; 11am AEST; 9 am AWST Follow & tweet to #OAWeek #AOASG http://aoasg.org.au/open-access-week-2015/ Organized by Australasian OA Support Group | Type: tweetchat