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2015 Open Access Week Advisory Committee

SPARC would like to thank the following members of the 2015 International Open Access Week Advisory Committee:NameAffiliationGinny BarbourAustralian Open Access Support GroupGerald BeasleyUniversity of AlbertaGuy BilodeauUniversité LavalMary BurgessBCcampusDavid CarrollOpen Access ButtonMartin EveOpen Library of the HumanitiesSridhar GutamOpen Access IndiaKazuhiro HayashiNISTEPHeather JosephSPARCAdi KamdarElectronic Frontier FoundationRoshan KarnOpen Access NepalIryna KuchmaEIFLJoseph…See More
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Publishing: Evolution, Disruption & the Future - Session 1. Edinburgh - 12th June 2013

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2014 Open Access Week Planning Kickoff Webcast

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"Hola, espero que aún haya alguien por aquí. Haré un estudio doctoral sobre REA y su adopción en las practicas educativas en escuelas mexicanas a nivel superior. Estoy buscando docentes que usan REA en México,…"
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Open Access Mexico

Me gustaría que este grupo sirviera para que todos los que estamos interesados en el Acceso Abierto en México tengamos nuestro propio foro de discusión y podamos intercambiar ligas, eventos, etcétera.See More
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Cloud Cover: A Favorable Forecast for Open Access in Agriculture

How is the cloud improving open access and open data in agriculture?There is one important aspect of the cloud that is often overlooked, and in my opinion, will allow open access and open data for agriculture to thrive in achieving the fullest access and availability possible.Read Cloud Cover: A Favorable Forecast for Open Access…See More
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Open Access India

For spreading more awareness on opening up of the access to the publicly funded research in India, ‘Open Access India,‘ a community of practice advocating about Open Access, Open data, Open education in India has been formed…See More
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2015 Open Access Week Advisory Committee

SPARC would like to thank the following members of the 2015 International Open Access Week Advisory Committee:

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Ginny Barbour

Australian Open Access Support Group

Gerald Beasley…
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Posted by Nick Shockey on March 3, 2015 at 2:30pm

Cloud Cover: A Favorable Forecast for Open Access in Agriculture

How is the cloud improving open access and open data in agriculture?

There is one important aspect of the cloud that is often overlooked, and in my opinion, will allow open access and open data for agriculture to thrive in achieving the fullest access and availability possible.

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Posted by Michael Marus on February 26, 2015 at 4:42pm

Paperity

I would like to share a little bit about Paperity and what the website has been up to since its launch. Paperity is a multidisciplinary aggregator of Open Access Journals and Papers which was launched in October 2014 and since then it has aggregated more than 2,200 journals and 400,000 multidisciplinary articles. What makes it unique is that it is both an aggregator and multidisciplinary. Through its full-text feature it eases the research process researchers and early career…

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Posted by Natalia Norori on January 30, 2015 at 8:59pm

SOCRATES JOURNAL : MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS AND CONTRIBUTORS

Socrates Journal invites Authors/Researchers and institutions to submit their research papers, manuscripts and proceedings for consideration of publication in the up-coming Issues of the Journal. SOCRATES is an international, multi-lingual, multi-disciplinary,refereed…

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Posted by Saurabh Chandra on December 19, 2014 at 12:38pm

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the impact of poverty on young women in urban areas

 how are 'young women' (age 16-35), affected by poverty in urban areas. What are the characteristics of these impacts which are mostly negative?Continue

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Open Access: A teacher’s point of view

As part of the celebrations for Open Access Week, I've collaborated with a post for Biomed Central about my perspective on open access as a teacher in Brazil. I hope you may find it helpful and there…Continue

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Started by Renata Aquino Ribeiro in Sample Title Oct 25, 2014.

Webinar: Inside the Editors' Office: Launching a Sustainable Open Access Journal

As part of OA Week 2014, the Scholastica team hosted a recorded panel discussion entitled- …Continue

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Started by Danielle Padula in Sample Title Oct 25, 2014.

Open Access & eBooks 5 Replies

Hi, I'm a Brazilian student about to finish my MA at Danube University Krems, Austria. One of my projects (not my thesis proper) is to demonstrate that while the open access agenda has in general so…Continue

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Started by Guilherme Kujawski in Uncategorized. Last reply by Renata Aquino Ribeiro Oct 23, 2014.

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