The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) is conducting an online event titled 'The (OA)Week ahead: Getting started on Open Access Week 2011.' The event is scheduled for February 22, 2011, 1:00 - 2:00PM Eastern. Interested parties are invited to join in for a conversation on how to deepen faculty engagement at their institutions.
According to SPARC, the 2010 Open Access Week (OAW) was the largest and most successful yet. With just under 900 participants in 94 countries, the event was three times larger than it was just a year before. Hundreds of videos, photos, blog posts, and more were released to promote and highlight the benefits of Open Access to research and take the conversation even more deeply into the research community. Participants from the academy - including humanists, climate change scientists, provosts, research funders, Nobelists, and lawyers -took advantage of the occasion to share their insights on how Open Access has had an impact on their work and lives.
On February 22, 2011, Heather Joseph and Jennifer McLennan, representing the Open Access Week organizing coalition (SPARC), will present participant feedback from last year and invite suggestions on how to take the Week to yet another level in 2011. Registration for the event is free, but required. RSVP by February 21 at http://sparc.arl.org/civicrm/event/register?id=68&reset=1.
The online event is held in conjunction with Open Access Week 2011 (October 24 - 30). Now entering its fifth year, Open Access Week is an opportunity for the academic and research community to learn about the potential benefits of Open Access (OA), to share ideas with colleagues, and to inspire wider participation in establishing Open Access as a new norm in scholarship and research. Universities, colleges, research institutes, funding agencies, libraries, and think tanks have used Open Access Week as a platform to host faculty votes on campus open-access policies, to issue reports on the societal and economic benefits of Open Access, to commit new funds in support of open-access publication, and more.
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