October 20Wednesday

• Copyright 101 for Authors: Publication Agreements and Open Sharing.

  October 20, 2010 from 1:30pm to 2:30pm – University of Kansas' Center for Digital Scholarship Encore presentation of "Copyright 101 for Authors: Publication Agreements and Open Sharing, with Town Peterson, University Distinguished Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and senior curat… Organized by Ada Emmett | Type: encore, presentation

• Open Scholarship Opens Minds

  October 20, 2010 from 1:30pm to 3pm – George Mason University, Meese Conference Room, Mason Hall Join us to hear Clifford Lynch, Executive Director of the Coalition for Networked Information, talk about higher education OA policies, faculty publishing choices, open courseware, and access to digi… Organized by University Libraries Scholarly Communications Team | Type: panel, keynote

• "Copyright, Intellectual Property, and Authors Rights in the Context of Open Access"

  October 20, 2010 from 1pm to 3pm – Florida State University - Oglesby Union 311C Faye Jones (FSU College of Law) and David Orozco (FSU College of Business) will discuss copyright, author's rights, and intellectual property. Organized by Gloria Colvin | Type: presentations

• Publishing for the 21st Century: Open Access for Greater Impact

  October 20, 2010 from 1pm to 4:30pm – University of Florida Open access (OA) is free-of-charge, permanent, web-based access to online scholarly publications. OA gives increased visibility to research because the publication process is fast, broadly and freely… Organized by University of Florida - Open Access Task Force | Type: conference

• Building Business Models for Open Access Academic Journals

  October 20, 2010 from 12:30pm to 2pm – Butler Library, Room 523 It is important that librarians and journal editors and authors understand both the challenges and choices that shape the development of business models for open access journals and campus-based publ… Organized by Nicole Bufanio | Type: workshop

• The Open Access Initiative at Concordia: What Exactly Is It?

  October 20, 2010 from 12pm to 1pm – Concordia H-763, Montreal As part of Open Access Week at Concordia University in Montreal, Gerald Beasley -- Concordia University Librarian and member of the Advisory Board of the Open Access Scholarly Information Sourcebook… Organized by Dorothy Ogonovsky | Type: explaining concordia oa mandate

• Your Intellectual Property is Valuable: Retain Your Journal Article Copyright

  October 20, 2010 from 12pm to 1pm – Amargosa Room This presentation will delineate copyright tools to retain copyright for open access and other journal article use advantages. Organized by Marianne Buehler, Urban Sustainability Librarian | Type: presentation

• Open Access Week: Information session and awareness raising

  October 20, 2010 from 12pm to 2pm – NMIT Library, Greensborough, VIC 3008 Join NMIT Librarians (Greensborough campus) for an informal information session to raise awareness about Open Access Week and learn how open access is transforming scholarly communications. Programme… Organized by Sigi Jottkandt and David Bradley | Type: information, session

• Open Access Publishing in Health

  October 20, 2010 from 11am to 1pm – HSE EA Offices, Adelaide Road Dublin 2. “Introduction to Open Access and BioMed. How institutions can assist author publications and the growth of OA. Simon Neilson BioMed Central (U.K, Ireland, Norway, Denmark & Middle East Sales Exe… Organized by Aoife Lawton | Type: seminar

• Open Access Journal Launch

  October 20, 2010 from 10am to 11am – MHE Boardroom, Oakes Field Campus The College of The Bahamas will publish volume 16 of its online, open access scholarly journal, the International Journal of Bahamian Studies. Organized by Virginia Ballance | Type: on-line, journal, launch