October 27Thursday

• Demystifying Open Access Seminar

  October 27, 2011 from 2pm to 3pm – Ulwazi, Knowledge Commons, Chancellor Oppenheimer Library, University of Cape Town   As part of Open Access Week @ UCT,   UCT Libraries in partnership with OpenUCT and Scholarly Communications in Africa Programme present a late lunchtime seminar "Demystifying Open Access." Presente… Organized by Ingrid Thomson | Type: seminar

• Drawbacks? Common reservations concerning Open Access

  October 27, 2011 from 1pm to 1:30pm – Uppsala, Alnarp, Umeå, Skara What concerns are out there about Open Access? Taeda Tomic (SLU Library) gives an overview of and starts a discussion about common reservations towards OA. Organized by Urban Ericsson | Type: seminar

• Alternative Metrics for Impact and the Future of Open Access

  October 27, 2011 from 1pm to 2pm – http://mnd.ly/oaweek2011 Join us during Open Access Week for an expert panel discussion of open access and how it will affect your research.Speakers include:Pete Binfield, publisher of PLoS ONE, a leading edge academic journ… Organized by Andrew Bennie | Type: webinar:, future, of, open, access

• Open Access event at the University of Pretoria

  October 27, 2011 from 12:30pm to 3pm – University of Pretoria http://www.library.up.ac.za/openup/oaday.htm The Department of Library Services proudly presents an exciting programme for the 5th global Open Access Week celebrations which will be presented… Organized by Elsabe Olivier | Type: open, access, event, at, university, of, pretoria

• You Know What You Write, But Do You Know Your Rights?

  October 27, 2011 from 12:30pm to 2pm – Brooklyn College Library, Room 412C When you publish a journal article, you sign a copyright agreement. Do you know what you're agreeing to when you sign it? Different journals have different policies:  Some journals require you to re… Organized by Jill Cirasella | Type: workshop, faculty

• "Gold Open Access" - publishing with Open Access publishers

  October 27, 2011 from 12:15pm to 1:15pm – Uppsala, Alnarp, Umeå, Skara Natalia Timiraos (SpringerOpen and BioMed Central) visits SLU to talk about the so called "gold" kind of Open Access - publishing research with Open Access publishers. Organized by Urban Ericsson | Type: seminar

• workshop on the "Institutional Repository Hospital Center Lisbon"

  October 27, 2011 from 11am to 12:30pm – Hospital São José Workshop on the "Institutional Repository Hospital Center Lisbon Organized by Pedro Príncipe | Type: workshop

• Remix Poster Session

  October 27, 2011 from 11am to 3pm – Hamilton Library Main Entrance From music to literature and even academics, everything is a remix.  Stop by our poster session to learn more about who is remixing what or even share what you’re remixing! Organized by Allie Jordan | Type: presentation

• Launch of Volume 17 of the International Journal of Bahamian Studies

  October 27, 2011 from 11am to 12pm – Michael Eldon Building Boardroom During Open Access Week 2011, on October 27th the International Journal of Bahamian Studies will launch Volume 17, issues 1 and 2.  This year will mark the fourth volume published online using the OJ… Organized by Virginia Ballance | Type: open, access, journal, publication, launch

• Open Access Week 2011 in Lithuania

  October 27, 2011 from 10am to 5pm – Lithuanian Academy of Sciences The international conference Opening the Scientific Knowledge wil be held on October 27 at the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences in Vilnius. The event is organized within EIFL funded national open acces… Organized by Lithuanian Research Library Consortium, gintare.tautkeviciene@ktu.lt | Type: conference