Today I would like to draw your attention to the upcoming PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference 2011 which will take place in just about one month from now.

The Third International PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference will be held from September 26 - 28, 2011 at Freie…

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: …