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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Open Access Week at CU-Boulder

October 17, 2012 at 12pm to October 25, 2012 at 7pm – University of Colorado Boulder The CU-Boulder Libraries and the United Government of Graduate Students are celebrating Open Access Week with a slate of informative and exciting events geared toward students, faculty, and librarian… Organized by Andrew Johnson | Type: outreach
Open Access Week 2012@NUST Library, Zimbabwe

October 22, 2012 to October 28, 2012 – Zimbabwe This year’s open access activities will be geared towards promoting the concept of open access by targeting various stakeholders in the University community which include [a1] academic staff, univers… Organized by National University of Science and Technology Library | Type: advocacy, campaign
Open Access Week 2012 Networked Researcher Blogging Unconference

October 22, 2012 to October 28, 2012 – Everywhere Open Access Week 2012 will take place October 22-28 all over the world. Networked Researcher is convinced, as the Open Access Week web site says, that "“Open Access” to information – the free, immedi… Organized by Networked Researcher | Type: blogging, unconference
Stockholm Open Access Week 2012

October 22, 2012 to October 27, 2012 – Stockholm You can find the joint eventcalender for the libraries in the Stockholm region at www.sthlmoaweek.se (in Swedish only). Participating libraries are: Karolinska institutet, KTH Royal Institute of Tech… Organized by | Type: seminars
Bozena Bednarek-Michalska

October 22, 2012 to October 30, 2012 – Poland Week Open Access Week in Poland 22-28.10.2012 Reported events Open educational resources for researchers - Grodecka Carolina, Center for eLearning AGH Krakow - Webinar. The increase in citations… Organized by Bożena Bednarek-Michalska | Type: seminar, debate, webinar
Open Access Week @ Exeter

October 22, 2012 to October 26, 2012 – University of Exeter A week-long programme of events raising awareness of Open Access at the University of Exeter, UK. Speakers include: Alma Swan of SPARC and Key Perspectives; Cameron Neylon from PLoS; Brian Kelly of… Organized by Jill Evans | Type: advocacy, campaign, training
Open Access Week Midlands State University, Zimbabwe

October 22, 2012 to October 26, 2012 – Midlands State University Library The Open Access Week is just around the corner. Midlands State University will be participating for the very first time in the OA week with various activities lined up. These include short introducto… Organized by University Library | Type: open, access, week
The Early Childhood Music & Movement Association

October 22, 2012 to October 28, 2012 – www.ecmma.org The Early Childhood Music & Movement Association is participating in Open Access Week, October 22-28, 2012, and will offer free online access to research, articles, and special interest features… Organized by Angela Barker | Type: ecmma, participates, in, open, access, week, 2012
Open Access Week @ European University Institute, Florence

October 22, 2012 to October 27, 2012 – EUI - Badia Fiesolana Monday 22nd: The European University Institute (EUI) signs the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) on its 10th anniversary Tuesday 23rd: Open Access Information desk at the EUI (Badia) between 12… Organized by Lotta Svantesson | Type: roundtable, information, desk
University of the Western Cape Library

October 22, 2012 to October 26, 2012 – Campus wide 5 compelling reasons for Setting the Default to Open Access to be communicated via a daily blog across Monday to Friday, supported by series of 5 posters distributed across campus (Day 1 poster is il… Organized by Allison Fullard and Jill Claassen | Type: awareness, campaign
Semana de Acceso Abierto 2012

October 22, 2012 to October 25, 2012 – Universidad de Costa Rica, San Pedro, San José, Costa Rica lunes 22 de oct Capacitación en el uso del repositorio Institucional Kérwá y licencias Creative Commons 9-12 am, Sala Girasol, Vicerrectoría de Investigación. Facilita: Katalina Alfaro y Meilyn Garro… Organized by UCRIndex | Type: talleres, y, charlas
Open Access Week at University of Salamanca (Spain)

