October 22 - 28, 2018 | Everywhere

All speaker Events (9)

UoR Open Access Week Keynote Opening Event

October 18, 2010 from 7pm to 8:45pm – University of Redlands, Casa Loma Room Kevin Driscoll, board member of Students for Free Culture and a Ph.D. candidate from the University of Southern California, has been invited to speak on the connections between free sharing of schola… Organized by Melissa Cardenas-Dow | Type: speaker

OpenOxford, Open Access, and the Transformation of Discovery: Recent Developments in Open Access, Collections and Systems Support for Research-Intensive Universities

September 19, 2013 from 9:30am to 3pm – 272 Hillman Library You are invited to hear Catriona Cannon, Associate Director of the Bodleian Libraries, co-editor of Transforming the Bodleian, and member of the arXiv advisory board, speak to the ULS on reconstruct… Organized by OA@Pitt | Type: open, access, guest, speaker

Open Access Week Event: Copyright & Your Research, Presentation by Peter B. Hirtle

October 22, 2013 from 4pm to 5pm – Ballroom A, University Club Featured Speaker: Peter Hirtle, Senior Policy Advisor, Cornell University Library, and Research Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet Security and Society, Harvard University As publishing options in… Organized by OA@Pitt | Type: open, access, guest, speaker

Open Access Week Event:The White House Directive on Open Access and Its Impact on Researchers and Universities

October 24, 2013 from 4pm to 5pm – Ballroom A, University Club Featured Speaker: Michael W. Carroll, Professor of Law and Director, Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, American University, Washington College of Law. Institutional support f… Organized by OA@Pitt | Type: open, access, guest, speaker, white, house, directive

Culture Change in Academia: Making Sharing the New Norm

October 22, 2014 from 3pm to 4:30pm – University of Pittsburgh, University Club, Ballroom B Keynote speaker: Erin McKiernan, postdoctoral fellow in psychology at Wilfrid Laurier University and Open Access advocate; panel of University of Pittsburgh faculty members Join a lively discussion… Organized by OA@Pitt | Type: keynote, speaker

Kill the academic journal? Sorry and please! Gerald Beasley, Vice Provost and Chief Librarian (UofA)

October 19, 2015 from 11am to 12pm – Canada 2015 is the 350th anniversary of the birth of the academic journal: the “Journal des scavans” in France and the Royal Society of London’s “Philosophical Transactions” both began publishing in 1665. T… Organized by Mount Royal University Library | Type: speaker, series

Promoting Progressive Approaches to Open Access, Richard Hayman (Digital Initiatives Librarian, MRU)

October 21, 2015 from 10am to 11am – Canada This session critically addresses contemporary scholarly communication issues related to academic publishing and the serials crisis. Richard will discuss benefits of choosing to publish in OA journa… Organized by Mount Royal University Library | Type: speaker, series

Open Educational Resources in the Western Canadian Post-Secondary Context, Cari Merkley, Erika Smith, Eric Queenan (OER Working Group, MRU)

October 22, 2015 from 11am to 12pm – Canada This session provides an introduction to topics and themes, including student and institutional perspectives, regarding Open Educational Resources (OER) that are developing within the Western Canadia… Organized by Mount Royal University Library | Type: speaker, series