To accommodate widespread global interest in the movement toward Open Access to scholarly research results, October 19 \u2013 23, 2009 will mark the first international Open Access Week. The now-annual event, expanded from one day to a full week, presents an opportunity to broaden awareness and understanding of Open Access to research, including access policies from all types of research funders, within the international higher education community and the general public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Open Access Week builds on the momentum generated by the 120 campuses in 27 countries that celebrated Open Access Day in 2008. Event organizers SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition), the Public Library of Science (PLoS), and Students for FreeCulture welcome key new contributors, who will help to enhance and expand the global reach of this popular event in 2009: eIFL.net (Electronic Information for Libraries), OASIS (the Open Access Scholarly Information Sourcebook); and the Open Access Directory (OAD).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m participating in Open Access Week again this year because I want to shed light on the tremendous potential of Open Access,\u201d said Allyson Mower, Scholarly Communications & Copyright Librarian for the University of Utah\u2019s Marriott Library. \u201cPeople searching for information usually consume whatever is readily available. Open Access ensures that quality information is at people\u2019s fingertips.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201ceIFL.net works to make intellectual outputs of developing and transitional countries more visible and more easily accessible,\u201d added Rima Kupryte, Director of eIFL.net. \u201cWe believe that Open Access contributes to improved education, teaching, and research, and accelerates innovations and economical developments in these countries. Open Access Week is a great opportunity to promote Open Access globally.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAfter the success of last year\u2019s Open Access Day, we\u2019re delighted to be co-organizing the first ever Open Access Week with our fellow collaborators, again in conjunction with the anniversary of one of our flagship journals,\u201d said Peter Jerram, CEO for the Public Library of Science. \u201cWe ask our supporters to celebrate the fifth anniversary of PLoS Medicine by spreading the word about Open Access and getting involved in the week.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere\u2019s no more certain sign of the momentum behind Open Access to research than an annual, global celebration of this scale,\u201d added Heather Joseph, Executive Director of SPARC. \u201cOccasions like this are the best possible way to attract attention from busy faculty members and administrators, and to demonstrate the widespread appeal of Open Access. It\u2019s SPARC\u2019s pleasure to be working with our partners to realize the event once again this year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For more information about Open Access Week and to register, visit http:\/\/www.openaccessweek.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" To accommodate widespread global interest in the movement toward Open Access to scholarly research results, October 19 \u2013 23, 2009 will mark the first international Open Access Week. The now-annual event, expanded from one day to a full week, presents an opportunity to broaden awareness and understanding of Open Access to research, including access policiesContinue reading “Open Access Week – Oct 19-23”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"syndication":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1250"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1250"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6148,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1250\/revisions\/6148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1250"},{"taxonomy":"syndication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/syndication?post=1250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}