The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Library Website Team has translated the BOAI 10 Recommendations in Greek

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You are warmly invited to SPARC Europe Open Session in conjunction with the Pre-LIBER conference in Munich, Germany, the 25th of June at 2.30pm-5.30pm.

Venue: Hilton Park Hotel Am Tucherpark 7, 80538.



We will discuss how libraries can make open access work now that open access is moving into the mainstream. Can libraries/universities reallocate funds from the big deals to the support of open access publishing? Speakers for this topic are:



Prof. Björn Brembs,…

We want to make sure you're aware of the Accelerating Science Award Program (ASAP) so that you have the opportunity to nominate a colleague (or yourself) by June 15th. Three (3) top awards of $30,000 each will be presented.



The ASAP program recognizes individuals who have produced an innovation by using, applying, or remixing scientific research that was originally published through Open Access.…

http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/and-away-open-access-portugal

http://www.dailycal.org/2013/05/05/campus-joins-movement-demanding-access-to-research/

Presentación con motivo de la Semana del Acceso Abierto 2012.  A cargo de la Universidad Nacional de Rosario (Argentina) y CLACSO.

"Open access publishing: 10 frequent questions" presentation for the 2012 OA week, prepared by National University of Rosario in Argentina and CLACSO-Latin American Council on Social Sciences…

OA presentation at the 2013 World Summit on the Information Society, UNESCO, Paris, February 25-27, 2013

http://http://es.slideshare.net/Babini/wsis10-dominique-babini

10 minutes country presentations session at UNESCO Regional Latin America and the Caribbean Consultation on Open Access to Scientific Information and Research.  Kingston, Jamaica, 5-8 March 2013

http://es.slideshare.net/Babini/open-access-in-argentina-17236685

- Presentation at the UNESCO Regional Latin America and the Caribbean Consultation on Open Access to Scientific Information and Research. Kingston, Jamaica, 5-8 March 2013

http://http://es.slideshare.net/Babini/clacso-dominique-babini-open-access-in-latin-america

El miércoles 3 de abril Fernando Ariel López nos ilustró sobre la historia y situación actual del Acceso Abierto en Argentina. En la clase, de una hora de duración, Fernando fue contestando a las preguntas que los alumnos le iban formulando a través del chat. Si no pudiste asistir a la clase o quieres repasar la información ofrecida, a continuación publicamos los materiales y la grabación de la charla:

• Grabación de la clase: «…

Hoy viernes 12 de abril 2913, UNESCO anunció que recibirá hasta el jueves 18 de abril, propuestas de los países de América Latina y el Caribe para brindar pequeños apoyos complementarios para:

1) Materiales de sensibilización sobre el acceso abierto, preparados para América Latina y el Caribe.  Quienes pueden entregar en pocas semanas materiales que sean de utilidad para toda la región, pueden enviar a Bhanu Neupane <b.neupane@unesco.org> con copia a Hara Padhy…

To celebrate the Open Access Week, I used the template for my presentations

see http://www.slideshare.net/rc_sharma

El Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO) es una institución internacional no-gubernamental, creada en 1967 y que mantiene relaciones formales de consulta con la UNESCO. En la actualidad nuclea un total de 323 centros de investigación y programas de docencia de grado y posgrado en Ciencias Sociales radicados en 25 países de América Latina y el Caribe, en…

Redalyc, the network of scientific journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal has taken a step forward by launching a new website.  

Search and get not only full-text articles but also metrics based on scientific output for countries and institutions.

Visit redalyc.org

http://www.dailycal.org/2013/02/01/uc-research-should-be-free/

Call for Proposals: Digital Frontiers 2013

September 19-21, 2013

University of North Texas, Denton, TX

The University of North Texas Digital Scholarship Co-Operative and UNT Libraries invite proposals for Digital Frontiers 2013, a conference that brings together the users and builders of digital resources for research and education.

Digital libraries provide unprecedented access to materials, and this has dramatically expanded the…

Dear Members, you are invited to contribute blog posts for Open Access India blog which is recently launched. Please see the link for the blog http://oaindia2013.wordpress.com/

Allama Iqbal Library, University of Kashmir organized a “one day seminar on Open Access Resources” on 18^th December, 2012 to create greater understanding about the benefits of Open Access Resources in scholarly communication and to highlight different Open Access Resources in various subject fields. The seminar was attended by the University Officials, Academics, Research Scholars and students, besides various College Principles and Librarians…

The University of Kentucky Libraries hosted these events to celebrate this year's Open Access Week:

• Oct. 22: OA Café
• Oct. 22: Screening of the SPARC World Bank Webcast
• Oct. 24: Keynote event: Scholarship Unlocked: The Future of Open Access

Our keynote speaker was Dr. David Solomon from Michigan State University. He provided an overview of the growth and direction of OA publishing/archiving. He also discussed some of the new directions in OA and…