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The first time ...

Open Access Week 2013 at the University of Vienna:
The first time (since 1365) we have raised an open access flag
in front of the main building.

Added by Guido Blechl on October 22, 2013 at 5:21am — No Comments

Five Flavors of Open Access from DuraSpace: PERMANENT

Winchester, MA Open access to institutional assets such as special collections, the published results of research, theses and dissertations and data sets are at the heart of defining an institution's long-term impact on scholarship. Digital resources that have been made "preservation ready" will remain durable so that they can be accessed by students, scholars and…

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Added by Carol Minton Morris on October 22, 2013 at 4:37am — No Comments

LSU Staff celebrating Open Access

The University Vice Chancellor , The Librarian and LSU Library Ambassadors during the celebration of Open Access

Added by Lupane State University on October 22, 2013 at 3:28am — No Comments

LSU Library Staff at work preparing for Open Access Week

Added by Lupane State University on October 22, 2013 at 3:00am — No Comments

Open Access Data Papers at Internet Archaeology

Open Access week is an ideal place to highlight the exciting new introduction of Open Access Data Papers to Internet Archaeology's repertoire.

Internet Archaeology is an independent,…

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Added by Katie Green on October 22, 2013 at 2:13am — No Comments

A WORD A DAY - that's over four centuries of tweeted scientific knowledge!

As we tweet our daily word from the work of the Linnaeus Apostles, we take one step in covering the more than 150,000 words from the iIndex, or in other words, that's over four centuries of tweeted scientific knowledge!

Follow us at The IK Workshop Soc. (@TheIKWS) as we continue our quest for knowledge and understanding of our shared world and future.…

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Added by The IK Workshop Society on October 21, 2013 at 9:32pm — No Comments

Internet Archaeology

Internet Archaeology is a hybrid Open Access journal. But in a bid to demonstrate our intent, as of January 2013 all content in issues 1-21 has been made Open Access.

Content in later issues are a mix of OA and subscription, but increasing numbers are Open Access because their authors (or more usually their funding/sponsoring body) have been able to fund production costs (it is journal policy to enable OA on all content when article development costs are met). Our longer term aim is…

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Added by Judith Winters on October 21, 2013 at 9:11pm — No Comments

Five Flavors of Open Access from DuraSpace: AFFORDABLE

Winchester, MA Balancing digital collection development costs with strategies to ensure that digital assets remain openly accessible comes down to evaluating affordable solutions. Sustainability planning leads to weighing the advantages of high-cost proprietary online solutions that can result in long-term data lock-up against freely available open source…

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Added by Carol Minton Morris on October 21, 2013 at 6:51am — No Comments

Open Access celebration at Cell Reports

Cell Reports is a high-quality open-access journal of the life sciences at Cell Press. We're celebrating Open Access Week all week at our site with:

A series of blog posts by Cell Reports editors on topics of…

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Added by Stephen Matheson on October 21, 2013 at 6:27am — No Comments

The "Publishing Open Access with IEEE" webinar is tomorrow!

Open Access (OA) publishing is steadily changing the scholarly research landscape. While OA has made it easier for the public to access the latest scientific and technical research for free, the process and choices for authors may feel more complex. This webinar will answer your questions on things like licensing, journal integrity, impact factor, and how to reach established audiences within relevant technical…

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Added by IEEE on October 21, 2013 at 4:30am — No Comments

Myths about Open Access: An article worth reading

Today marks the start of Open Access Week 2013. While browsing the internet for interesting articles on the subject of Open Access, I came across one on the Guardian website titled "Open Access: Six myths to put to rest" by Peter Suber. It's worth a read as it helps to clear a lot of misconceptions about Open…

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Added by Tezira Lore on October 21, 2013 at 4:27am — No Comments

Open Access: Towards Fairer Access to Research

My article “Open Access: Towards Fairer Access to Research” is up on the Impact of Social Sciences blog.

There I argue that practical and sustainable ways of increasing access to scholarly materials will require a more thorough transformation of the…

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Added by Ernesto Priego on October 21, 2013 at 4:25am — No Comments

Acceso Abierto y Evaluación Académica: Conocimientos y opiniones de los evaluadores de Carrera docente investigador respecto de las publicaciones de acceso abierto

La Biblioteca de Ciencias Bibliotecrias e Informática

y la Escuela Graduada de Ciencias y Tecnologías de la Información,

de la Universidad de Puerto Rico,

en acción concertada con la Universidad Carlos III de Madrdi,

presentan el proyecto:

Acceso Abierto y Evaluación Académica: Conocimientos y opiniones

de los evaluadores de…

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Added by Luisa Vigo-Cepeda on October 21, 2013 at 4:20am — No Comments

Open Access Week 2013: "Five Flavors" of Open Access Resources from DuraSpace

Winchester, MA Open Access to all types of information–research data, cultural heritage resources, public records or theses and dissertations–forms the basis for the future of global scholarship and civic engagement. To celebrate Open Access Week 2013 DuraSpace has gathered recordings and articles from our Professional Development resources (http://duraspace.org/professional-development) that will be…

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Added by Carol Minton Morris on October 21, 2013 at 4:10am — No Comments

El Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras: Aumentando la visibilidad...

El Centro de Excelencia Académica, del Decanato de Asuntos Académicos, presenta,

con el coauspicio de la

Escuela Graduada de Ciencias y Tecnologías,de la Información,

de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, presentan:…

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Added by Luisa Vigo-Cepeda on October 21, 2013 at 3:57am — No Comments

El Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, RRP: Aumentando la visibilidad y la posible citación de la investigación

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Added by Luisa Vigo-Cepeda on October 21, 2013 at 3:30am — No Comments

Open Source ILS Project: An Information Portal for Librarians

THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF INFORMATION SCIENCES,

AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO, RIO PIEDRAS CAMPUS

AND THE SCHOOL OF INFORMATION SCIENCES,

AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, IN KNOXVILLE

CELEBRATING THE INTERNATIONAL OPEN ACCESS WEEK 2013

cordially invite you

to the presentation of…

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Added by Luisa Vigo-Cepeda on October 21, 2013 at 2:00am — No Comments

La EGCTI-UPR celebra la Semana Internacional del Acceso Abierto 2013

La Escuela Graduada de Ciencias y Tecnologías de la Información,

de la Universidad de Puerto Rico,

se une con júbilo a la celebración de la Semana Internacional de Acceso Abierto 2013

y se complace en presentar su programa:…

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Added by Luisa Vigo-Cepeda on October 21, 2013 at 1:51am — No Comments

OA Week at the Claremont Colleges

Our theme for 2013 is Promoting OA Scholarship.

We have two events aimed at library staff education and participation. The third event (outside of OA week dates) is aimed at helping faculty and students understand the facts and let go of the myths about OA student (including undergraduate) scholarship.

Added by Allegra Swift on October 20, 2013 at 6:57pm — No Comments

Open Access Week Events, McMaster University

My goal this year is to raise awareness about Open Access on campus. Library staff and student volunteers from McMaster's Free Culture Club will be manning an information desk in the lobby of the largest library on campus, Mills Memorial Library. We will be distributing Right to Research handouts, OA buttons and Hallowe'en treats! We will also be promoting two drop-in sessions. The Schedule of Events may be accessed from the article on the University Library's Blog site …

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Added by Olga Perkovic on October 20, 2013 at 12:45pm — No Comments