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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
October 24, 2012 all day – Grand Hall, University of New Brunswick Saint John bailiwick, annual one-day conference hosted by Information Services and Systems at the University of New Brunswick Saint John. The purpose of the conference is to highlight the realized and potential… Organized by Wayne Hansen | Type: conference
October 24, 2012 all day – National Science Library As part of China Open Access Week, Matthew Cockerill – Managing Director of BioMed Central, will be speaking on open access journal impact at the China OA Publishing Day. Organized by National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences | Type: conference
October 24, 2012 to October 25, 2012 – Lima (Peru). PRIMER DÍA: Miércoles 24 de octubre, 2012 Local: VEO (Sala E), PUCP y SEGUNDO DÍA: Jueves 25 de octubre, 2012 Local: Auditorio, GRADE Av. Almirante Grau #915. Barranco http://http://www.openaccessperu.org/archives/832 Organized by Dominique Babini | Type: conference
October 24, 2012 to October 26, 2012 – Mexico D.F El Instituto de Investigaciones Bibliotecológicas y de la Información (IIBI) en colaboración con la Dirección General de Bibliotecas (DGB) de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) y la Se… Organized by IIBI-UNAM, DGB-UNAM, IFLA/LAC. Contact: Lic. Sarah Iliana González Comi Depto. de Difusión y Educación Continua del IIBI Torre II de Humanidades, Piso 13, C. U. Tels.: (52-55) 562 30352 y 30193 Fax: (52-55) 562-30375 sarahgc@cuib.unam.mx | Type: coloquio
October 24, 2012 to October 29, 2012 – The State Pedagogical University “Ion Creanga” The State Pedagogical University “Ion Creanga” will make the survey “Open Access Digital Institutional Repository” Organized by Ecaterina Scherlet | Type: survey
October 24, 2012 from 9am to 3pm – University of Patras, Library & Information Center, Lecture Room, 1st Floor For your research to be recognized you need to publish it. ‘Publish or perish’ is the popular phrase. How to choose the appropriate journal? How do you improve your chances of getting your research… Organized by Library & Information Center & Springer | Type: one, day, event
October 24, 2012 from 9am to 1pm – Aula Magna Università degli Studi Prima sessione: Comunicare la nuova scienza Paola Gargiulo, Elena Giglia, Maria Chiara Miduri Seconda sessione: Editori italiani, Open Access e la scienza che cambia Tavola rotonda con gli editori An… Organized by Elena Giglia | Type: conference
October 24, 2012 from 9:30am to 1:30pm – Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, D1 Workshop will take place at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, Croatia. OA issues will be discussed and Croatian OA Declaration will be presented. Organized by Mislav Grgic, Leo Budin, Vlatko Silobrcic, Diana Simic, Jadranka Stojanovski, Ivana Hebrang Grgic, Iva Melinscak-Zlodi, Marijana Glavica, Dobrica Pavlinusic, Predrag Pale, Jadranka Lisek, Marija Furdek, Tea Zavacki | Type: workshop
October 24, 2012 from 9:30am to 11:30am – Aula Capella - Edifici Històric, Universitat de Barcelona Presentation of the last actions carried out around open access at the Universitat de Barcelona, empathizing the current OA policy and its implementation using the institutional research information… Organized by Universitat de Barcelona | Type: seminar
October 24, 2012 from 10am to 11:30am – Faculty of Philology "Blaze Koneski", Interpretation Hall Open Access Week will be celebrated for the 3-rd time at the Faculty of Philology "Blaze Koneski"/Faculty of Philosophy. As always, the lecture will be open and public and live on the Ustream open ac… Organized by Dimitar Poposki, Vladimir Trajkovski, PhD | Type: open, access, lecture
October 24, 2012 at 11am to October 25, 2012 at 1pm – University of Parma How European universities are dealing with the changes brought by a digital, networked and open access world? Organized by International Master DILL. University of Parma | Type: seminar, webcast
October 24, 2012 from 11am to 12pm – LIB209 Joe Moxley and Monica Metz-Wiseman Organized by Rebel Cummings-Sauls | Type: presentation
October 24, 2012 from 11am to 2pm – Universitat Oberta de Catalunya The IT, Multimedia and TelecommunicationsDepartment organises the Open Education Resources (OER) workshop. Led by: Julià Minguillón.At this workshop aimed at UOC teaching and administration staff, we… Organized by Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, UOC | Type: workshop
October 24, 2012 from 12pm to 1pm – LIB209 Susan Ariew Organized by Rebel Cummings-Sauls | Type: presentation
October 24, 2012 from 12pm to 1:30pm – Harvard University On October 24, a panel of experts will consider efforts by the National Institutes of Health to ensure public access to the published results of federally funded research. “Open Access to Health Rese… Organized by Office for Scholarly Communication, Right to Research Coalition, and Universities Allied for Essential Medicines | Type: panel, q&a
October 24, 2012 from 12pm to 1pm – Wells Library Discover how to repurpose open data into visualizations that tell us more about our world. Featuring researchers from the Advanced Visualization Lab (Informatics), the Polly Lab (Geological Sciences)… Organized by Stacy Konkiel | Type: lecture
October 24, 2012 from 12pm to 1pm – ECHA L1-270 (lower level), University of Alberta Creating your researcher page in ERA and archiving your poster Celebrate Open Access Week by archiving a paper or a poster that you presented at a conference or Research Days. Come to this session a… Organized by Nicole Dalmer | Type: workshop
