A half day workshop for SOAS staff and stidents that aims to help you understand more about Open Access and related issues.

Session 1 (1pm - 2pm) Open Access and Open Access Publishing (Huei-lan Liu - SOAS & Leo Havemann - Birkbeck)
What is OA?

• The OA Movement
• Routes to OA publishing
• An author's experience getting his paper published as OA 

Session 2 (2.20pm - 3.20pm) Open Access and Copyright (Paul Gibbons - SOAS & Javiera Atenas - SOAS)
Is OA compatible with copyright?

• Creative Commons Licences explained
• Publishers' copyright and self-archiving policies
• Retain ownership of your copyright

Session 3 (3.30pm - 4.00pm) Open Educational Resources (Pat Lockley - University of London)

• Small steps and giant leaps: how to go Open