OA presentation at the 2013 World Summit on the Information Society, UNESCO, Paris, February 25-27, 2013

http://http://es.slideshare.net/Babini/wsis10-dominique-babini

10 minutes country presentations session at UNESCO Regional Latin America and the Caribbean Consultation on Open Access to Scientific Information and Research.  Kingston, Jamaica, 5-8 March 2013

http://es.slideshare.net/Babini/open-access-in-argentina-17236685

- Presentation at the UNESCO Regional Latin America and the Caribbean Consultation on Open Access to Scientific Information and Research. Kingston, Jamaica, 5-8 March 2013

http://http://es.slideshare.net/Babini/clacso-dominique-babini-open-access-in-latin-america

El miércoles 3 de abril Fernando Ariel López nos ilustró sobre la historia y situación actual del Acceso Abierto en Argentina. En la clase, de una hora de duración, Fernando fue contestando a las preguntas que los alumnos le iban formulando a través del chat. Si no pudiste asistir a la clase o quieres repasar la información ofrecida, a continuación publicamos los materiales y la grabación de la charla:

• Grabación de la clase: «…

Hoy viernes 12 de abril 2913, UNESCO anunció que recibirá hasta el jueves 18 de abril, propuestas de los países de América Latina y el Caribe para brindar pequeños apoyos complementarios para:

1) Materiales de sensibilización sobre el acceso abierto, preparados para América Latina y el Caribe.  Quienes pueden entregar en pocas semanas materiales que sean de utilidad para toda la región, pueden enviar a Bhanu Neupane <b.neupane@unesco.org> con copia a Hara Padhy…

To celebrate the Open Access Week, I used the template for my presentations

see http://www.slideshare.net/rc_sharma

El Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO) es una institución internacional no-gubernamental, creada en 1967 y que mantiene relaciones formales de consulta con la UNESCO. En la actualidad nuclea un total de 323 centros de investigación y programas de docencia de grado y posgrado en Ciencias Sociales radicados en 25 países de América Latina y el Caribe, en…

Redalyc, the network of scientific journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal has taken a step forward by launching a new website.  

Search and get not only full-text articles but also metrics based on scientific output for countries and institutions.

Visit redalyc.org

http://www.dailycal.org/2013/02/01/uc-research-should-be-free/

Call for Proposals: Digital Frontiers 2013

September 19-21, 2013

University of North Texas, Denton, TX

The University of North Texas Digital Scholarship Co-Operative and UNT Libraries invite proposals for Digital Frontiers 2013, a conference that brings together the users and builders of digital resources for research and education.

Digital libraries provide unprecedented access to materials, and this has dramatically expanded the…

Allama Iqbal Library, University of Kashmir organized a “one day seminar on Open Access Resources” on 18^th December, 2012 to create greater understanding about the benefits of Open Access Resources in scholarly communication and to highlight different Open Access Resources in various subject fields. The seminar was attended by the University Officials, Academics, Research Scholars and students, besides various College Principles and Librarians…

The University of Kentucky Libraries hosted these events to celebrate this year's Open Access Week:

• Oct. 22: OA Café
• Oct. 22: Screening of the SPARC World Bank Webcast
• Oct. 24: Keynote event: Scholarship Unlocked: The Future of Open Access

Our keynote speaker was Dr. David Solomon from Michigan State University. He provided an overview of the growth and direction of OA publishing/archiving. He also discussed some of the new directions in OA and…

Our theme this year is "Set the Default to Openness"and features panel discussions and presentations about Open Learning, the Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA), the International Impact of Open Access, Open Access and graduate students, and a forum with publishers who are making the transition to business models that include Open Access. The week starts with a terrific webinar from SPARC and the World Bank about the World Bank's Open Access…

La Biblioteca de la Universitat Politècnica de València quiere unirse a este acontecimiento como una manera de promocionar el acceso abierto, no sólo como concepto, si no como realidad, materializada en nuestro caso tanto en la Política de Acceso Abierto de la Universitat Politècnica de València como en las diferentes herramientas desarrolladas siguiendo este modelo:

•…

Hello All

We had a very successful Open Access event on 25 October 2012 at our Deakin University Burwood campus in Melbourne, that we are pleased to share via video.  Not only did we have good attendance on campus with over 90 people but we live streamed the event capturing another 127.  A tweet wall provided some interesting commentary throughout as well.

Here is the link to the repository, …

The main activities of this year’s Open Access Week included exhibition of Open Access promotional material as well as Open Source Software which is being used by NUST Library, Information Literacy Skills sessions focusing on Open Access resources, competitions, a Public Lecture on Open Access, Launching of the University Institutional Repository, and the signing of the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities by the Vice…

• Launching of the NUST Institutional Repository by the Vice Chancellor

• Signing of the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in Science and Humanities. 

• NUST became the first Institution in Zimbabwe to sign the Declaration.

• Over 200 members of the University community…

The Scholarly Communications Committee at York University Libraries is happy to announce that the event video is now available online here: http://scholcom.apps01.yorku.ca/drupal/?q=blogvsbook

The audio recordings and slides of Open Access Week @ AIMS are now available on the Agricultural Information Management Standards (AIMS) website.

Open Access specialists Jean-Claude Guédon (University of Montréal), Alma Swan (SPARC,…