October 22, 2012 to October 28, 2012 – Salamanca, Spain The University of Salamanca participates, again this year, in Open Access Week. The scheduled activities aim to make known the initiatives developed to open access in the USAL (Institutional Reposi… Organized by Universidad de Salamanca | Type: marketing, advocacy, activities
Open Access Information Session

October 22, 2012 to October 26, 2012 – UCL To celebrate Open Access Week, UCL Library Services is hosting a series of Information Sessions across UCL at lunchtime. Library staff will be on hand to discuss Open Access publishing and making you… Organized by Lynne Meehan | Type: information, sessions
Open Access Week at the University of Zurich

October 22, 2012 to October 26, 2012 – Zurich, Switzerland Open Access Week at the University of Zurich Organized by Main Library University of Zurich | Type: information booth, lunch presentation
Recognising, Celebrating and Honouring Faculty Contribution to Open Access: 2012 OA Week at UZ

October 22, 2012 at 9am to October 28, 2012 at 4pm – University of Zimbabwe The 2012 University of Zimbabwe Open Access Week activities will comprise of honouring and presenting special awards to individuals who have made impact in the development of the UZ Institutional Rep… Organized by University of Zimbabwe Library | Type: marketing, and, promotion, :having, fun, with, our, competitions, displays
Lupane State University

October 22, 2012 at 9am to October 26, 2012 at 4pm – Lupane State University Library 1st Floor ZIMDEF House. The Workshop will be a Stakeholders event which will include the following:- Librarians, Researchers, Academics, University Administrators and guest University Librarians, with the main aim of: Clar… Organized by Lupane State University Library | Type: workshop
Open Access Week - OA Awareness @ Uganda Martyrs University

October 22, 2012 at 9am to October 28, 2012 at 4:30pm – Uganda Martyrs University (Main Campus) The Research Directorate of Uganda Martyrs University in collaboration with Archbishop Kiwanuka Memorial Library will be taking part in this year's Open Access Week events. Activities of the week wil… Organized by Judith Nannozi | Type: open, access, awareness
Set Your Research Free: 2012 OA Week at Texas A&M

October 22, 2012 at 10am to October 26, 2012 at 5pm – Texas A&M University, multiple campus locations This year's OA Week takes the OA Cafe out on the road to faculty, researchers and students on their own turf. Events include a guess-the-journal-price game with prizes; Presentations by guests from… Organized by Gail Clement | Type: programming, around, campus
Bindura University of Science Education Library Zimbabwe - Promoting open door research, teaching and learning for human development

October 22, 2012 at 10am to October 28, 2012 at 3pm – 10 Atherston Road,off Trojan Road Bindura In its endeavor to promote a research community marking the 2012 Open Access celebrations,Bindura University of Science Education (BUSE) libraries will be advocating for more I.R. articles and honori… Organized by Shorai Majojo | Type: marketing, and, awareness, campaign
Open Access Events at the University of Guelph, Canada

October 22, 2012 at 10am to October 26, 2012 at 7pm – The Library, University of Guelph. Of Rights, Relations and Rationales: Some Reflections on Copyright in Canada Carys Craig, Associate Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Director of Osgoode’s Professional Develop… Organized by K. Jane Burpee | Type: celebration
“Primer curso sobre procesamiento de fascículos”

October 22, 2012 at 10am to October 25, 2012 at 2pm – Toluca, México. El Sistema de Información Científica Redalyc, en el marco de las actividades por la Semana de Acceso Abierto a través del departamento de Capacitación a Editores, organiza el Primer Curso sobre Proce… Organized by Rosario Rogel-Salazar | Type: curso, de, capacitación, sobre, procesamiento, fascículos.
Open Access Week at Dartmouth

October 22, 2012 at 10am to October 26, 2012 at 4pm – Dartmouth campus, Hanover NH OA Week Events at Dartmouth: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~library/schcomm/OAWeek2012.html Organized by Barbara DeFelice | Type: drop-in, sessions, interactive, panels, and, discussions, webinars
Athabasca University Open Access Week, October 22-28, 2012.

