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color="#0000FF">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).</font></blockquote>
<div><font color="#0000FF">Françoise Salager-Meyer</font></div>
<div><font color="#0000FF">(Universidad de Los Andes. Mérida.
Venezuela)</font></div>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"
color="#0000FF">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?</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"
color="#0000FF">Second your practice of moderating e-mails is contrary
to your stated goal of open access.</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"
color="#0000FF">Allen Kleiman</font></blockquote>
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size="-1"><b>From:</b> boai-forum-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk
[mailto:boai-forum-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk]<b> On Behalf Of</b> Iryna
Kuchma<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 29, 2010 3:22 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> boai-forum<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [BOAI] Open Access Week 2010 declared for October 18
to 24 --Researchers challenged to demonstrate the impact of OpenAccess
on research and scholarship</font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>[Forwarded message from<b> Jennifer
McLennan</b>]<br>
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br>
April 28, 2010<br>
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For more information, contact:<br>
Jennifer McLennan<br>
(202) 296-2296 ext. 121<br>
jennifer [at] arl [dot] org<br>
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Open Access Week 2010 declared for October 18 to 24<br>
Researchers challenged to demonstrate the impact of Open Access on
research and scholarship<br>
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(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.<br>
<br>
"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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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."</blockquote>
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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.<br>
<br>
The new Open Access Week Web site, at <a
href="http://www.openaccessweek.org">http://www.openaccessweek.org</a
>, 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.<br>
<br>
"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."<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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).<br>
<br>
For more information, visit the Open Access Week Web site at <a
href="http://www.openaccessweek.org">http://www.openaccessweek.org</a
>.<br>
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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 <a
href="http://www.arl.org/sparc">http://www.arl.org/sparc</a>.<br>
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Jennifer McLennan<br>
Director of Programs & Operations<br>
SPARC<br>
<a href="mailto:jennifer@arl.org">jennifer@arl.org</a><br>
(202) 296-2296 x121<br>
Fax: (202) 872-0884<br>
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SPARC 2010 Digital Repositories Meeting<br>
November 8 & 9 - Baltimore, MD<br>
<a
href="http://www.arl.org/sparc/media/09-0223.shtml"
>http://www.arl.org/sparc/media/09-0223.shtml</a><br>
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Open Access Week 2010<br>
October 18 - 24. Everywhere.<br>
<a
href="http://www.openaccessweek.org">http://www.openaccessweek.org</a><br
>
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<a href="http://www.arl.org/sparc"><br>
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