Hacking popular culture, open textbooks, and more at this year's U of U OA week http://marriottlibrary.wordpress.com/2011/08/18/oaweek/

"Paul Ginsparg, founder of the preprint server, reflects on two decades of sharing results rapidly online — and on the future of scholarly communication"

A few quotes from the above article:

PG: "Even today, fields vary hugely in how they recognize intellectual precedence. It baffles me that scientists in some fields can announce a result in a public forum, such as a meeting, while another group can reproduce the results, publish first in a journal, and be given…

Check out the Dutch website for the Open Access weekS: www.surfsites.nl/open2011en/

We aim to make international Open Access Week a success in 2011 again. This year  we will be taking things a step further and dealing with both research and education.

The focus during the first week (24 to 28 October) will be on Open…

Dear friends

Next to the OPEN ACCESS WEEK 2011, we are trying to develop an integrated program about activities that involved institutions will develop in the countries of Latin America.

You can share the details about your events by our group: …

"It is possible," says the doorkeeper, "but not at the moment."

-Franz Kafka, 'Before the Law'

I know: that term, 'paradigm shift'. It embodies its own contradiction: easier said than done.

Declarative rather than performative. Simply saying it does not make it…

In response to overwhelming demand, SPARC is now welcoming sponsors to the 2011 Open Access Week. Your financial contributions will help make this year's event a huge hit -- and it's a great chance to highlight your company or organization's work for a worldwide audience. Take a look at the benefits here: http://openaccessweek.org/pages/sponsorship

We'll look forward to hearing from you!

The Public Knowledge Project is pleased to announce that, in partnership with the Freie Universität Berlin, the Third International PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference will be held from September 26 - 28, 2011 in Berlin, Germany:

From my blog "Copyright on Campus"

Is academia at war with the publishing industry? Today, University of Michigan Dean of Libraries Paul Courant wrote that publishers have declared war upon us. Columbia University's James Neal…

To promote understanding of Open Access, the information platform open-access.net initiated a series of short films. In a charming and humorous manner, the value chain of academic publishing and the principles of Open Access are explained. The films (sponsored by the German Research Foundation, DFG) are in German and in English and will be gradually published on open-access.net's YouTube channel. Have fun and help spread the word! (The films are licensed under CC BY 3.0 Unported.)…

At this February 22 event, we hosted a conversation on how to deepen faculty engagement at your institution. Heather Joseph and Jennifer McLennan, representing the Open Access Week organizing coalition (SPARC), presented the theme for OA Week 2011 plus participant feedback from last year and invited your suggestions on how to take the Week to yet another level in 2011.

http://sparc-na.blip.tv/file/4864671/

DRF is pleased to announce the release of a new report.

"hita-hita -- Institutional OA Advocacy in Japan"

http://bit.ly/fCLmG1

The term “hita-hita” was employed to signify something that penetrates gently and smoothly. As of 2011, a total of 760,000 research papers are accessible through IRs across Japan. Open Access (OA) is not politically forced at state level or institution level. Instead, we have built…

eIFL put together a great wish list after last week's Webcast conversation. Take a look. What would you add?

http://www.eifl.net/news/your-wish-list-open-access-week?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

 The (OA)Week ahead: Getting started on Open Access Week 2011

Another free SPARC online event

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

1:00 – 2:00PM Eastern

Registration is free, but required. RSVP by February 21 at http://sparc.arl.org/civicrm/event/register?id=68&reset=1.  

In 2010, Open Access Week (OAW) was the largest and most successful yet. With just under 900…

A presentation by Rania Baleela (Sudan) and Pablo de Castro (Spain). 

"Open Access promotion and dissemination activities in developing countries should now materialise in a growing number of operating repositories with a critical mass of locally-based research contents which may come of use for solving problems that affect the whole society in those countries."

http://e-archivo.uc3m.es/bitstream/10016/9712/1/OA_worldmapping_Africa.pdf

With thanks to Benjamin Hettig. Details are in the original post at http://www.viewsoftheworld.net/?p=1092.