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Open Access Week
To broaden awareness and understanding of Open Access
| What | Open Access |
|---|---|
| When |
19 October, 2009 00:00
to 23 October, 2009 00:00 |
| Where | Around the globe |
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19-23 October will mark the first international Open Access Week.
Open Access Week
is an opportunity to broaden awareness and understanding of Open Access to research, including access policies from all types of research funders, within the international higher education community and the general public.
The now-annual event has been expanded from a single day to accommodate widespread global interest in the movement toward open, public access to scholarly research results.
This year, the organizers will highlight a growing suite of educational resources that local hosts can use to design their own programmes on Open Access, for their respective audiences and time zones.
The organizers will also work with registered participants to develop a variety of sample programme tracks, such as “Administrators’ introduction to campus open-access policies and funds,” “OA 101,” and “Complying with the NIH public access policy” that take full advantage of available tools.
Scholars, students, libraries, publishers, individuals, and campuses everywhere are invited to adapt these resources as needed and to mark Open Access Week by hosting an event, distributing literature, blogging, or wearing an Open Access t-shirt.
