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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

EIFL 2011 Open Access Week photo contest

October 6, 2011 at 6pm to November 15, 2011 at 6pm – http://www.flickr.com/groups/eifloaweek2011photocontest/ Take out your cameras and document your activities! EIFL is looking for interesting and inspiring photographs to help promote awareness of and share ideas for Open Access Week. Please send us photogr… Organized by Iryna Kuchma | Type: photo, contest
Panel Exhibition "Open Access and Barrel"

October 18, 2011 to October 31, 2011 – Otaru University of Commerce Library 8 panels on Open Access, Scholarly Communications, Stevan Harnad's Subversive Proposal (1994), institutional repository, researcher interviews, ... in the library browsing room. Organized by Otaru University of Commerce Library | Type: exhibition
Open Access Week 2011 in Tartu

October 24, 2011 to October 28, 2011 – University of Tartu Library The V International Open Access Week will be celebrated on 24.-30. October 2011. The University of Tartu Library will continue the tradition of participating in this event and invites everybody to ta… Organized by Merit Burenkov, Elena Sipria-Mironov | Type: conference
Open Access Week at University of Salamanca (Spain)

October 24, 2011 to October 30, 2011 – Salamanca (Spain) The University of Salamanca participates in Open Access Week. The scheduled activities aim to make known the initiatives related to open access of scientific production and stimulate the use of insti… Organized by Universidad de Salamanca | Type: marketing, activities, advertising, brochures, round, table, conferences
Open Access Week at the University of Pardubice

October 24, 2011 to October 27, 2011 – University of Pardubice The University Library has prepared everyday seminars about the open access principles. Organized by University Library | Type: oaweek
Open UofT events

October 24, 2011 to October 28, 2011 – University of Toronto Open UofT highlights open scholarship across the University of Toronto. The UofT Libraries Tri-Campus Scholarly Communication Group invites everyone to participate by attending events at all three ca… Organized by University of Toronto Libraries Tri-Campus Scholarly Communication Group | Type: in person, online sessions
Events for the International Open Access Week 2011 in the Republic of Moldova

October 24, 2011 to November 25, 2011 – Chisinau, Balti 1. Resetting EIFL-OA Moldova blog. Launching of the new version, October 24, 2011 2. National seminar “Institutional repositories (IR): the role of libraries”. Organizer - Consortium REM, the Scient… Organized by Natalia Cheradi | Type: events
A historical overview of open access publishing

October 24, 2011 to October 30, 2011 – University of Manitoba, George Mason University, University of Virginia and City University of New York. A historical overview of open access publishing in the context of "open" movements and implications for future scholarly publishing will be giving during Open Access Week at University of Manitoba, G… Organized by BioMed Central | Type: presentation
OA Week @ University of Liège

October 24, 2011 to October 30, 2011 – Belgium - University of Liège This year, the participation of the University of Liège (ULg) to OA Week consists of a large promotional campaign on OA through different medias: 2 videos (1 long, 1 short) made by the ULg.tv presen… Organized by ULg Library Network - ORBi | Type: open access, promotion, event
Open Access Week 2011 @ University of Patras, Greece

October 24, 2011 to October 28, 2011 – University of Patras, Library & Information Center The Library & Information Center of the University of Patras participates in Open Access week for the first time celebratating and promoting its OA activities! Actions include information events,… Organized by University of Patras, Library & Information Center | Type: information, events
2011 Open Access Week events at CARL libraries

October 24, 2011 to October 30, 2011 – Various and Online Various events planned around Canada and Online. Organized by Various Canadian university libraries | Type: various
OA week in Italy

October 24, 2011 to October 29, 2011 – Italy Events that will be held in Italy during the Open Access Week 2011 at http://wiki.openarchives.it/index.php/Open_access_Week_-_2011 Organized by | Type: seminar
Open Access Week 2011 at Texas A&M

October 24, 2011 at 9am to October 28, 2011 at 5pm – TAMU Campus locations Open Access Week 2011 at Texas A&M will feature '5 Things You Can Do To Support Open Access': Manage Your Rights Wisely Use Open Resources Freely Exercise Fair Use Confidently Steward Your Resou… Organized by Texas A&M Libraries' Digital Services and Scholarly Communications | Type: discussions, lectures, film, screening, and, a, panel
Open Access advantages

October 24, 2011 at 10am to October 29, 2011 at 7pm – Rectorate, University of Turin Everything you always wanted to know about OA in 14 posters Organized by Elena Giglia | Type: exibition
L’Università di Bologna per l’Open Access. 5° settimana internazionale dell’Accesso Aperto

October 24, 2011 at 11am to October 28, 2011 at 3pm – Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna Sala Corsi dell’ASDD http://www.unibo.it/Portale/Ricerca/OpenAccess.htm Organized by Roberta Lauriola | Type: workshop
Athabasca University Open Access Week, October 24-30, 2011.

