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Open Access Week 2013: Other Events

This guide describes the U of M Libraries' plans for Open Access Week 2013 and provides resources for OA topics. Check here periodically for new developments.

Open Access Week Events Worldwide

Monday, October 21

3:00 to 4:30 pm (EDT)

SPARC/World Bank Open Access Week Kickoff Webcast: Redefining Impact

SPARC (The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) and the World Bank will co-sponsor the kickoff event for Open Access Week 2013.

Tuesday, October 22

9:30 to 10:50 am (PDT)

Open Access Megajournals--Have They Changed Everything?

The University of British Columbia Library has organized a live stream presentation by Dr. Peter Binfield who led PLOS One for four years until mid-2012 and left PLOS to cofound PeerJ.

3:30 to 4:30 pm (EDT)

Protect Your Patrons From Predatory Publishers

To celebrate Open Access Week in 2013, Scholar Commons and ResearchOne at the University of South Florida together with NASIG (the North American Serials Interest Group), have teamed up to present this free webinar.  Speaker Jeffrey Beall will provide an overview of the issues related to scholarly open-access publishing of importance to academic librarians.

Wednesday, October 23

10:00 to 10:50 am (PDT)

Open Freedoms--Open Practices

The University of British Columbia Library has organized a live stream presentation by Paul Stacey from Creative Commons as he explores the extent to which Open Educational Resources, MOOC’s, open access, and other open education innovations are embodying and leveraging the free software and free culture movements.

1:00 to 2:00 pm (CDT)

What is the Role of the Librarian in an Open Access World?

Join SAGE for a free webinar that will discuss how in an open access environment, librarians will continue to serve as intermediaries, facilitatiors, and advocates between authors and publishers.

Friday, October 25

3:00 to 6:00 pm (BST)

Open [access, data, source]: science & data in the 21st century

The way scientists and researchers communicate their work is evolving. From the University of Edinburgh, a number of talks exploring the open access/data landscape.