October 18Monday

• Open Access Week at JKUAT

  October 18, 2010 at 6pm to October 24, 2010 at 7pm – JKUAT Main campus - Juja The JKUAT library is planning a series of activities geared towards creating sensitization and awareness of the open access movement and open access information resources during this week. Some of th… Organized by Jomo Kenyatta University Library | Type: awareness

• Launch of (green) open-access book "Intellectual Property and the University"

  October 18, 2010 from 5pm to 7pm – UQAM/Télé-université The French-language book "Propriété intellectuelle et université. De la privatisation des idées à la libre circulation des savoirs" (Intellectual property and the university: Between the privatizatio… Organized by Télé-université and Presses de l'Université du Québec | Type: book, launch

• Open Access Workshop

  October 18, 2010 from 3:30pm to 5:30pm – Rector's office, Masaryk University, CZ The aim of this workshop is to introduce this new phenomenon in publication of R&D results, mainly to the Czech academic community. In accordance with the Open Access Philosophy this workshop is… Organized by Institute of Law and Technology | Type: workshop

• Costruire l'Europa della Conoscenza: il ruolo dell'Open Access

  October 18, 2010 from 3pm to 6pm – Rome (Italy) The Italian Library Association (AIB) in collaboration with CASPUR and CILEA organizes a seminar on the EC projects related to Open Access Organized by AIB, CASPUR, CILEA | Type: dissemination, event

• The most Northerly OA week event...

  October 18, 2010 from 3pm to 4:30pm – Umeå University, Betula Lecture Hall Welcome to the most northerly Open Access Week event: Challenges of Open Access Medical Publishing Monday 18th October, 1500-1630, Betula Lecture Hall Featuring: Dr. Ginny Barbour, Chief Editor,… Organized by Peter Byass | Type: seminar

• Building Business Models for Campus-based Publishing

  October 18, 2010 from 2pm to 3:30pm – Purdue University Stewart Center, Room 322 Event Series: Open Access Week at Purdue University Presenter: Raym Crow, SPARC Consultant It is important to understand both the challenges and choices that shape the development of business models… Organized by Purdue University Libraries | Type: presentation

• Open Access: How it Works/Activism

  October 18, 2010 from 2pm to 4pm – Woody Tanger Auditorium, Brooklyn College Library, CUNY Open Access: How it Works / Will it Work for You? Join a discussion of the viable models of open access publishing, learn where open access journals are indexed and come to understand the impact of o… Organized by Beth Evans | Type: program

• Semana del Acceso Abierto a la Información 2010

  October 18, 2010 at 2pm to October 22, 2010 at 9pm – Perú Organized by Open Access Peru | Type: conferences, and, workshop

• Open Access Journals: What are They and What are They Good for?

  October 18, 2010 from 2pm to 3pm – University of Kansas' Center for Digital Scholarship Panel discussion with Brian Rosenblum, scholarly digital initiatives librarian; Stuart Day, chair of the Spanish and Portuguese department; and Marc L. Greenberg, chair of the Slavic languages &… Organized by Ada Emmett | Type: panel, discussion

• Open Access Week at Syracuse University

  October 18, 2010 at 12:30pm to October 22, 2010 at 2pm – E.S. Bird Library, Syracuse University Syracuse University Library is hosting several events during OA Week. These center around a Monday October 18 Kick-Off Party for the university's newly launched open access database SURFACE http://su… Organized by Syracuse University Library (Charlotte Hess - Associate Dean for Research Collections and Scholarly Communication) | Type: celebration, workshop, launch, ir