October 24, 2011 at 12pm to October 30, 2011 at 12pm – Athabasca University To celebrate the appointment of Dr. Rory McGreal as the UNESCO/Commonwealth of Learning Chair in Open Educational Resources (OER), Athabasca University is presenting a series of five noon hour webcas… Organized by tonyt@athabascau.ca | Type: webcasts
Open Access Week at MacEwan University

October 24, 2011 at 12pm to October 28, 2011 at 4pm – Grant MacEwan University Open Access Week at MacEwan will feature talks for students, a launch party for two new Open Access journals published at MacEwan, and a panel discussion featuring MacEwan faculty with experience in… Organized by Brian Jackson | Type: launch, party, talks
We will promote Open Acces Week in MSFS's website, facebook group and blog.

October 24, 2011 at 6pm to October 30, 2011 at 7pm – On the web! --es Haremos de OA el tema central de la semana en los foros de MSFS. Una manera de estimular la discusión y de dar a conocer Open Access. ---frOn fera de l'Open Acces le thème de la discussion de la… Organized by Marine Sciences For Society | Type: web
Bożena Bednarek-Michalska

October 24, 2011 at 6pm to October 30, 2011 at 7pm – Poland Coalition for Open Education and EBIB Association - the main organizers of Open Access Week in Poland, reported the following initiatives related to the celebration of Open Access Week in the country… Organized by Bożena Bednarek-Michalska | Type: meetins, seminars, posters
Competition "What do you know about open access? "

October 24, 2011 at 6pm to October 30, 2011 at 7pm – On-line Competition on What do you know about open access? During the International Open Access Week, the UOC Library is holding a competition to promote knowledge about open access and the tools that the U… Organized by Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, UOC | Type: contest
Open Access Africa 2011

October 25, 2011 to October 26, 2011 – Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana BioMed Central's second Open Access Africa conference, in association with Computer Aid International, is taking place at KNUST, Ghana. The free conference will be held from 25-26 October 2011 during… Organized by BioMed Central | Type: conference
Presentation of Open Access to Video Academic Objects

October 25, 2011 at 10am to October 28, 2011 at 6pm – UPV Within the framework of Open Access Week, the Universitat Politècnica de València presents a new 2.0 initiative to expand the dissemination of academic video content from its scientific and academic… Organized by ASIC UPV | Type: media, presentation
An institution’s response to open access

October 25, 2011 at 11am to October 27, 2011 at 6pm – Stockholm, Uppsala This presentation will discuss the growth of open access and will outline how institutions can tangibly support authors and open access mandates. The presentation will also outline the extent to whic… Organized by | Type: presentation
The University of Toledo - open access survey and information for faculty

October 25, 2011 at 3pm to October 31, 2011 at 12am – online The University of Toledo (Toledo, Ohio) is polling its faculty this week on their perceptions of open access and their experience publishing in an open access environment. We are also inviting facul… Organized by UT Open Access Steering Committee | Type: survey, poll, promotion
The Azeri Translation of the Berlin Declaration on Open Access

October 25, 2011 at 6pm to October 27, 2011 at 7pm – Khazar University Library and Information Center Khazar University Community is sure that comprehensive Open Access (OA) to scholarly literature and research documentation is vital to less-developed countries, such as Azerbaijan, to help us keep up… Organized by Tatyana Zaytseva | Type: discussion
Open Access Discussions - Eastern New York/Association of College and Research Libraries (ENY/ACRL)

October 25, 2011 at 11pm to October 28, 2011 at 2pm – Syracuse, Albany, Potsdam Three brown bag discussions sponsored by the Eastern New York Chapter of ACRL, and hosted at three institutions: October 25, 2011 - State University of New York College of Environmental Science and F… Organized by Tasha Cooper | Type: discussions
Fee Waivers Giveaway for Climate Scientists

October 26, 2011 all day – online Registered participants for "Open Access for Global Climate Change Scientists 2011" can obtain access to watch the presentations live online (configuration below). In addition, you can win fee waiv… Organized by Ivo Grigorov | Type: giveaway
SHOW (share open access world-wide) 2011