October 22, 2012 at 12pm to October 28, 2012 at 1pm – Athabasca University Athabasca University is proud to participate in its fourth international Open Access Week, between October 22-28, 2012 to broaden awareness and understanding of open access. This event will be sponso… Organized by Tony Tin | Type: webcasts
Semana AA en BIBHUMA

October 22, 2012 at 1pm to October 26, 2012 at 3pm – La Plata, Argentina Muestra en acción del Escaner DAL (Derecho a Leer), un escáner elaborado artesanalmente con materiales de bajo costo y cámaras fotográficas digitales, que a diferencia de los escáneres planos, perm… Organized by BIBHUMA | Type: muestras, charlas
OA Week at New Mexico State University

October 22, 2012 at 2pm to October 25, 2012 at 12:30pm – Zuhl Conference Room (#225) There are four events, one each day Mon-Thu, held in the Zuhl Library Conference Room. For full information, please see the .pdf on the website above. Organized by New Mexico State University Library | Type: forums
Open Access Week in Egypt, 2012

October 22, 2012 at 3pm to October 28, 2012 at 7pm – Faculty of Science, Faculty of Engineerig and the Library of Alexandria In honor of the sixth annual global Open Access Week, from October 22-28 organized by Mandy Taha. A series of lectures and seminars, and a forum are going to be launched with the aim of raising aware… Organized by Mandy Taha | Type: seminar, presentation
Challenges for the Humanities: Scholarly Work and Publishing in the Digital Age (IU Bloomington)

October 22, 2012 at 4pm to October 23, 2012 at 5:30pm – Chemistry 122 Sponsored by Sawyer Seminar (Mellon Foundation) Co-sponsored Catapult Center for Digital Humanities & HPSC Lecture featuring Dr. Urs Schoepflin of Max Planck Gesellschaft fuer Wissenschaftsgesch… Organized by Stacy Konkiel | Type: lecture
Open Access Week 2012 in Egypt

October 22, 2012 at 5pm to October 28, 2012 at 7pm – Faculty of Science, Faculty of Engineering and the Library of Alexandria In honor of the sixth annual global Open Access Week, from October 22-28 and. organized by Mandy Taha. A series of lectures and seminars, and a forum are going to be launched with the aim of raising… Organized by Mandy Taha | Type: seminar, presentation
Set the Default to Open Access: Open Access to Scholarly Information as a Means to Strengthening Education, Research and Development

October 22, 2012 at 6pm to October 26, 2012 at 7pm – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia The Addis Ababa University Libraries in-collaboration with the School of Information Science is organizing various events during the Open Access Week in October, 2012. Although this event will be con… Organized by | Type: awareness, creation, and, policy, formulation
Open Access @ acces-deschis.ro

October 22, 2012 at 6pm to October 28, 2012 at 7pm – www.access-deschis.ro A consolidation event aimed to include as many stakeholders as possible from Romania and Romanian scientific diaspora. Organized by Kosson & partners | Type: advocay
Dutch Open Access Week

October 22, 2012 at 6pm to October 26, 2012 at 7pm – the Netherlands www.openaccess.nl/oaweek2012 Netherlands collaborating closely in Open Access Week 2012 In the week from 22 to 26 October, the Netherlands will be bringing the benefits of Open Access to the attentio… Organized by coordinated by SURF | Type: miscellaneous
Open Access in Lodz

October 23, 2012 to October 24, 2012 – Lodz The University of Lodz in partnership with the EBIB Association, the Lodz University of Technology and the Pedagogical Academy in Lodz organizes Open Access Week in Lodz The Library of the University… Organized by EBIB Association, University of Lodz, Lodz University of Technology, Pedagogical Academy in Lodz, | Type: seminar, discussion
Recursos de acceso abierto para las Ciencias Sociales

