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Friday, October 28, 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 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
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
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
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
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
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
Open Access day in TOGO

October 28, 2011 all day – Bibliothèque Universitaire de Lome (University Library of Lome) EED Association is organising in partnership with the University Labrary of Lome the First OA day in celebration of the International Open Access Week 2011. The program will revolve around: OA presen… Organized by Norbert Komlan GLAKPE | Type: workshop
The Future of Scholarly Publishing

October 28, 2011 from 9am to 12pm – Florida State University - Strozier Library Scholar's Commons Reading Room The Future of Scholarly Publishing – A Symposium Florida State University Libraries will host a symposium titled "The Future of Scholarly Publishing" as part of International Open Access Week. The ev… Organized by Micah Vandegrift | Type: symposium
Talk by Josep Jover on Copyright and copyleft, intellectual property and digital canon

October 28, 2011 from 9:30am to 10:30pm – UOC Wikilounge Closing talk by Josep Jover, lawyer, auditor and conflict manager specialising in copyright and copyleft, intellectual property and digital canon. Advocate in the case "Padawan vs SGAE", by which the… Organized by Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, UOC | Type: conference
The significance of institutional repositories in research development and availability of scientific information

October 28, 2011 from 10am to 2pm – The main building of University of Latvia, Raina blv. 19, Room 1 In the workshop will be discussed theoretical and copyright aspects in creation of repositories as well as shown notable case study examples. Presenters, amongst selected local specialists, include S… Organized by University of Latvia Library | Type: workshop
Science is open: an introduction to open access

October 28, 2011 from 10am to 10:30am – 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
International conference at Open Access Week in Tartu

October 28, 2011 from 11am to 4pm – University of Tartu Library conference hall International conference will be held on Friday, the 28th of October. The main topics of the conference are will be: the experience of different organizations and countries in implementing Open Acces… Organized by Merit Burenkov, Elena Sipria-Mironov | Type: conference
Live streaming of the presentation Open Access at University of Glasgow

October 28, 2011 from 11am to 11:30am – online Are you considering an open access policy at your institution? Would you like to embed your repository withing institutional processes and demonstrate its value for faculty members and students? Join… Organized by Iryna Kuchma | Type: live, streaming
Publish Smart, Maximize Impact

October 28, 2011 from 12pm to 1pm – Biosciences Library Seminar Room 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
Everything you always wanted to know about Open Access: A very short introduction

October 28, 2011 from 12:15pm to 12:45pm – University of Bern, Building UniS, Room A022 An open information session - admittance is free, no need to register in advance. Bring your colleagues & friends, your lunch and your questions! Please note: This session will be in English. I… Organized by Eva Maurer, University Library Bern | Type: open, information, session
Research funders demanding Open Access

October 28, 2011 from 12:15pm to 1pm – Uppsala, Alnarp, Umeå, Skara Many research funders today (Vetenskapsrådet, Formas and more) are demanding that the research they fund should be made available Open Access. Jenny Ericsson and Ulla Ekström (SLU Library) will talk… Organized by Urban Ericsson | Type: seminar
“Fantasy or Reality: Affordable and Open Access Textbooks”

October 28, 2011 from 12:30pm to 2pm – University of Arizona Main Library Room A313/314 During Open Access Week, Oct. 24 -30, academic institutions around the globe explore Open Access — the ideal of free, full-text, immediate, online access to peer-reviewed scholarship so news, ideas a… Organized by Dan Lee | Type: presenations
Open Access Publishing and Creative Commons

October 28, 2011 from 1pm to 3pm – Conference Hall/Sala za sednici/Faculty of Philology "Blaze Koneski" Lecture about the Open Access Publishing in Macedonia and the use of Creative Commons in publication process. Since the situation with Open Access publishing in Macedonia is gaining a momentum (there… Organized by Dimitar Poposki | Type: open, lecture
Open Access Scholarly Publishing as Thought and Action

October 28, 2011 from 5pm to 7pm – CUNY Graduate Center—Room 9204, New York City As a culmination of CUNY Open Access Week 2011, and in conjunction with the CUNY Digital Humanities Initiative, this panel will unravel issues surrounding open access scholarly publishing. Our paneli… Organized by Alycia Sellie | Type: panel, discussion