Open is rapidly becoming a catchword and as is true of most catchwords and phrases, the more they're used the more misunderstood, missused and ignored the words become. Open and transparent have used, together and separately,  To learn the meaning of open access by visiting the Open Access Week site.

As a part of Open Access Week-2013 was organized the special lecture by Mysore Librarians and Information Scientists Association (MyLISA). Mr. L.J. Haravu, UNESCO Expert on implementation of technology base library services in South East Asia and Arab Countries, gave a special lecture on this occasion on the theme of “Open…

The Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) celebrated Open Access Week by launching its Institutional Repository. The name for the repository is Tshwane University of Technology Digital Open Repository (TUTDOR). The launch event kicked off with opening remarks from the TUT Vice Chancellor and Principal Professor Nthabiseng Ogude, followed by the keynote address by the DVC Research and Innovation, Prof Lulama Makhubela. Other speakers included Prof Pierre de Villiers, Managing Director: AOSIS…

International Open Access Week 2013 ist over – thanks to all researchers and students, who contacted us in the aula of the main building of the University of Vienna! But we are also here for all university members during the rest of the year, don't hesitate to contact us!…

To mark Open Access Week 2013, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has reaffirmed its commitment to facilitating access to food policy research through its open repositories of publications and data.

Read more in this blog post.

Artexte is a non-profit arts organization. Our mandate is to document contemporary art from 1965 to the present with special emphasis on Canadian art. We also facilitate research in this area by offering reference services, by making our collection accessible to the public, and by developing rigorous information resources.

In February 2013 Artexte launched e-artexte, an Open Access repository for visual arts publications. Publishers…

For those Elsevier authors who wish to provide OA rather than continuing to agonize over what Elsevier might intend or mean:

Believe Elsevier when they state officially that "Elsevier believes that individual authors should be able to distribute their AAMs for their personal voluntary needs and interests, e.g. posting to their…

The MBLWHOI Library held our 8th year of open access events today, having invited all Woods Hole scientific community members to a networking open access coffee and cider break. Staff representing the Marine Biological Laboratory, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and the National Marine Fisheries Service in Woods Hole attended the brief event, where about 80 printouts of articles published by Woods Hole authors were on display and informal discussions about open…

2013 International Open Access Week Celebrations at University of Zimbabwe are geared towards demystifying myths/fears/concerns attached to Open Access,  and  increasing wider awareness, appreciation  and use of OA Resources. The UZ Library  has a Mobile OA Exhibition Tent  circulating around the campus, in-order to avail an opportunity for the University Community, a platform to enlighten their understanding of OA. UZ Library is also exhibiting posters of academics  with  Top Ten Most…

The Open Access Mobile Vendor starts in earnest at HIT.

Activities commenced with the posting of OA posters throughout the campus and preparing the Mobile BikeDecorated%20Bike%203.jpg

Library Staff comprising Mr Nhakura and Mr Mambume take to the HIT streets to explain the OA as a pragmatic mode of publishing and scholarly communication…

In 1972 The United Nations General Assembly established October 24 as World Development Information Day “to draw the attention of world public opinion to development problems and the need to strengthen international cooperation to solve them”.  Today, one could argue that Development Information is widespread; there is plenty of awareness about the plight of less developed countries, and a good deal of international cooperation to address them.  Now…

Mañana día 25 de octubre a las 9 de mañana, tendrá lugar un acto de adhesión de la Universidad de Oviedo a la Declaración de Berlín. La adhesión será firmada por el Rector de la Universidad, Sr. Don Vicente Gotor Santamaría y asistirá al acto de adhesión el Presidente de la Sociedad Max Planck, Mr. Peter Gruss, cuyo apoyo al Acceso Abierto queda de manifiesto en su reciente publicación Open Access ist nicht zu…

La Biblioteca Virtual en Salud de Puerto Rico,

en acción concertada con BIREME,

la Escuela Graduada de Ciencias y Tecnologías de la Información,

de la Universidad de Puerto Rico,

se complacen en presentar:

Las Bases de Datos manejadas por BIREME

en el contexto del movimiento Open Access





Con la…

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