October 23, 2012 all day – Instituto de Investigaciones Gino Germani, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Buenos Aires Taller destinado a los miembros del Instituto en el cual se mostrarán diferentes recursos en línea (sitios web, portales, hemerotecas, bases de datos, directorios, bibliotecas digitales, repositorios… Organized by Carolina De Volder | Type: taller
Realising the Opportunities of the Digital Humanities

October 23, 2012 to October 25, 2012 – Croke Park + Royal Irish Academy + National University of Ireland, Maynooth The focus of this event is to engage academia, industry, cultural institutions and public bodies to identify the key research challenges in digital humanities, and to further build the academic-indus… Organized by Natalie Harrower | Type: conference, skills workshop, digital humanities, project showcase
Open Campus - Open Access: Tell Me More

October 23, 2012 to October 25, 2012 – UWI Open Campus Are we Open? This year the UWI Open Campus Library gladly participates in OA Week 2012 to unearth the views of 'open access' from our primary university stakeholders - the students. This will take… Organized by The Open Campus Library | Type: discussions
Unlock Your Data! A mini-conference

October 23, 2012 from 8am to 4pm – The University of Toledo Main Campus: Driscoll Alumni Center UT's Open Access Steering Committee is planning a special event the week of Oct. 22, 2012 (Open Access Week). Open Access: unlocking your data A mini-conference A mini-conference Panelists wil… Organized by Lucy Duhon, The University of Toledo / Colleen Boff, Bowling Green State University | Type: conference
Open access week 22-26.10.2012

October 23, 2012 at 8am to October 26, 2012 at 9pm – NBU Library Complex In the week, between 22-26 October, 2012, the New Bulgarian University Library (NBU Library) is celebrating the Open Access Week with a series of workshops, raising the awareness among post graduates… Organized by New Bulgarian University Library | Type: workshops
Open Publishing

October 23, 2012 from 9:30am to 2pm – Aula Capella - Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyeria Industrial de Barcelona, UPC Round table with students, researchers, publishers, to debate around publishing in open access. Registration is required. http://bibliotecnica.upc.edu/openaccessweek http://www.ub.edu/odc Organized by Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Universitat de Barcelona | Type: round, table
Scholar Commons the OA Institutional Repository for Tampa Campus

October 23, 2012 from 10am to 11am – LIB209 Rebel Cummings-Sauls Organized by Rebel Cummings-Sauls | Type: presentation
Acceso Abierto y Producción Científica - Jornada de difusión en el marco de las actividades de la Universidad Nacional de Rosario en la Semana de Acceso Abierto

October 23, 2012 from 10am to 2pm – Facultad de Ciencia Política y Relaciones Internacionales Actualmente, la producción de conocimiento científico tiene una visibilidad mayor a través de la Internet como lugar común e inmediato de búsqueda y accesibilidad. Sin embargo, muchas veces el acceso… Organized by Secretaría de Investigación y Posgrado, Biblioteca Biblioteca “Juan Carlos Puig”. Facultad de Ciencia Política y Relaciones Internacionales. Universidad Nacional de Rosario | Type: jornadas, seminar, spanish
Conference “The impact of open access to information on the quality of scientific research results”

October 23, 2012 from 10am to 5pm – State University of Medicine and Pharmacy “N. Testemitanu” The Scientific Library of the State University of Medicine and Pharmacy “N. Testemitanu” organizes the Conference “The impact of open access to information on the quality of scientific research resul… Organized by Liubovi Karnaeva | Type: conference
Mr Tom Joyce, UQ Copyright Lawyer, 'Creative Commons Licensing'

October 23, 2012 from 10am to 11am – The University of Queensland, UQ Library, Conference Room, L1 Duhig Building (Building 2) Mr Tom Joyce, UQ Copyright Lawyer will provide an introduction to Creative Commons Licensing and answer audience questions. Organized by UQ Library OA Team | Type: presentation
Faculty Forum on Open Access Publishing and the Tenure & Promotion Process

