Celebrate International Open Access Week With University Libraries
Celebrate International Open Access Week 2012
Celebrate International Open Access Week, October 22-28, 2012, with the University Libraries. This global event promotes free, immediate, online access to scholarly research.
Open access is a movement dedicated to transforming the traditional closed and costly system for the distribution of scholarly output into one that opens the world of learning to people around the globe. For more info:
- Check out our LibGuide about Open Access
- Read our poster on understanding authors’ rights and Open Access
- Check out our poster on Open Access online or in the Chemistry / Biochemistry Library, CHEM 225
- Watch Open Access 101 for an overview of the issues surrounding free, immediate, and open online access to scholarly research.
- Join the session, “How to make your research Open Access (whether you’re at Harvard or Not)” on Tuesday, October 23, at 12:30 p.m. at http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2012/10/OAweek. Open Access advocates Peter Suber and Stuart Shieber will present the session, answering questions on any aspect of Open Access and recommending concrete steps for making scholarly work open access.
Questions? E-mail librarian Luti Salisbury at lsalisbu@uark.edu.
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Contacts
Jennifer Rae Hartman, public relations coordinator
University Libraries
575-7311,
jrh022@uark.edu
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