October 26, 2011 to October 27, 2011 – University Campus Rijeka, Croatia SHOW (Share/OpenAccess/Worldwide) will be the first-of-its-kind event to celebrate Open Access Week in Croatia, held through October, 26 to October 27th 2011 at the Faculty of Philosophy within the U… Organized by Ana Nodilo | Type: open, access, week, event
Biblioteca Digital do IPB - Open Access and Scientometrics

October 26, 2011 all day – Bragança - Portugal Conference Open Access and Scientometrics http://www.ipb.pt/go/b001 Organized by Clarisse Pais | Type: conference
Open Access Week at the Public University of Navarra (Spain)

October 26, 2011 from 12am to 2am – Sala de Grados de la ETSIA Conference about Open Access "Los sabores del acceso abierto" by Remedios Melero. Organized by the Public Universtity of Navarra, Vicerrectorado de Investigacion Organized by Vicerrectorado de Investigación de la UPNA | Type: conference
Accesso aperto e modelli di finanziamento della ricerca

October 26, 2011 all day – Italy CRUI, the Conference of Italian Rectors, organizes a seminar devoted to Open Access and research funding. Organized by Francesca Rossi | Type: seminar
Lexivox - Portal jurídico gratuito, con leyes y normas de Bolivia

October 26, 2011 to October 31, 2011 – http://www.lexivox.org Normas bolivianas para su uso académico. Acceso libre a la información jurídica boliviana Organized by Alejandro Salamanca Mazuelo | Type: website
Webinar "Methodology publishing articles in the institutional repository ELARTU"

October 26, 2011 from 2:30am to 3:30am – Ukraine Scientific and practical webinar "Methodology publishing articles in the institutional repository ELARTU" (http://library.tntu.edu.ua/allnews/naukovo-praktychnyj-vebinar-meto...). Registration form: … Organized by Galna Onysko, Serhij Dubyk | Type: webinar
Open Access for Climate Scientists 2011

October 26, 2011 from 8am to 5pm – DTU-Aqua, Copenhagen Endorsed by: Should Global Climate Change-related, peer-reviewed research be published freely available to anyone? Can you, as an author, boost your citations impact by doing so? Global Climate Ch… Organized by Carina Anderberg, Mikael Elbaek & Ivo Grigorov | Type: training, webinar
Wicked Solutions for a Wicked Problem

October 26, 2011 at 8am to October 27, 2011 at 11pm – UCLA Oct 26-28th: help us empower at-risk kids and reboot education. From Oct 26-28, during the DIYDays LA conference and Open Access Week, The Workbook Project along with UCLA, FreedomLab Future Studie… Organized by The Workbook Project | Type: hacakthon, thinktank
University Johannesburg Open Access Week Seminar 2011

October 26, 2011 from 8:30am to 1pm – Auckland Park Kingsway Campus, University of Johannesburg OAccess%20Invite%202011.pdf Open Access Seminar Invite & Programme Organized by Lazarus Matizirofa | Type: seminar
The University of Auckland Library New Zealand - Open Access Awareness

October 26, 2011 from 10am to 12:30pm – Kate Edger Information Commons Seminar Room Level 4 KEIC 420 Join us at these times: 10.00 Short Video and Panel Discussion You are invited to join University personnel who have been involved in the publishing of Open Access Journals at a Panel Discussion on… Organized by Leonie Hayes l.hayes@auckland.ac.nz | Type: presentation, and, panel, discussion
Guest Lecture by Jean Claude Bradley

October 26, 2011 from 10am to 11:30am – Hamilton Library Room 301 Jean-Claude Bradley is an Associate Professor of Chemistry and E-Learning Coordinator for the College of Arts and Sciences at Drexel University. In 2005, he began the UsefulChem project which introd… Organized by Allie Jordan | Type: presentation
Open Access to scientific information and copyright

October 26, 2011 from 10am to 12pm – ULL Multidisciplinary library: Computers science, Law and Theology Presentation will resort to copyright and selected aspects of legal relations between author, publisher and fair usage policy. Event will be chaired by the lecturer of Faculty of Law at the Universit… Organized by University of Latvia Library | Type: presentation
Publish! Graduate students discussing their work in publishing

