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Open Access Week 2009: October 19-23

Posted 10/14/2009

MADISON, Wis. –Less than one week from today, more than 200 sites around the globe will participate in Open Access Week 2009. Research institutes, colleges, universities, and advocacy organizations everywhere will host events or wear buttons to express their support for free, immediate, online access to the results of scholarly research. In anticipation of this global event, SPARC is offering a series of updates and resources to help raise awareness and advance discussion.

*SPARC releases Open Access 101 video*:  In partnership with student advocates, who are increasingly active around Open Access issues, SPARC has developed a new, animated Open Access 101 video. This 3-minute clip highlights the widespread concern among students for the cost of access, the dynamics of the scholarly publishing process, how Open Access is
made possible, and the opportunities created by the open accessibility and reuse of research results. Open Access 101 is available to view or download free..

Open Access Week is supported by a broad array of partners, who promote participation in the week as well as programming specific to their constituencies. This year’s partners include: SPARC Europe, SPARC Japan, Directory of Open Access Journals (Sweden), Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (UK), SciELO-FAPESP-BIREME (Brazil), The Open Society Institute (New York & Budapest), SURF (The Netherlands), Open-access.net (Germany), The Public Knowledge Project (Canada), My Open Archive (Japan), DuraSpace (US), and IssueLabs (US).

Here are five ways YOU can participate in Open Access Week 2009:

1. OPEN your email, go viral. Send a video link or 3 little-known OA facts to your friends online.

2. OPEN your sense of style. Wear a t-shirt, button or sticker promoting Open Access week.

3. OPEN a video. Invite a few friends – online, in person, or at your next class – and play one of the Voices of Open Access videos.

4. OPEN a table. In your library, in your department or faculty lounge, or in the student union, set up a table where you can talk with friends and colleagues about Open Access. Take advantage of available sticker templates, flyers, and posters.

5. OPEN an event invitation. It’s not too late to invite your contacts to get together anytime from October 19 – 23. Tight schedules? Get together by phone. Watch or listen to a video and then open discussion.



 



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