Open Access Nepal – a student lead initiative – will be hosting a series of events in Nepal during International Open…

Open Access Discussion: Extending the Reach of…

Celebrate Open Access week early in Syracuse, NY!

Unlocking Open Access: Making it work for publishers, authors, and institutions

Date: Friday, 17 October

Location: Craftsman Inn, Fayetteville, NY

For more details and to register: http://uny.sla.org/upcoming-events  

Please plan on joining the Upstate New York chapter of SLA (UNYSLA) as we dig deep into the evolving world of open access. …

SPARC Japan hosts a seminar on 21 October 2014 (1:30-5 p.m. Japan time) titled "Science for Generation Open".

The third SPARC Japan Seminar of 2014, in keeping with this year’s Open Access Week theme of “Generation Open”, will focus on the various activities being taken by “Generation Open” in Japan. “Generation Open”, describes early-career researchers and future…

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Hello,

International Open Access Week (http://openaccessweek.org/)  is coming up on October 20-24, 2014.    Would you like to know more or wish to separate the hype from the common sense?   



I have considerable experience  with my own publications and advocating for open access participation, as well as warning the unsuspecting about questionable, unethical, or…

Open Access Week events at Washington University in St. Louis

The Scholastica team would like to share an open access ebook we created in response to inquiries we've received about how to launch an OA journal—The OA Journal Starter Kit. This succinct CC BY ebook guide encompasses all of the information needed to get an OA journal off the ground, cultivate a readership, and attract submissions and…

Most of our events are now live on Eventbrite!

Monday:

Open Textbooks: Benefits and Challenges for UNM…

The Rhodes University Library in collaboration with the Rhodes Research Office is hosting an Open Access symposium on  21 October 2014 (09:30 – 13:00) in observance of the International Open Access Week initiative.…

We're hosting a day showcasing research on Brock authors and Open Access, a panel discussion about OA publishing, a workshop on Wikipedia in education and a hands-on session featuring (mostly free) tools for tracking research impact.

Website: here

1st INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON OPEN RESEARCH DATA

VALENCIA, SPAIN

More information at: …

We are organizing a conference to celebrate open access week in Nepal from October 20-21. Request all Open access advocate to participate in this event.

SEMANA DEL ACCESO ABIERTO 2014 EN LA UPR-RRP

La Escuela Graduada de Ciencias y Tecnologías de la Información,

de la Universidad de Puerto Rico,

y la Comunidad de Práctica de la Biblioteca Virtual en…

La Escuela Graduada de Ciencias y Tecnologias de la Información, de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, y la Biblioteca de Ciencias Bibliotecarias de la Universidad de Puerto Rico les invitan al

Conversatorio a presentar

Visión y Aplicación de la Filosofía del Acceso Abierto

y la Democratización de la Información

en diferentes Sectores del Campo de la Información

en Puerto Rico:  En 3er Encuentro de ExAlumnos de la Escuela Graduada de Ciencias y Tecnologías de la Información, Universidad de Puerto Rico…

SEMANA INTERNACIONAL DEL ACCESO ABIERTO 2014

en la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras

20-24 de octubre de 2014





La Escuela Graduada de Ciencias y Tecnologías de la Información, conjuntamente con otras unidades de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras, y organizaciones profesionales,

se unen en esta Semana para estimular y contribuir

al…

The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) has released a new version of its popular Scholarly Communication Toolkit with updated content. The Toolkit, developed and maintained by the ACRL Research and Scholarly Environment Committee, continues to provide content and context on a broad range of scholarly communication topics, including expanded information on data management. It provides links to examples of specific tools,…

The Department of Audiovisual Communication, Documentation and History of Art (DCADHA) of the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (Spain) will host some events during Open Week. Potential dates are October 21 and 23. More details about speakers and activities will be provided in short. 

The RECODE project invites you to participate in its final, policy recommendations workshop in Amsterdam on the 25 September 2014. RECODE has provided a forum for European stakeholders in the open access ecosystem to work together on common solutions. The project will culminate in a series of over-arching recommendations for a policy framework to support open access to European research data.

This final workshop is addressed to policy-makers and decision-makers within the following…