October 23, 2012 from 10am to 12pm – Elliott University Center, Claxton Room On Tuesday, October 23, 2012, 10am, in the EUC Claxton Room, the Faculty Senate Scholarly Communications Committee and the University Libraries will sponsor a faculty forum on open access publishing… Organized by Stephen Dew | Type: faculty, forum, at, the, university, of, north, carolina, greensboro
Bountiful Harvest? Collection-building Opportunities With Open Access

October 23, 2012 from 11am to 12:30pm – Butler Library Room 523, Columbia University How is open access changing the way libraries build their collections? Has it caused greater shifts in opportunities in the sciences or humanities? What are the most pressing challenges it presents? … Organized by Kathryn Pope, Scholarly Communication Program Head at Columbia University | Type: columbia, university, open, access, week, event
Open Access Week at Johns Hopkins

October 23, 2012 from 11am to 12pm – Brody Learning Commons, Room 4040 It's Open Access Week. Learn how to apply for JHU funds to help you publish in Open Access journals. The Scholarly Communications Group has also published a new guide to help you keep up-to-date abo… Organized by Adriane Koenig | Type: open, access, author, fund, workshop
The Open Data Revolution: Challenges and Innovations (lecture)

October 23, 2012 from 11:30am to 1pm – University of Arizona Student Union Memorial Center, Tubac Room Many funding agencies, such as the National Science Foundation, and journal publishers, such as Nature, are now requiring researchers to share data produced during the course of their research. When… Organized by Dan Lee | Type: lecture
OA Images and Media

October 23, 2012 from 12pm to 1pm – LIB209 Rue McKenzie Organized by Rebel Cummings-Sauls | Type: presentation
University of Kwa-Zulu Natal Celebrates International Open Access Week 2012

October 23, 2012 from 12pm to 4pm – UKZN Westville Campus OA_%20Final%20programme%202012%20%281%29.pdfUKZN will be hosting two day event in celebrating Open Access.Events will be held on the 23rd and 24th of October in Westville and Howard College Campus Organized by UKZN Open Access Committee | Type: open, access, week, 2012
How to Make Your Research Open Access (Whether You're at Harvard or Not)

October 23, 2012 from 12:30pm to 2pm – Harvard University On October 23rd at 12:30 p.m., the Berkman Center for Internet &Society and the Office for Scholarly Communication will host a forum entitled “How to Make Your Research Open Access (Whether You’r… Organized by Berkman Center for Internet & Society and Office for Scholarly Communication | Type: forum, q&a
SSRN 101 - for Grad Students (IU Bloomington)

October 23, 2012 from 1pm to 2pm – Wells Library Become a power user of the Social Science Research Network, the premiere Open Access repository for Business, Law, and social science scholarship at this graduate-student focused workshop led by Chri… Organized by Stacy Konkiel | Type: workshop
OA Round Table Discussion

October 23, 2012 from 2pm to 3pm – LIB209 OA Round Table Discussion Organized by Rebel Cummings-Sauls | Type: discussion
EFPSA Open Access Training

October 23, 2012 from 2pm to 3:30pm – Burg Rotberg, Switzerland The European Federation of Psychology Students Associations (EFPSA), a member organization of the Right to Research Coalition, is organizing a training session for the representatives of its member o… Organized by Ivan Flis, Chris Noone | Type: workshop
UJ Sciences Librarian Mini-Seminar: Open Access

October 23, 2012 from 2pm to 4pm – University of Johannesburg Raising awareness about Open Access with the UJ Sciences Comunity. We will have Johanna Kuhn from BioMed Central as guess speaker. Organized by Pavlinka Kovatcheva | Type: seminar
University of Windsor OA Week Talk - Shana Kimball, MPublishing

October 23, 2012 from 2pm to 4pm – Leddy Library 4th Floor Lounge Shana Kimball: Head of Publishing Services, University of Michigan's MPublishing Scholarly communication and academic publishing are quickly evolving and these developments are transforming the way w… Organized by Dave Johnston | Type: public, talk
Rutgers Shares its Scholarship with the World: Celebrating Open Access Week 2012

