[BOAI] Celebrate Open Access Week With DuraSpace and 200 Sites Worldwide

[Peter Suber]

[Forwarding from DuraSpace.  --Peter Suber.]


More than 200 sites around the globe will mark 
Open Access Week 2009, October 19-23, by sharing 
events and resources to raise awareness about the 
concept of Open Access—the idea that all research 
should be freely accessible online, immediately 
after publication. To show your support, and to 
find information on worldwide activities please 
visit <http://openaccessweek.org>http://openaccessweek.org.

To celebrate Open Access Week, 
<http://DuraSpace.org>DuraSpace, which provides 
open technologies for durable digital content, 
has released a 
<http://duraspace.org/oaweek.php>package of tools 
and resources to help information managers 
everywhere make their digital information freely 
available, accessible and durable 
(<http://duraspace.org/oaweek.php>http://duraspace.org/oaweek.php) 
that includes:

     • Tools for Decision-makers: DuraSpace Open 
Technologies spec sheets for DSpace, Fedora Commons & Mulgara

     • Inspiration: Stories from DuraSpace/SPARC 
Open Access Week Contest Winners

     • Education: Learn about DuraSpace Open 
Technologies with “All About Repositories” pre-recorded web seminars

More resources and news on plans for Open Access 
Week 2009 are also available through the Web sites of the organizers:

•    SPARC - <http://www.arl.org/sparc>http://www.arl.org/sparc
•    The Public Library of Science - <http://www.plos.org/>http://www.plos.org/
•    OASIS – <http://www.openoasis.org>http://www.openoasis.org
•    Open Access Directory – <http://oad.simmons.edu>http://oad.simmons.edu
•    SURF – <http://www.surf.nl>http://www.surf.nl
•    JISC – <http://www.jisc.ac.uk>http://www.jisc.ac.uk

Carol Minton Morris
DuraSpace
Director of Marketing and Communications
<mailto:cmmorris at DuraSpace.org>cmmorris at DuraSpace.org
Skype: carolmmorris
607 255-2702
<http://twitter.org/duraspace>Twitter at DuraSpace
http://DuraSpace.org
<http://expertvoices.nsdl.org/duraspace/>http://expertvoices.nsdl.org/duraspace/

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