October 26, 2011 from 10:30am to 12pm – Senate Chamber, N940 Ross Building, York University Wednesday, October 26th, 2011 Senate Chamber, N940 Ross Building, 10:30am - 12:00pm Refreshments will be served Join our panel of six graduate students as they discuss their experiences in publishing… Organized by The Scholarly Communications Initiative | Type: panel, discussion
E-learning del acceso abierto y revistas regionales

October 26, 2011 from 10:30am to 11:30am – Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú SEMANA DEL ACCESO ABIERTO 2011 - PERÚVideoconferencia a cargo de: Ravi Murugesan. International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications - INASP Organized by Open Access Perú | Type: videoconferencia
Publicando Revistas Electrónicas

October 26, 2011 from 11:30am to 12:30pm – Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú SEMANA DEL ACCESO ABIERTO 2011 - PERÚVideoconferencia a cargo de: Martha Mantilla, Timothy Deliyannides y Elvia Arroyo. University Library System. University of Pittsburgh Organized by Open Access Perú | Type: videoconferencia
Your Dissertation: What Your Need To Know About Copyright and Electronic Filing

October 26, 2011 from 12pm to 1:30pm – Columbia University Students at the Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) must file their dissertations electronically, and a copy of each dissertation will be deposited in Columbia's online open-access r… Organized by Columbia University Scholarly Communication Program | Type: workshop
Author Rights and Publishing Today: What you should know. Why you should care.

October 26, 2011 from 12pm to 1pm – University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Scaife Hall Lecture Room 5 Guest Lecturer: Denise Troll Covey, Principal Librarian For Special Projects, Carnegie Mellon University. What copyright and publishing issues are important for faculty authors? What are Author Right… Organized by Andrea Ketchum | Type: presentation, q&a
Practical tips for publishing Open Access in the Social Sciences and Humanities

October 26, 2011 from 12pm to 1:30pm – University of Sussex, Library Wednesday 26th October 12.00 – 1.30pm, Open Learning Space (ground floor, Library) A seminar for researchers in the Social Sciences and Humanities With the announcement of SAGE Open last November and… Organized by Jane Harvell | Type: seminar
UAlbany Celebrates Open Access Week

October 26, 2011 from 12pm to 4:45pm – University at Albany Uptown Campus The University at Albany puts the focus on 'open access' at a daylong series of events, highlighted by the keynote presentation of NYU Professor David Hogg's lecture: 'Science, Free Software, and Cit… Organized by Lorre Smith | Type: forum, lecture, and, tour
Open Access – Freier Zugang zur wissenschaftlicher Literatur: Das Wichtigste in Kürze

October 26, 2011 from 12:15pm to 12:45pm – Bern, Hochschulgebäude UniS, A301 Das Wichtigste in Kürze für Forschende und Studierende Eine unkomplizierte Kurzeinführung in Open Access über Mittag, bei der Sie auch Gelegenheit haben, alle möglichen Fragen rund um OA zu stellen.… Organized by Eva Maurer, Universitätsbibliothek Bern | Type: open, information, session
Parallel publishing: researchers' motivations and experiences

October 26, 2011 from 12:15pm to 1:15pm – Uppsala, Alnarp, Umeå, Skara What motivates researchers to make their work available open access? And what are their experiences of parallel publishing? Moa Hedbrant (SLU Library) present her thesis "Impact can come in many guis… Organized by Urban Ericsson | Type: seminar
Open Access: Scholarship Unbound

October 26, 2011 from 1pm to 3:30pm – University of Florida - Reitz Union, Rion Ballroom (Room 282) What: Open Access Week 2011 at UF When: Wednesday, Oct. 26th, 2011 from 1:00 - 3:30 Where: Rion Ballroom, Room 282, Reitz Union 1:00 - 1:15p.m. Poster sessions and refreshments 1:15 – 1:30 p.m … Organized by UF Scholarly Communications Working Group | Type: conference
Open Access Brown Bag discussion

October 26, 2011 from 1pm to 2pm – CIS2020, School of Information, University of South Florida Discussion of Open Access, particularly implications for libraries and researchers. Organized by Krystal Bullers | Type: brown, bag, lunch, -, discussion, school, of, information
2011 Open Access Korea Conference

October 26, 2011 from 1pm to 6pm – COEX The Open Access Conference aims to share and explore the strategies, policies, implementation approaches, and other collaborative efforts for Open Access in Korea. BioMed Central will be exhibiting a… Organized by | Type: conference
Research Unbound Through Open Access

