October 28Friday

• Open Access Publishing and Creative Commons

  October 28, 2011 from 1pm to 3pm – Conference Hall/Sala za sednici/Faculty of Philology "Blaze Koneski" Lecture about the Open Access Publishing in Macedonia and the use of Creative Commons in publication process. Since the situation with Open Access publishing in Macedonia is gaining a momentum (there… Organized by Dimitar Poposki | Type: open, lecture

• “Fantasy or Reality: Affordable and Open Access Textbooks”

  October 28, 2011 from 12:30pm to 2pm – University of Arizona Main Library Room A313/314 During Open Access Week, Oct. 24 -30, academic institutions around the globe explore Open Access — the ideal of free, full-text, immediate, online access to peer-reviewed scholarship so news, ideas a… Organized by Dan Lee | Type: presenations

• Research funders demanding Open Access

  October 28, 2011 from 12:15pm to 1pm – Uppsala, Alnarp, Umeå, Skara Many research funders today (Vetenskapsrådet, Formas and more) are demanding that the research they fund should be made available Open Access. Jenny Ericsson and Ulla Ekström (SLU Library) will talk… Organized by Urban Ericsson | Type: seminar

• Everything you always wanted to know about Open Access: A very short introduction

  October 28, 2011 from 12:15pm to 12:45pm – University of Bern, Building UniS, Room A022 An open information session - admittance is free, no need to register in advance. Bring your colleagues & friends, your lunch and your questions!   Please note: This session will be in English. I… Organized by Eva Maurer, University Library Bern | Type: open, information, session

• Publish Smart, Maximize Impact

  October 28, 2011 from 12pm to 1pm – Biosciences Library Seminar Room Do you have an article you want to publish? Are you trying to decide where to place it? This workshop will examine how journals are ranked for impact (including some of the controversies about rankin… Organized by Margaret Phillips | Type: seminar

• Live streaming of the presentation Open Access at University of Glasgow

  October 28, 2011 from 11am to 11:30am – online Are you considering an open access policy at your institution? Would you like to embed your repository withing institutional processes and demonstrate its value for faculty members and students? Join… Organized by Iryna Kuchma | Type: live, streaming

• International conference at Open Access Week in Tartu

  October 28, 2011 from 11am to 4pm – University of Tartu Library conference hall International conference will be held on Friday, the 28th of October. The main topics of the conference are will be: the experience of different organizations and countries in implementing Open Acces… Organized by Merit Burenkov, Elena Sipria-Mironov | Type: conference

• Science is open: an introduction to open access

  October 28, 2011 from 10am to 10:30am – online The Helmholtz Open Access Project will offer a free “webinar” for Ph.D. students of the Helmholtz Association. Interested Helmholtz Ph.D. students are invited to participate in an introductory web se… Organized by Paul Schultze-Motel | Type: seminar, webinar

• The significance of institutional repositories in research development and availability of scientific information

  October 28, 2011 from 10am to 2pm – The main building of University of Latvia, Raina blv. 19, Room 1 In the workshop will be discussed theoretical and copyright aspects in creation of repositories as well as shown notable case study examples. Presenters, amongst selected local specialists, include S… Organized by University of Latvia Library | Type: workshop

• Talk by Josep Jover on Copyright and copyleft, intellectual property and digital canon

  October 28, 2011 from 9:30am to 10:30pm – UOC Wikilounge Closing talk by Josep Jover, lawyer, auditor and conflict manager specialising in copyright and copyleft, intellectual property and digital canon. Advocate in the case "Padawan vs SGAE", by which the… Organized by Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, UOC | Type: conference