DIGITAL.CSIC New Services to Help CSIC Researchers Put Open Access in Practice

International Open Access Week is a global, community-driven week promoting Open Access as the new default in scholarship and research. This year the celebration is held October 24-30 with the theme: “Open in Action.” Hashtag: …

Horizon 2020 strengthens open access requirements for funded research & innovation proposals

Despite the open access requirements of the Horizon 2020 research programme, true open access is not a reality yet. Many consortia continue to publish their results in closed access magazines or use unnecessary long embargo periods before publishing in open access media, keeping the monopoly of scientific publishers alive.

Evento dentro del International Open Access Week. 

Jueves 27 de Octubre 12pm (CDT-Mexico City)

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 Lunes 24 de octubre (11 a.m. Bogotá) https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4112740114346844419

La revista electrónica del futuro y el modelo de publicación XML-JATS. REDALYC.  (Eduardo Aguado - RedAlyc México)

Lunes 24 de octubre (11 a.m. Bogotá) 

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4112740114346844419

Evento dentro del International Open Access Week. 

Jueves 27 de Octubre 12pm (CDT-Mexico City)

Síguelo en Periscope. Twitter @redalyc

October 26 at 14.00, the electronic reading room of the Scientific Library of Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding is hosting the seminar and training session "Science in Open Access", which is held within the…

By Kamila Markram, CEO of Frontiers

Science and technology drive modern society. Ever since the scientific revolution, we have been using scientific discovery and inventions to reach new shores, create wealth, provide food and shelter for a growing population, keep us alive longer, in…

From discussion into action

For this year’s International Open Access (OA) Week, the focus is firmly on the practical. Its theme – ‘open in action’ – should encourage everyone with a stake in the open research agenda to take solid steps towards making research more openly available.…

Great interview here from Retraction Watch (@RetractionWatch) about an adult submitting a child's paper for publication (as an experiment) -- and it being accepted: http://retractionwatch.com/2016/10/18/bats-are-really-cool-animals-how-a-7-year-old-published-a-paper-in-a-journal/.…

The action I am taking for OA week is to promote ORCID.

Flyer in ppt attached.  First page below.

OAWeek2016_ORCIDistheaction.pptx…

The Library at the American University of Cairo is a supporter of Open Access. Among other things, we host an OA journal to showcase undergraduate research, URJe (the Undergraduate Research Journal).

Every year, AUC Libraries try to raise awareness of the importance of Open…

25 October 2016  during International Open Access Week  2016 occurs a conference organised by

Research Council of Lithuania,  The Association of Lithuanian Serials,  ISM University of Management and Economics,  …

Le 17 octobre  2016 avec le soutien du programme européen Europeana Sounds, en plein coeur de l'Open Access Week, une après-midi dédiée à l'annotation des archives de la phonothèque de la MMSH.

Un ensemble d'entretiens a été placé sur Sound Cloud et la Playlist de la phonothèque de la MMSH compte une petite centaine d'enregistrements qui peuvent ainsi être commentés, tagués, introduits sur…

This year first time we are going to celebrate Open Access Week with a Quiz which is specially design for clarify the facts and dispel the myths about Open Access. We are sure this will change the mind set of GLA University’s faculties, researchers and…

The 2nd SPARC Japan Seminar 2016 entitled " Promoting Openness of Research Data: Incentive and Data Management " will be held on 26 October , in keeping with this year’s Open Access Week theme of “Open in Action”, and hosted by SPARC Japan and co-hosted by Research Data Utilization Forum. We will focus on research data and consider how the openness of scientific research data in Japan can be promoted through cooperation between librarians and researchers.

Please see…

This year’s theme of “Open in Action” is all about taking concrete steps to open up research and scholarship and encouraging others to do the same.

We’ve created an Open Access Week action portal where you can indicate which key steps you’ll take to support Open Access this October and…

Peru joins to Open Access week with three days of conferences

The main topics are :

• October 24th: Open Science
• October 25th: Open Education
• October 26th: Open Government

The event will be broadcast live on…