October 2010 Blog Posts (83)
OPENING ACCESS
At first I thought boyfriends would let their girlfriends read through their texts. Then I thought of husbands handing over their weekly after work schedules to their stay-at-home
wives. I especially laughed at this first two. They represented fiction. Then I
considered the United States Government publishing ‘real’…
Added by Maxwell Ngala on October 31, 2010 at 2:55am — No Comments
Student Open Access Week Wrap Up
From the Right to Research Coalition's Open Students Blog:
Last week, students from across the US, Canada, and the rest of the world celebrated the 4th annual International Open Access Week. Students organized, presented at, and attended countless OA Week events on campuses all over the world.
4 years ago, students started this annual celebration of Open Access, and…
ContinueAdded by Nick Shockey on October 29, 2010 at 2:00pm — No Comments
You can help make OAW 2011 even bigger!
http://www.formstack.com/forms/?1018715-UtUAzvneer
Your input will really inform the plan for next year, so please complete the survey now -- and no later than November 12.
Thank you!!!
Added by Jennifer McLennan on October 28, 2010 at 1:30pm — No Comments
Open Access Week 2010 Picture/Music Mash-Up
Added by Graham Steel on October 27, 2010 at 4:00pm — No Comments
Mount Saint Vincent University Open Access Policy Approved
Thanks to Dr. James Sawler for presenting the policy on behalf of the committee, to Dr. Mary Jane Harkins for her leadership as committee chair, and to the librarians and archivist at the Mount for their excellent work on this policy and on our institutional repository.
Our policy is based largely on Athabasca U's policy. In addition to Athabasca U, we owe a debt of… Continue
Added by Donna Bourne-Tyson on October 26, 2010 at 2:36pm — No Comments
The Conclusion of Open Access Week 2010
The largest, most successful International Open Access Week yet has just come to a close. With just under 900 participants in 94 countries, this year’s event was no less than three times larger than it was just a year ago. Hundreds of videos, photos, blog posts, and more were released to promote and highlight the benefits of Open Access to research and take the conversation even more… Continue
Added by Jennifer McLennan on October 26, 2010 at 2:00pm — No Comments
JKUAT open acceess week a success
Added by Miriam W. Ndungu on October 26, 2010 at 3:20am — No Comments
New Mandated OA Advantage Findings Extended 2002-2009
Added by yassine gargouri on October 25, 2010 at 11:26am — No Comments
THANK YOU JKUAT
The open access concept will increase visibility of our researchers through global citations,… Continue
Added by Jane on October 24, 2010 at 5:19pm — No Comments
All My OA Postings Are CC-BY for Re-Use by OA Advocates
All OA content I post is CC-BY-NC-ND. Everyone is invited to re-use any of my OA Week postings to promote OA! Most appeared originally in Open Access Archivangelism, which is CC-BY-NC-ND, but I will now add the CC notice to all the OAW materials explicitly.
Question: Does CC-BY-ND give OA advocates all the rights you need, or should I make…
Added by Stevan Harnad on October 24, 2010 at 12:31pm — No Comments
Theme "New titles"
Added by Directory of OA Journals (DOAJ) on October 24, 2010 at 2:00am — No Comments
Raincoat Science: 43 More Open Access Haikus
Added by Stevan Harnad on October 23, 2010 at 9:00am — No Comments
Theme "Cultural Studies and Humanities"
Added by Directory of OA Journals (DOAJ) on October 23, 2010 at 2:00am — No Comments
Video on OA and E-Democracy
Added by Stevan Harnad on October 22, 2010 at 6:00pm — No Comments
Live from Lima - Peru: Open Access Week 2010
Added by Julio Santillán Aldana on October 22, 2010 at 12:37pm — No Comments
OA week (and beyond) at UC Berkeley
Added by Margaret Phillips on October 22, 2010 at 12:24pm — No Comments
OAPEN-UK:new project to experiment with OA models for HSS monographs
The aim of OAPEN-UK is to experiment with scholarly monographs in the humanities and social sciences to find out if open access as a model… Continue
Added by Caren Milloy on October 22, 2010 at 10:08am — No Comments
Theme "Selection criteria"
Added by Directory of OA Journals (DOAJ) on October 22, 2010 at 2:00am — No Comments
Video: Grasping What Is Already Within Immediate Reach: Universal Open Access Mandates (Stevan Harnad)
http://users.ecs.soton.ac.uk/harnad/Temp/pei-1.ppt.mov
http://users.ecs.soton.ac.uk/harnad/Temp/pei-2.ppt.mov Continue
Added by Stevan Harnad on October 21, 2010 at 9:00pm — No Comments
OPEN ACCESS: ALL IN THE FAMILY. Scientists share their personal commitments and connections to Open Access
Read more at… Continue
Added by Jennifer McLennan on October 21, 2010 at 11:30am — No Comments
Featured Blog Posts
- MORE Splendid #Repository Stuff" for #OpenAccess Week: Learn Abt Geology of Grand Canyon State at AZGS
- Interview with Stevan Harnad on Open Access achievements and outbacks (on the occasion of the OA Week)
- Participation of the University of Porto in the 6th edition of the International Open Access Week
- Welcome to the first day of Open Access Week 2012!
- Open Access Week 2011 Dates announced
- Open Access Directory opens for Open Access Week event details
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