October 26, 2011 from 1:30pm to 3pm – George Mason University, FX Campus, Research Hall George Mason University, University Libraries, is sponsoring a panel discussion about publishing in open access journals and other web-based venues. Dr. Joseph Serene, Treasurer/Publisher for the Ame… Organized by Claudia Holland | Type: panel
Cardiff, Wales, Don't hide your assets - let ORCA and Open Access publishing showcase your work

October 26, 2011 from 2pm to 3:30pm – Law Lecture Theatre (room 0.22) University of Cardiff Prof Chris McGuigan (Deputy Pro Vice Chancellor, Research), how Open Access could impact on the forthcoming REF process. Prof Stevan Harnad, Canada Research Chair in Cognitive Sciences at Université… Organized by Sonja Haerkoenen | Type: researchers' conference, benefits of oa, oa policy making
Open Access Publishing with Open Journal System (OJS): free EIFL online workshop

October 26, 2011 from 2pm to 3pm – online Date: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 Duration: 14:00 - 15:00 UK time (15:00 – 16:00 CEST, Rome, Italy time) The guest speakers will be: Kevin Stranack, Community Services and Learning Coordinator, Simo… Organized by Iryna Kuchma | Type: free, online, workshop
The Future of Scholarly Publishing: Alternative Perspectives to the Commercialization of Knowledge

October 26, 2011 from 2pm to 4pm – University of Kansas, Kansas Union, Alderson Auditorium A panel discussion featuring three nationally recognized experts in the field: David Shulenburger, former Provost of the University of Kansas and Senior Fellow (retired) of the Association of Public… Organized by Ada Emmett | Type: panel, discussion
The Open Access Authors Fund At The University Of Calgary: History and Evaluation

October 26, 2011 from 2pm to 3pm – University of Regina Dr. John Archer Library Andrew Waller, Licensing and Negotiation Librarian/Open Access Librarian at the University of Calgary’s Scholarly Communication Centre, will discuss in a webinar his institution's involvement with Op… Organized by Michael Shires | Type: public, lecture
A Cienciometria e o Open Access.

October 26, 2011 from 2:30pm to 5:30pm – Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Organized by Pedro Príncipe | Type: seminar
Digital Publishing Models: Faculty Experiences, Tenure, and Open Access

October 26, 2011 from 3:30pm to 4:30pm – University of Tennessee Join professors Rachel J.C. Chen, Benjamin Fitzpatrick, Michael Fry, and Mark Harmon, as well as Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs Sarah Gardial, to talk about Open Access journals, author rights, and… Organized by Rachel Radom | Type: forum, panel, discussion
Publish Smart, Maximize Impact

October 26, 2011 from 4pm to 5pm – 251 Doe Library 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
Open Access Q&A with Peter Suber at Boston U

October 26, 2011 from 4pm to 5:30pm – College of Arts and Sciences Rm B50 This is BU's third year participating in Open Access Week, and BU Libraries are sponsoring a Q&A with Peter Suber, widely regarded as one of the originators of the Open Access movement. The conv… Organized by Vika Zafrin | Type: q&a
Cómo proteger el derecho de autor permitiendo el acceso abierto a la producción intelectual

October 26, 2011 from 5pm to 8pm – Sala de lectura de BIBHUMA. FaHCE-UNLP Charla-recreo sobre "Cómo proteger el derecho de autor permitiendo el acceso abierto a la producción intelectual: monografías, tesis, artículos científicos, materiales de cátedra, producciones artíst… Organized by BIBHUMA | Type: charla-debate
Open Access Happy Hour: Your Rights as an Author

October 26, 2011 from 5:30pm to 7pm – Rm A632, Faculty Lounge, NYC College of Technology, CUNY You know what you write, but do you know your rights? Copyright is a bundle of rights that apply to work you produce in any medium. How can you choose a publisher and negotiate your contracts to make… Organized by Maura Smale | Type: faculty, workshop
Library Science Cafe "New wind of Asahikawa med. univ." jam sessions

October 26, 2011 from 6pm to 7pm – Asahikawa Medical University Library Three university professors talk straightforward and hot about their research and new efforts. Organized by ITOBAYASHI Mayuko | Type: science cafe
RiuNet

October 26, 2011 at 6pm to October 30, 2011 at 7pm – Universitat Politècnica de València We celebrated the Open Access Week from October the 24th to October the 30st. For this reason the UPV Library along with Rebiun, as a part of CRUE, joins the celebrations with this initiative 2.0 Ope… Organized by RiuNet | Type: invitation, to, participate