[BOAI] Re: Open Access Week 2010 declared for October 18 to 24 --Researchers challenged to demonstrate the impact of OpenAccess on research and scholarship

Thu Apr 29 14:50:11 BST 2010

>Not so in developing countries, Mr. Kleiman, 
>where it is extremely difficult to have access 
>to the materials we need to conduct our research 
>because our libraries are almost empty (only 
>subscribe to a few journals and not the 
>top-notch ones ... and no books).
Françoise Salager-Meyer
(Universidad de Los Andes. Mérida. Venezuela)

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>Most research and scholarly publications are 
>read by 'insiders' who for the most part have 
>open access through libraries and Fair Use. I am 
>a researcher and scholar and have access to 
>anything published in the world. So what's the 
>point?
>
>Second your practice of moderating e-mails is 
>contrary to your stated goal of open access.
>
>Allen Kleiman
>
>
>
>From: boai-forum-bounces at ecs.soton.ac.uk 
>[mailto:boai-forum-bounces at ecs.soton.ac.uk] On 
>Behalf Of Iryna Kuchma
>Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 3:22 AM
>To: boai-forum
>Subject: [BOAI] Open Access Week 2010 declared 
>for October 18 to 24 --Researchers challenged to 
>demonstrate the impact of OpenAccess on research 
>and scholarship
>
>[Forwarded message from Jennifer McLennan]
>
>
>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>April 28, 2010
>
>For more information, contact:
>Jennifer McLennan
>(202) 296-2296 ext. 121
>jennifer [at] arl [dot] org
>
>Open Access Week 2010 declared for October 18 to 24
>Researchers challenged to demonstrate the impact 
>of Open Access on research and scholarship
>
>(Washington, DC) Open Access Week, the global 
>event to promote free, immediate, online access 
>to research now entering its fourth year, has 
>been declared for October 18 to 24, 2010. Open 
>Access Week is an opportunity for the worldwide 
>academic and research community to continue to 
>learn about the potential benefits of Open 
>Access (OA), to share what they've learned with 
>colleagues, and to inspire wider participation 
>in helping to make Open Access a new norm in 
>scholarship and research.
>
>"Open Access Week has evolved from a one-day 
>student event on a dozen campuses to a truly 
>global phenomenon," said Jennifer McLennan, Open 
>Access Week program director at SPARC (the 
>Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources 
>Coalition). "We've seen participation expand to 
>include hundreds of university and college 
>campuses, research institutes, funding agencies, 
>libraries, and think tanks - all connecting the 
>fast-growing global momentum toward openness 
>with the advancement of policy changes on the 
>local level." In 2009, Open Access Week spurred 
>the announcement of actions including expanded 
>open-access publication funds, the adoption of 
>institution-wide open-access policies, and the 
>release of new reports on the societal and 
>economic benefits of OA.
>
>This year's OA Week preparations kick off with a 
>challenge to researchers from Dr. Philip E. 
>Bourne, Professor of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical 
>Sciences at the University of California San 
>Diego and Founding Editor-in-Chief of PLoS 
>Computational Biology. In a video posted to the 
>OA Week Web site, Bourne calls upon scholars to 
>think beyond free and ready access to the 
>literature - made possible by Open Access - and 
>consider how technology may be deployed to 
>advance research, to truly mine the increasing 
>amount of available literature.
>
>He says, "What I think ultimately will be the 
>main success of Open Access, is that you have 
>the full text of the literature in an XML format 
>that can be analyzed and used by computer. The 
>idea that we'll be able to keep up with [the 
>volume of literature being published] is just 
>untenable. To actually make full use of the 
>literature, we're going to require tools to help 
>us." He challenges his peers in the research 
>community to surface efforts like SciVee (a new 
>type of learning experience that mashes up 
>journal articles with rich media) and UCSD's 
>BioLit (an initiative to integrate database 
>identifiers and rich meta-data from open-access 
>articles with biological databases) - both of 
>which "would not be possible without unbridled 
>and free access to the literature."
>
>Challenges like Dr. Bourne's, and responses to 
>them - experiences and projects that demonstrate 
>the power of Open Access to enable the Web and 
>advance discovery - will be highlighted across 
>global efforts in conjunction with the Week. 
>Details may be posted or linked on the Open 
>Access Week Web site by October 10, 2010.
>
>The new Open Access Week Web site, at 
><http://www.openaccessweek.org>http://www.openaccessweek.org, 
>details how participants across sectors - from 
>research funders and producers to students and 
>libraries - have taken advantage of the event to 
>advance Open Access, and offers ideas for 2010.
>
>"There are a multitude of ways to participate in 
>OA Week," said Alma Swan, program adviser. "It 
>can be as simple as wearing a bright orange 
>shirt or as complex as introducing a new OA 
>policy. OA Week may also be the chance to let 
>your imagination have full rein and come up with 
>something ambitious, wacky, or fun."
>
>Organizations and individuals planning to 
>participate or interested in more information 
>about Open Access Week 2010 should register now 
>on the Web site for access to regional and 
>global contacts and resources.
>
>Open Access Week is organized by SPARC (the 
>Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources 
>Coalition), with expert guidance from an 
>international panel of Open Access leaders. 
>Program advisers include: Subbiah Arunachalam 
>(Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore), 
>Leslie Chan (University of Toronto, Scarborough, 
>OASIS), Melissa Hagemann (Open Society 
>Institute), Thomas Hickerson (University of 
>Calgary), Heather Joseph (SPARC), Iryna Kuchma 
>(eIFL.net), Li Lin (National Science Library, 
>CAS), Donna Okubo (Public Library of Science), 
>Robin Peek (Open Access Directory, Simmons 
>College), Carolina Rossini (Berkman Center), 
>Nick Shockey (Right to Research Coalition), 
>Peter Suber (Berkman Center, Earlham College, 
>SPARC), Alma Swan (Key Perspectives Ltd, OASIS), 
>Ikuko Tsuchide (Digital Repository Federation, 
>Japan), Xiaolin Zhang (National Science Library, 
>CAS).
>
>For more information, visit the Open Access Week 
>Web site at 
><http://www.openaccessweek.org>http://www.openaccessweek.org.
>
>##
>
>SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic 
>Resources Coalition), with SPARC Europe and 
>SPARC Japan, is an international alliance of 
>more than 800 academic and research libraries 
>working to create a more open system of 
>scholarly communication. SPARC's advocacy, 
>educational, and publisher partnership programs 
>encourage expanded dissemination of research. 
>SPARC is on the Web at 
><http://www.arl.org/sparc>http://www.arl.org/sparc.
>
>-------------------------------------
>Jennifer McLennan
>Director of Programs & Operations
>SPARC
><mailto:jennifer at arl.org>jennifer at arl.org
>(202) 296-2296 x121
>Fax: (202) 872-0884
>*******************************
>SPARC 2010 Digital Repositories Meeting
>November 8 & 9 - Baltimore, MD
><http://www.arl.org/sparc/media/09-0223.shtml>http://www.arl.org/sparc/media/09-0223.shtml
>*******************************
>Open Access Week 2010
>October 18 - 24. Everywhere.
><http://www.openaccessweek.org>http://www.openaccessweek.org
>*******************************
><http://www.arl.org/sparc>
>
>
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