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color=#0000ff size=2>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></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=218483208-29042010><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Second your practice of moderating e-mails is contrary to
your stated goal of open access.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>Allen Kleiman</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><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<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>[Forwarded message from <B class=gmail_sendername>Jennifer
McLennan</B><SPAN dir=ltr>]</SPAN><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote><BR>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<BR>April 28, 2010<BR><BR>For
more information, contact:<BR>Jennifer McLennan<BR>(202) 296-2296 ext.
121<BR>jennifer [at] arl [dot] org<BR><BR>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><BR>(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.”<BR><BR>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"
target=_blank>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"
target=_blank>http://www.openaccessweek.org</A>.<BR><BR>##<BR><BR>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"
target=_blank>http://www.arl.org/sparc</A>.<BR><BR>-------------------------------------<BR>Jennifer
McLennan<BR>Director of Programs & Operations<BR>SPARC<BR><A
href="mailto:jennifer@arl.org" target=_blank>jennifer@arl.org</A><BR>(202)
296-2296 x121<BR>Fax: (202) 872-0884<BR>*******************************<BR>SPARC
2010 Digital Repositories Meeting<BR>November 8 & 9 - Baltimore, MD<BR><A
href="http://www.arl.org/sparc/media/09-0223.shtml"
target=_blank>http://www.arl.org/sparc/media/09-0223.shtml</A><BR>*******************************<BR>Open
Access Week 2010<BR>October 18 - 24. Everywhere.<BR><A
href="http://www.openaccessweek.org"
target=_blank>http://www.openaccessweek.org</A><BR>*******************************<BR><A
href="http://www.arl.org/sparc" target=_blank></A></DIV></BODY></HTML>