Electronic Publishing Trust for Development is launching an award for OA activists in developing countries. Full details at

http://epublishingtrust.blogspot.com/

Athabasca University is participating in its third international Open Access Week – October 24-30, 2011 – to broaden awareness and understanding of open access.

For Events, please visit our site at http://openaccess.athabascau.ca or e-mail tonyt@athabascau.ca.  We look forward to seeing you…

[Reposted from the Higher EDucation Development Association (HEDDA) blog.]

1. Open access (OA) is not synonymous with OA publishing (gold OA). OA means…

1. First, congratulations to Princeton University (my graduate alma mater!) for adopting an open access mandate: a copyright-reservation policy, adopted by unanimous faculty vote.

2. Princeton is following in the footsteps of Harvard in adopting the copyright-reservation policy pioneered by Stuart Shieber and Peter…

This event is part of the training activity of the European project NECOBELAC

fostering OA publishing in public health through a network of collaborating institutions  in Europe and Latin America

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KTH puts focus on the International Open Access Week.

We will organise lectures, seminars and discussions.

Among other things we wish to draw attention to the new KTH policy on scientific publishing.

KTH Open Access Week

To celebrate the appointment of Dr. Rory McGreal as the UNESCO/Commonwealth of Learning Chair in Open Educational Resources (OER), Athabasca University is presenting a series of five noon hour webcasts exploring major issues and opportunities presented by OER. Each session will feature an internationally known promoter and developer of open educational resources, research, or ideas.…

Stockholm University proudly presents a great program for the Open Access week. Speakers from Google and PEER project (earlier representing Max Planck-society Digital Library) will discuss copyright issues, digital innovations in scholarly communication and much more!

No fee – Open Access of course!

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Urgently needed! A symbol or character version of the Open Acces logo to be used in Word!!!! So no icon or image but a character like the Copyright character © that we all know! #openaccess …

Currently, all available doorhangers have been requested and are prepared for shipment.

Open Access Week is approaching! I am proud to announce that @mire has committed to an official sponsorship of this initiative. As part of our involvement, we have produced Open Access Week doorhangers that we intend to send out to institutions…

SHOW (Share/OpenAccess/Worldwide) will be the first-of-its-kind event to celebrate Open Access Week in Croatia, held through October, 26 to October 27th 2011 at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences within the University Campus in Rijeka, Croatia.

The idea is to raise awareness among Croatian students about the importance of free flow of information and open access to research literature, which is not a familiar term, by raising…

The Georgia Tech Library has consistently supported open access to scholarly literature. Dr. Nielsen, and other supporters, are trying to extend the concept, beyond just finished products, to the actual process of creating new scientific knowledge.  We hope this presentation will help spark further campus-wide conversations on both open science and open access issues.

- Lori Critz, Georgia Tech Subject Librarian and Faculty Engagement Department Head

Dear OA Workers and friends

Some good news:

1.  UWC Library will be recruiting nationally for a new position: Head: Repository and Digital Scholarship Services.  Really looking forward to opening a new chapter for Openness at UWC with a dedicated staff member.  The ad should appear in Sunday Times before end of October - maybe coincide with OA Week!

2.  This year, we're putting our money where our mouth is with an opportunity for UWC researchers.  See the…

If you're a student or interested in working with students during this year's Open Access Week, be sure to join our Student OA Week Organizers group!  There you can post your plans for the week to inspire others, ask questions, and get help to make your Open Access Week plans as successful as possible.  This year, students will be a bigger part of OA Week than ever, and the Student OA Week Organizers…

Dear Colleague,

BioMed Central will be holding the Open Access Africa 2011 free two-day conference at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana, 25 – 26 October 2011, and we would like to personally invite you to attend the event.

Now in its second year, the conference will discuss the benefits of open access publishing in an African context, from the perspective of both readers seeking access to information, and researchers seeking…

Open Access Week Idea Swap

Another free SPARC online event

Monday, October 3, 2011

1:00 – 2:00PM Eastern

Registration is free, but required. RSVP by September 29 at http://sparc.arl.org/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=90

In 2010, Open Access Week (OAW) was the largest and most successful yet. With just under 900 participants in 94 countries, last…

If you're planning an event for OA Week this year, please add the details to the OA Week section of the Open Access Directory.

It's organized by region, and should help event…

Hello OA friends!! We are getting geared up for an exciting week in October at George Mason University--setting up space, ordering materials, planning outreach, etc. I would love to hear about activities you have planned this year to involve students and faculty.

Today I would like to draw your attention to the upcoming PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference 2011 which will take place in just about one month from now.

The Third International PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference will be held from September 26 - 28, 2011 at Freie…