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Friday, October 26, 2012

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
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
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
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
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 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
Segundo Coloquio Acceso Abierto a la Información en las Bibliotecas Académicas de América Latina y el Caribe

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
Moldova Open Access Week 2012

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
Taller: Acceso Abierto a la Información Científica - IIBI UNAM

October 25, 2012 at 9:30am to October 26, 2012 at 2pm – 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: taller, workshop
Workshop on repositories for Inter-University Research Institute Corporations

October 25, 2012 at 1:30pm to October 26, 2012 at 1pm – National Museum of Ethnology A workshop for building institutional repositories network for Inter-University Research Institute Corporations Organized by Research Information Office, National Institute for Fusion Science | Type: workshop
Giving/Getting Access to Scholarly and Instructional Materials

October 26, 2012 from 8am to 4pm – The College at Brockport, The SERC, Eagle's Lookout CLICK HERE for registration and more information Organized by Mary Jo Orzech | Type: conference
"Open Access Week - Open Access in Japan, last decade and next decade"

October 26, 2012 from 10am to 4:30pm – National Institute of Informatics This year NII will have a one-day SPARC Japan Seminar on October 26 (Fri). We shall review example cases from US/Europe, activity reports by the persons involved, and the influence of Open Access on… Organized by Mikiko Tanifuji | Type: advocacy, open, access
Open Access Week Double Feature

October 26, 2012 from 10am to 4pm – CUNY Graduate Center Celebrate Open Access Week with an Open Access Double Feature, Starring Faculty from Across CUNY! Morning Session (10am-noon) — How to Go Open Access and How CUNY Can Help: Learn about open access sc… Organized by Maura Smale | Type: presentation/workshop
Creating and Curating OA Special Collections

October 26, 2012 from 10am to 11am – LIB209 Andy Huse Organized by Rebel Cummings-Sauls | Type: presentation
Do you understand what Open Access publishing can do for you?

October 26, 2012 from 10am to 12pm – University of Victoria As part of the University of Victoria's OA week programme, Bob Schatz from the BioMed Central team will be participating in a panel discussion about the benefits of OA publishing. Organized by Scholarly Communications Committee, University of Victoria | Type: presentation
Open discussion "The OA development in Lithuania"

October 26, 2012 from 10am to 2pm – ISM University of Management and Economics The open discussion among young researchers, representatives of research funding institutions, science authorities, publishers, librarians and other open access stakeholders is organized by Kaunas Un… Organized by Gintare Tautkeviciene | Type: discussion
Open Access publishing: possibilities and development

October 26, 2012 from 10am to 2pm – The main building of the University of Latvia, the Small Hall Workshop can be divided in two major parts. First part of workshop concentrates on Open Access events and development in Latvia and world, and discusses Open Access policy presented in the new framew… Organized by The Library of the University of Latvia | Type: workshop
Open access webinar for Helmholtz Ph.D. students

October 26, 2012 from 11am to 11:30am – 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
OPEN ACCESS AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

October 26, 2012 from 11am to 12:30pm – National Centre of Public Administration and Local Government (EKDDA-Greece) The National Centre for Public Administration and Local Government (EKDDA-Greece), a public entity supervised by the Ministry of Administrative Reform and E-Governance, is going to present its own OA… Organized by Anastasia Papastilianou | Type: presentation
OA Author of Social Science Research: Principles, Methods, and Practices

October 26, 2012 from 12pm to 1pm – LIB209 Anol Bhattachrejee Organized by Rebel Cummings-Sauls | Type: presentation
Complying with the NIH Public Access Mandate (IU Bloomington)

October 26, 2012 from 12pm to 1pm – Wells Library Learn more about how to comply with the 2008 National Institutes of Health mandate on making published research Open Access. Organized by Stacy Konkiel | Type: workshop
The growth of OA publishing

October 26, 2012 from 12pm to 1pm – Twitter (@BMCMedicine; #BMCMed) BMC Medicine has recently published this study on open access publishing. As a follow-up to this we are having a one hour twitter chat with the authors (Mikael Laakso and Bo-Christer Björk) on 26th… Organized by BioMed Central | Type: twitter, chat
Open Access and open practices for researchers

October 26, 2012 from 12:30pm to 1:30pm – University of Bath, UK Course description This seminar, which marks the launch of the Social Media programme for researchers, will take place during Open Access Week, with presentations from Brian Kelly and Ross Mounce. Br… Organized by Ross Mounce, Brian Kelly & Tracey Stead | Type: workshop, (university, of, bath, staff, &, students, only)
OA Journals Using Digital Commons

October 26, 2012 from 2pm to 3pm – LIB209 Carol Ann Borchert and Julie Fielding Organized by Rebel Cummings-Sauls | Type: presentation
Charting New Frontiers in Online Publishing: Challenges and Opportunities

October 26, 2012 from 3pm to 4pm – LIB209 John Liontas Organized by Rebel Cummings-Sauls | Type: presentation
Emerging Voices 2012

October 26, 2012 from 4pm to 6pm – Beijing International Convention Center As part of Emerging Voices 2012, Prof. Valéry Ridde - associate editor of BMC Health Services Research will be giving a workshop to researchers from developing countries on the topic of scientific w… Organized by Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Belgium | Type: workshop
Gerald Louw promoting Open Access

October 26, 2012 from 6pm to 7pm – university of the western cape Gerald Louw helps to put up some posters around Unversity of the Western Cape campus Organized by Gerald Louw | Type: putting, up, posters
Training session: What can do UJI Repository for you?

October 26, 2012 from 11pm to 11:30pm – Library of Universitat Jaume I Workshop to Universitat Jaume I teachers and researchers to show the benefits of publishing in UJI Repository. Organized by Library of Universitat Jaume I | Type: training, session
Training session: What UJI Repository can help you?

October 26, 2012 from 11pm to 11:30pm – Library of Universitat Jaume I Workshop to Universitat Jaume I teachers and researchers to show the benefits of publishing in UJI Repository. Organized by Library of Universitat Jaume I | Type: training, session