October 24, 2012 from 1pm to 2pm – Kurtzman Room, William Pitt Union Rather than solely tracking the number of times a work is cited in scholarly literature, altmetrics--alternative ways of measuring the use of, and impact of, scholarship--use social media and other w… Organized by OA@Pitt | Type: discussion
October 24, 2012 from 1pm to 2pm – Auckland, New Zealand Two events will be hosted by The University of Auckland Library for the University of Auckland staff. The first event is a seminar presented by Associate Professor Alex Holcombe from the University o… Organized by | Type: seminar
October 24, 2012 from 1pm to 2:30pm – UK Researchers from developing countries struggle to get their voices heard in a global publishing environment which favours Northern voices. At the same time, information users in developing countries… Organized by Alistair Scott | Type: webinar
October 24, 2012 from 1pm to 2pm – University of Alberta To help promote open acces to faculty and grad students from the University of Alberta, Bob Schatz from the BioMed Central team will be presenting on BioMed Central, SpringerOpen and Chemistry Centra… Organized by University of Alberta | Type: informative, presentation
October 24, 2012 from 1pm to 2pm – Grant MacEwan University Happily Open After: Engaging Your Students with Open Access Resources Room 7-266A, Faculty Commons, City Centre Campus Once upon a time there was a university graduate who no longer had access to rel… Organized by Robyn Hall | Type: workshop
October 24, 2012 from 1pm to 3pm – Online Wednesday 10/24 @ 1 pm EDT Series: Classic Community ConversationTopic: Open Access Week: Public Domain and Digitization Host/Speakers: Freya Anderson, Head of Information Services, Alaska State Li… Organized by Center for Intellectual Property | Type: webinar
October 24, 2012 from 1pm to 2pm – 2022 Dentistry/Pharmacy Building, University of Alberta BioMed Central, SpringerOpen and Chemistry Central are all open access initiatives from Springer Publishing. A representative from Springer will provide an overview of each initiative, discuss the j… Organized by Nicole Dalmer | Type: lecture
October 24, 2012 from 1:30pm to 2:30pm – University of Regina Library To help celebrate Open Access Week, Donald Johnson presents an update about oURspace at the University of Regina. Following this, Alyssa Daku discusses the benefits of open government as well as the… Organized by Michael Shires | Type: public, lecture
October 24, 2012 from 2pm to 3pm – LIB209 Laura Runge Organized by Rebel Cummings-Sauls | Type: presentation
October 24, 2012 from 2pm to 3:30pm – UK Athletics Association Auditorium, William T. Young Library, University of Kentucky Dr. David Solomon, Michigan State University, will deliver a keynote address on the current state and future of open access. Specifically, he will address the different models of open access publishi… Organized by University of Kentucky Libraries | Type: presentations, discussion
October 24, 2012 from 2pm to 3pm – Sala de Videoconferencias del IIBI En el marco de la Semana Internacional de Acceso Abierto (Open Access Week), que se realiza del 22 al 28 de octubre de 2012, el Instituto de Investigaciones Bibliotecológicas y de la Información de l… Organized by Instituto de Investigaciones Bibliotecológicas y de la Información - UNAM | Type: conferencia
October 24, 2012 from 2pm to 3pm – The University of Queensland, UQ Library, Conference Room, L1 Duhig Building (Building 2) Lisa Kruesi, Associate Director, Helen Morgan, Manager of Research Data Collections and Andrew Heath, Manager of eSpace, from the Scholarly Publishing and Digitisation Service, UQ Library, will prese… Organized by Lisa Kruesi | Type: presentation
October 24, 2012 from 2:30pm to 4pm – Butler Library Room 523, Columbia University Join us to screen a webcast of an American Library Association (ALA) webinar with Kenneth Crews, director of Columbia's Copyright Advisory Office. For librarians, researchers and many other library u… Organized by Kenneth Crews, Columbia Copyright Advisory Office | Type: columbia, university, open, access, week, event
October 24, 2012 from 3pm to 3:30pm – WWW The Helmholtz Open Access Coordination Office will offer a free „webinar“ for Ph.D. students of the Helmholtz Association entitled „Science is open: an introduction to open access“. Organized by Paul Schultze-Motel | Type: webinar
October 24, 2012 from 3pm to 5pm – National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy Octoner, 24, 2012 Workshop at the National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy Organized by Tetiana Yaroshenko | Type: workshop
October 24, 2012 from 4pm to 5pm – MIT, Room E25-111 Panelists will respond to questions about open access and its importance for scholarship and research at MIT and beyond. Moderated by Ann Wolpert, Director of MIT Libraries. Co-sponsored by MIT Libra… Organized by The MIT Libraries and The MIT Press | Type: panel, with, q&a
October 24, 2012 from 4pm to 5pm – 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 abou… Organized by Adriane Koenig | Type: open, access, author, fund, workshop
October 24, 2012 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm – Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne This year VALA is celebrating Open Access Week with a panel of three fabulous guest speakers. Each has their own unique perspective on Open Access: the research librarian, the academic and a provider… Organized by VALA - Libraries, Technology and the Future Inc | Type: general, meeting
October 24, 2012 from 6pm to 8pm – The main building of the University of Latvia, university's canteen “Science cafe” is very popular discussion event in the University of Latvia. This year to promote open access resources between students the discussion about the best ways to find and use them is he… Organized by The Library of the University of Latvia | Type: discussion
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