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Open Access Week Tidbits
It’s not actually a holiday, but for me Open Access Week seems more exciting than ever this year. There’s lots going on during this 5th annual international advocacy event, which runs from October 24-30. Here are a few highlights: Kicking things off last week, John Dupuis over at Confessions of a Science Librarian blogged about [...]
Posted: 25 October, 2011 in Open Access, Scholarly Communications.
Tags: Alex Holcombe, Barbara Fister, John Dupuis, occupyscholcomm, open access week, OpenAccessHulk, pledge, twitter
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Celebrating Open Access Week
Last week was Open Access Week, and my library hosted an afternoon program for faculty. We started things off with a brief introduction to open access scholarly journal publishing. After a quick review of the origins and history of OA, we discussed the benefits of OA journals for faculty, students, libraries, universities, and the general [...]
Posted: 27 October, 2009 in Faculty, Open Access, Scholarly Communications.
Tags: Faculty, open access week, open journal systems
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