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Friday, October 02, 2009

More activities for OA Week

Here's more of what to expect for the upcoming international Open Access Week (October 19-23, 2009):

Events in Japan will includes panels at the National Institute of Informatics and the University of Tokyo.
In Canada, look for lectures at the University of Calgary and the University of British Columbia and Webcasts from Athabasca University.
The Universidad Nacional de Rosario in Argentina will host a conference on October 22.
The Ohio State University and the University of California, Irvine will host panels in the U.S.
The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations is calling for universities to register their ETD policies in ROARMAP as part of OA Week.
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 10/02/2009 06:01:00 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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