<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><h3 style="text-align:center"><font size="6"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">UNESCO's Open Access (OA) Curriculum is now online</span></font></h3><h3 style="text-align:right"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><span style="font-weight:normal">[Apologies for Cross posting]</span></span></h3><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><b>"Building inclusive Knowledge Societies through information and communication" </b>is one of the key objectives for UNESCO's Medium-Term Strategy. By adopting this objective, UNESCO Member States have recognized that knowledge plays a key role in economic growth, social development, cultural enrichment and democratic empowerment. This decision of the Members States has influenced UNESCO‘s Open Access program, through which the organization received a unique mandate to work on OA policy issues; bridge knowledge pools on OA across the world and build capacities to better understand Open Access.</span></font></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><font size="4">Within the overall framework of the organization's strategy on OA, the recent launch of <i><b><a href="http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/resources/news-and-in-focus-articles/all-news/news/unesco_launches_open_access_curricula_for_researchers_and_librarians/#.VQIMJ_mUeCo" target="_blank">OA curricula for Researchers and Library Schools</a></b></i>
by UNESCO highlights its efforts for enhancing capacities to deal with
Open Access issues. The carefully designed and developed sets of OA
curricula for researchers and library and information professionals are
based on two needs assessment surveys, and several rounds of
face-to-face and online consultations with relevant stakeholders.
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<p><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><font size="4">These curricula will soon be converted into
self-directed e-learning tools, which will enable users to self-assess
their knowledge on Open Access and take a learning pace that is
initiated and directed by the learners themselves. UNESCO also aims to
strengthen this initiative by translating the OA curricula into several
languages that will increase their reach and impact.
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<p><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><font size="4">The complete set of five OA modules for researchers
and four OA modules for library schools is now available online and can
be downloaded by clicking the following links:
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<p><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><font size="4"><b>Curriculum for Library Schools<br></b></font></span></p><ul><li><b><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><font size="4">Module 1: <a href="http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0023/002319/231920E.pdf" target="_blank">Introduction to Open Access </a></font></span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><font size="4">Module 2: <a href="http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0023/002322/232204E.pdf" target="_blank">Open Access Infrastructure</a></font></span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><font size="4">Module 3: <a href="http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0023/002322/232201E.pdf" target="_blank">Resource Optimization</a></font></span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><font size="4">Module 4: <a href="http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0023/002321/232199E.pdf" target="_blank">Interoperability and Retrieval</a></font></span></b></li></ul><p><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><font size="4"><b>Curriculum for Researchers</b></font></span></p><ul><li><b><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><font size="4">Module 1: <a href="http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0023/002319/231938e.pdf" target="_blank">Scholarly Communications</a></font></span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><font size="4">Module 2: <a href="http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0023/002322/232207E.pdf" target="_blank">Concepts of Openness and Open Access</a></font></span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><font size="4">Module 3: <a href="http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0023/002322/232208E.pdf" target="_blank">Intellectual Property Rights</a></font></span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><font size="4">Module 4: <a href="http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0023/002322/232210E.pdf" target="_blank">Research Evaluation Metrics</a></font></span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><font size="4">Module 5: <a href="http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0023/002322/232211E.pdf" target="_blank">Sharing your Work in Open Access</a></font></span></b></li></ul><p><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><font size="4">UNESCO promotes Open Access (OA),
with particular emphasis on scientific information (journal articles,
conference papers and datasets of various kinds) emanating from publicly
funded research. Working with partners, UNESCO works to improve
awareness about the benefits of OA among policy makers, researchers and
knowledge managers. Through its global network of Field Offices, Institutes and Centers,
UNESCO facilitates the development and adoption of OA-enabling
policies. In addition, UNESCO engages in global OA debates and
cooperates with local, regional and global initiatives in support of OA.</font></span></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><b>Source</b>:
<a href="http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/resources/news-and-in-focus-articles/all-news/news/unescos_open_access_oa_curriculum_is_now_online" target="_blank">http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/resources/news-and-in-focus-articles/all-news/news/unescos_open_access_oa_curriculum_is_now_online</a> <br></span></font></p><ul><li><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><font size="4">Related Item: "UNESCO's Open Access Curricula for Young Researchers and Librarians" <a href="http://www.dlib.org/dlib/march15/03inbrief.html" target="_blank">http://www.dlib.org/dlib/march15/03inbrief.html</a></font></span></li></ul></div></div></div>