A global event, now in its 7th year, promoting Open Access as a new norm in scholarship and research.
OA Week Events
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Open Access Mexico
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Online Global Science Fair
March 31, 2014 at 6pm to June 1, 2014 at 1am – www.WeShareScience.com
Blog Posts
Vachana Sanchaya: Bringing access to 11th century Kannada literature
During early 11th century a form of spiritual Kannada language poetry in the Indian state of Karnataka called Vachana sahitya became quite popular. It started flourishing in the 12th century by a religious movement called Lingayatha…
ContinuePosted by Subhashish Panigrahi on April 3, 2014 at 10:30am
Sharing Science
Open access can take many forms and utilize a variety of new social media tools to share research across disciplines, WeShareScience was developed as a new concept for sharing research in new ways. By mashing together Pinterest, TedTalks, and YouTube (with a focus on scientific research) we created a unique place for researchers to share what they are doing and learn from others in many other disciplines -- offering an exciting new…
ContinuePosted by Ryan Watkins on March 31, 2014 at 4:02pm
Navigating the Complexities of Open Access
Join us on an exciting e-discussion "Navigating the Complexities of Open Access" which will take place over two sessions as follows:
Tuesday 25th March: facilitated session midday GMT to 14.00 (GMT)
The first session will explore your different experiences of Open Access in different contexts and will be led by facilitators with experience in working on open access issues and our coordinators based in Africa…
ContinuePosted by darlington on March 25, 2014 at 2:30am
Actual and potential open access to scientific output in a specific country. A case study in Argentina.
This work shows that "There are extremely favourable conditions for Argentina to include a significant share (69%) of its scientific production in Scopus, freely available through OA. This production is published in journals that adhere to some form of OA, in a ratio of 25% for the golden route (“real open access”) and 44% for the green route (“potential access”). In a comparisonof…
ContinuePosted by Nancy Gómez on March 24, 2014 at 9:13am
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Spanish material
Does anybody know if there are any spanish translation to this material?…Continue
Started by Carolina in Sample Title Oct 25, 2013.
OSTP: On Not Putting the Fox in Charge of the Henhouse
Exchange in SIGMETRICS with David Wojick, a consultant to…Continue
Tags: OA, PolicyÈ, "US, fastr, osti
Started by Stevan Harnad in Sample Title Oct 25, 2013.
UK OA Policy: Spoiled But Readily Fixed
I very much hope that my own will not be the only voice in favour of Fred Friend's Sense over Finch/Willetts Folly at the…Continue
Tags: OA Mandates, UK, finch, rcuk
Started by Stevan Harnad in Sample Title Oct 25, 2013.
Fool's Gold: Publisher Ransom for Freedom from Publisher Embargo?
Bob Campbell wrote on the Wiley blog:"…Continue
Tags: fool's gold, hybrid gold
Started by Stevan Harnad in Sample Title Oct 25, 2013.
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