October 23, 2012 from 2pm to 4pm – Alexander Library, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Panel of speakers to feature: Daniel Fishman, Ph.D., Professor of Clinical Psychology and Executive Editor, Pragmatic Case Studies in Psychotherapy, Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psycho… Organized by RUL Committee on Scholarly Communication | Type: panel, presentation, with, showcase, of, oa, initiatives
Open Access Advocacy day in Mongolia

October 23, 2012 from 2pm to 5pm – Mongolia-Japan Center, Open Access Advocacy day in Mongolia organized by Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Mongolian Libraries Consortium and Mongolian Young Scientist Association supported by Springer. Organized by Lkhagva Gantulga | Type: advocacy, event
The Evolution of Scholarly Publishing: keeping pace with technological and institutional changes

October 23, 2012 from 3pm to 5pm – Pendergrass Library An Brief Presentation: The Past, Present and Future of Open Access …followed by an open conversation: Open Access Journals: Author Rights & Your Publications Organized by Peter Fernandez | Type: presentation, discussion
Open Access at UC: Maximizing the Reach, Visibility and Impact of Your Research

October 23, 2012 from 3:30pm to 5pm – Education Psychology Library, Tolman Hall, UC Berkeley http://http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/scholcomm.php/event-ucsf-open-access-policy Organized by Margaret Phillips | Type: lecture
Understanding and Protecting Your Rights as an Author

October 23, 2012 from 5:30pm to 7pm – New York City College of Technology, CUNY When you publish a journal article, you sign a copyright agreement. Do you know what you’re agreeing to when you sign it? How can you find out a journal’s policy? How can you negotiate your contract… Organized by Maura Smale | Type: workshop
Open Science - Chancen und Herausforderungen der digitalen Wissenschaft

October 23, 2012 from 6pm to 9pm – Berlin, Germany Im Rahmen der Open Access Week sollen die drei Themenfelder Open Access, Web 2.0 und die dauerhafte Zugänglichkeit von Forschungsdaten in einer Podiumsdiskussion unter dem Titel „Open Science – Chanc… Organized by | Type: panel, discussion
“Discover Open Access: Its History and Legal Issues”

October 23, 2012 from 6pm to 9pm – Paris University Pierre et Marie Curie Amphi 25 18h-18h15: Inscription 18h15-18h45: Introduction à l'Open Access Conférencier : Annaig Mahe / urfist Paris 18h45-19h15: L'Histoire de l'open access : hier, aujourd'hui et demain Conféren… Organized by MyScienceWork | Type: conference
Open Monograph Press - free online workshop

October 23, 2012 from 6pm to 7pm – Online EIFL-FOSS and EIFL-OA are co-organizing a webinar coinciding with Open Access Week 2012. The topic will be book publishing with the free open source Open Monograph Press software. In September 2012 T… Organized by Iryna Kuchma | Type: webinar
Open Access Week in Croatia: Who is the Author 2.0?

October 23, 2012 from 6pm to 8pm – Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University Campus, Rijeka, Croatia This year, the 2nd Open Access Week event will be held at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Rijeka, Croatia on Tuesday, Oct 23rd, at 6 p.m. For more info and the text of the table in… Organized by Katarina Lovrecic | Type: round, table
Open Access in Las Vegas!

October 23, 2012 from 6pm to 7pm – University of Nevada Las Vegas UNLV's Lied Library is celebrating Open Access Week with scholarly communication-related presentations for faculty and graduate students: --Monday: Showcase Your Research on a Global Scale --Tuesday:… Organized by Marianne Buehler | Type: presentations
Scholarly Publishing Conversations: What Happens After You Boycott Elsevier?

October 23, 2012 from 6pm to 7pm – University of Arizona Student Union Memorial Center, Presidio Room Last winter Fields Medalist mathematician Tim Gowers announced on his blog that he would no longer publish with, review papers for, or serve in an editorial role for the scholarly publisher Elsevier.… Organized by Dan Lee | Type: panel, discussion