October 21Thursday

• Science is open: an introduction to open access

  October 21, 2010 from 11am to 11:30am – 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

• La ricerca europea ad accesso aperto: il progetto OpenAIRE e i servizi dell'Università di Bologna per i ricercatori

  October 21, 2010 from 11am to 1pm – Sala VIII Centenario, Rettorato Seminario di presentazione del progetto europeo OpenAIRE (Open Access Structure for Research in Europe) per la realizzazione di un portale europeo della ricerca ad accesso aperto e i servizi delle st… Organized by Marialaura Vignocchi | Type: seminar

• 'Open Access: How Open? How Accessible?' symposium

  October 21, 2010 from 10:30am to 12:30pm – Deakin University, Richard Searby Room, Building hd2.006 Deakin University Library invites you to a free symposium to celebrate international Open Access Week in Australia. 'Open Access: How Open? How Accessible?' features keynote speaker Professor John H… Organized by Katrina Barlow | Type: symposium

• Conference on Open Access - Polytechnic Institute of Leiria

  October 21, 2010 from 10am to 1pm – Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal 10h00 – Opening session 10h15 – João Moreira (FCCN) 10h45 – Eloy Rodrigues (SDUM-U.Minho/RCAAP) 11h15 – Carlos Fiolhais (U.Coimbra) 11h45 – Graça Seco (IPL) 12h00 – Rosa Marcos (SDIPL) 12h15 – Debate Organized by Instituto Politécnico de Leiria | Type: conference

• Maximizing the impact of your research

  October 21, 2010 from 10am to 12:15pm – Hokkaido University, Japan A lecture meeting celebrating the 5th anniversary of Hokkaido University Repository, HUSCAP foundation. Organized by Hokkaido University Library | Type: lecture_meeting

• University of Michigan: Open Access Publishing & Scholarly Values

  October 21, 2010 from 10am to 12pm – Library Gallery, Hatcher 100 A public talk by Dan Cohen, Associate Professor in the Department of History and Art History at George Mason University and the Director of the Center for History and New Media. Thursday, October 21,… Organized by MPublishing | Type: public, talk

• Open Access Publishing

  October 21, 2010 from 9am to 10pm – Duke University, Perkins Library Room 217 A panel will talk about their experiences with open access publishing and its impact on scholarly communications. Speakers: Melanie Dunshee, Mohamed Noor, Mira Waller, Bora Zivkovic and Kim Steinle Organized by | Type: panel, discussion

• Overview of Open Access

  October 21, 2010 to October 31, 2010 – Worldwide ROAR, the Registry of Open Access Repositories, has launched an Overview of Open Access to showcases open access material from repositories around the world. Picking one recent deposit at a time, the… Organized by Les Carr | Type: advocacy, support

• Forum: Open access to research and knowledge - are all winners?

  October 21, 2010 all day – Rosenbad Conference center Access to scientific journals is fundamental for researchers from all parts of the world. Electronic journals available online have made a great difference for many research institutions and their sc… Organized by Swedish National Commission for UNESCO in co-operation with the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) | Type: forum, on, open, access

• Open Textbooks Day of Action

  October 21, 2010 all day – Nationwide On Thursday, October 21st, the Student PIRGs will join forces with the Arizona Students' Association and several other student governments across the country to hold a national Day of Action to raise… Organized by Nicole Allen | Type: grassroots