International Open Access Week at Cambridge

The Open Access movement worldwide has been gathering pace as top-tier universities embrace the effort to provide free online access to research literature and data. To support understanding of Open Access, the University Library is organising a number of events in October during the International Open Access Week. The events are built around DSpace@Cambridge, the University's institutional Open Access repository. For more information on events during the Open Access week contact Barbara Bultmann bb342@cam.ac.uk and visit:
http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/create_change/events.html

Conference: Open Access Cambridge

This half-day conference will explore different perspectives on Open Access by bringing together representatives from the research community, the publishing sector and from a learned society.

Speakers will include Dr Tim Hubbard, Head of Informatics Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute; Dr James Milne, Editorial Director from the Royal Society of Chemistry Publishing; representatives from BioMed Central and Plos Public Library of Science and DSpace@Cambridge.

Wednesday, 21st October, 2.00 - 5.00, Isaac Newton Institute for
Mathematical Sciences, 20 Clarkson Road, Cambridge

Workshop: How to get published - Author workshop held by BioMed Central and PLoS Public Library of Science

This Author workshop is aimed at young scientists and provides guidelines on how to write a 4* research paper with these Open Access publishers.

Wednesday, 21st October, 10.00 - 12.30, University Centre. Please notify the organizers <mailto:bb342@cam.ac.uk>of your attendance.

Presentation: Open Access: E-theses

The DSpace@Cambridge <http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/> team will talk about Open Access and its implications for the scholarly communication process. The team will also introduce the new electronic PhD thesis deposit scheme starting in Michaelmas Term 2009.

Monday, 19th October, 2.30 - 4.00, University Library, Morison Room (Part of the Research Skills Programme)

Discussion: Open Access Table at the Departments

Drop by to talk to pick up information, learn about the public access policies of the UK funding councils, and talk to Librarians and Repository staff about your publishing questions.

Tuesday 20th October, 10.00 - 14.00 - Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (outside the Level 7 Lounge)

Tuesday 20th October, 14.00 - 16.00 - Medical School (Foyer)

Friday 23rd October, 10.00 - 12.30 - Computer Laboratory

More to be scheduled. If you wish us to attend your department/faculty, please email us.