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Saturday, October 17, 2009

Open Access Week is just around the corner

International Open Access Week (October 19-23, 2009) is almost upon us -- here's a sampling of some activities worldwide:

JISC and SURF have joined Open Access Week 2009 as Organizers.
SPARC released Open Access 101, a 3-minute video for students on OA.
DuraSpace released a package of tools and resources about its repository software.
The University of Regensburg will launch its IR (Google translation) during OA Week, along with a series of events.
In the U.S., the University of Hawai�i will host discussion panels and an information table for graduate students.
On the other side of the country, the Rochester Institute of Technology will host a series of panel discussions and Webinars.
Cuba will host a week-long series of events (Google translation), culminating with the launch of the Cuban Group for the Development of Open Access.
An article (in English) by the Goethe-Institut discusses OA Week in Germany.
The University of Puerto Rico will host a week of presentations.
In Canada, Carleton University, the University of Ottawa, and the International Development Research Centre will host a series of events in Ottawa.
See the full list of events celebrating Open Access Week on the Open Access Directory -- or add your own!

See also our past posts on OA Week.

Posted by Gavin Baker at 10/17/2009 01:13:00 PM.

The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature on the internet. Making it available free of charge and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. Removing the barriers to serious research.

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I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.