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Thursday, October 27, 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
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
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
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
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
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
Internet Librarian International 2011

October 27, 2011 to October 28, 2011 – Copthorne Tara Hotel BioMed Central will be presenting at the Internet Librarian International 2011 conference in London where the publisher has been asked to contribute to discussions surrounding the theme of ‘Driving C… Organized by | Type: conference
Author workshops

October 27, 2011 to October 28, 2011 – Shanghai BioMed Central and Springer will be presenting at the following workshops where English language editing company, Edanz, will provide an introduction to their training program and online materials de… Organized by BioMed Central | Type: workshop
Seminar "What is open access to scientific publications"

October 27, 2011 from 2:30am to 4:30am – Ukraine As part of the 24-30 October International Open Access Week at 27 October 14:30 in the reading room of scientific and technical libraries TNTU im.I.Pulyuya a seminar on "What is open access to scient… Organized by Galyna Onysko, Serhij Dubyk | Type: seminar
Open Access Week 2011 at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC)

October 27, 2011 at 9am to October 28, 2011 at 1pm – University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Our University is organizing the meeting "ULPGC researcher sand open access" and "Beyond the open access", a virtual conference by Reme Melero 27 and October 28, 2011. There will be information point… Organized by ULPGC. University Library | Type: meeting
Jornada Virtual Acceso Abierto Argentina 2011

October 27, 2011 from 9am to 5pm – ARGENTINA En el marco de la Open Access Week y con la finalidad de promocionar en el país esta modalidad de publicación para la producción científico-tecnológica, la Representación Argentina de la Organización… Organized by Biblioteca Electrónica de Ciencia y Tecnología - Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva / CAICYT-CONICET / OPS-OMS | Type: virtual, event
Il futuro della comunicazione scientifica tra e-science e open access

October 27, 2011 from 9am to 1pm – Italy The University "Tor Vergata" in Rome and CASPUR organize a seminar on the future of scientific communication between open access and e-science. The seminar will consist of three parts, devoted to som… Organized by Università degli studi di Roma Tor Vergata, CASPUR | Type: seminar
Mendeley's OA Week Webinar - 27th October 10:00 PDT

October 27, 2011 from 10am to 11am – San Fransisco Mendeley is pleased to announce our 'Alternative Metrics for Impact and the Future of Open Access' webinar for OA Week 2011 on Thursday, October 27th at 10:00am PDT. During this webinar, we will… Organized by Mendeley | Type: webinar
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
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
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
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
"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
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
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
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
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
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
Open Access Week at Donetsk National Technical University

October 27, 2011 from 2pm to 4pm – The Library of Donetsk national Technical University DonNTU participates in Open Access Week.The library has prepared Group trening and individual consultations about self-archiving in the E-archive DonNTU Organized by Viktoriya Voropayeva | Type: trening
LusOpenEdition project

October 27, 2011 from 2:30pm to 5:30pm – Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian Apresentação do projeto LusOpenEdition. Organized by LusOpenEdition | Type: seminar
Open Textbooks and Open Educational Resources: A Discussion

October 27, 2011 from 3pm to 4:30pm – Florida State University - Oglesby Student Union Room 315 Discussion facilitators: Prof. Ken Baldauf – Director, Program in Interdisciplinary Computing; Roxann Williams - Special Projects Librarian, College of Medicine; Micah Vandegrift - Scholarly Communic… Organized by Micah Vandegrift | Type: discussion
Open Access Publishing in the Sciences

October 27, 2011 from 3pm to 5pm – Gene Center, Internet2 Video Collaboration Facility, 695 Park Ave., Rm HN 310, Hunter College, CUNY As part of Open Access Week 2011, Hunter College will be hosting a talk by Robert Schatz, North American Sales Manager for open access publisher BioMed Central. Mr. Schatz will offer an overview of o… Organized by John Carey | Type: workshop
WorldCat Digital Collection Gateway: Sustaining Collaboration Among Open Access Repositories

October 27, 2011 from 3pm to 4pm – Online The WorldCat Digital Collection Gateway provides you with a free, self-service tool for sharing the metadata of your unique digital content to WorldCat—the premier database of library materials. Once… Organized by Geri Bunker Ingram | Type: web, 10/27, 3-4, pm, est
Presentations On Publishing Issues In Higher Education

October 27, 2011 from 3:30pm to 5pm – Hesburgh Library (Room 222), University of Notre Dame Celebrate Open Access Week – Join the Hesburgh Libraries in celebrating Open Access Week by attending a series of short presentations on publishing issues in higher education. Presenters will includ… Organized by Eric Lease Morgan | Type: presentation
City Research Online launch party

October 27, 2011 from 5pm to 8pm – Library, City University London A party to celebrate the launch of City Research Online, City University London's new open access repository. Organized by Neil Stewart | Type: launch, party
QUT Library Celebrates Open Access Week

October 27, 2011 from 6pm to 7pm – V714, Level 7, QUT Library, Gardens Point Campus QUT Researchers are invited to attend one of (two) events being held to celebrate Open Access Week. During the session, the new Statistics Dashboard for QUT ePrints will be demonstrated, plus there w… Organized by Paula Callan | Type: presentation, and, light, lunch