SPARC Europe, an alliance of European research libraries, library organisations and research institutions, has announced a free SPARC Europe online event. The event is scheduled for June 7, 2011, from 12:00 - 1:00 PM GMT. Registration is free, but required, and limited to SPARC worldwide members.
Open Access Infrastructure for Research in Europe (OpenAIRE) is a three-year project funded by the European Commission that seeks to create an opportunity for countries and academic institutions throughout Europe to collectively make the case for open access and support its realisation. OpenAIRE supports the implementation of the EC's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) - Open Access Pilot and the European Research Council Guidelines on Open Access - by focusing on digital repositories, and developing an infrastructure for open access along with a support network across Europe. Specifically, researchers are supported in depositing their peer-reviewed research articles in institutional or disciplinary repositories, if available, or into the OpenAIRE Orphan Repository hosted by CERN.
The initiative is seen as an important development in the open access movement in Europe, providing a key collaborative opportunity for libraries. SPARC Europe will host Inge van Nieuwerburgh, a regional coordinator for OpenAIRE, on June 7, to explore project features, approaches, risks, challenges, and future directions for the projects, as well as to explore ways libraries can be actively involved in the project. This SPARC Europe webcast is open to all SPARC members (SPARC North America, SPARC Japan and SPARC Europe).
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