In case anyone is interested, here's what CC is doing: http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/23892
On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Parker <[email protected]> wrote: > Is your chapter doing something cool to celebrate? Let us know! Let's > blog/microblog it! > > And check out the link below for an educational video by the awesome people > at SPARC. Maybe think about forwarding it off to friendly professors or > librarians. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Kevin Donovan <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 4:00 PM > Subject: [Board] Fwd: Open Access Week 2010!!! > To: SFC Board <[email protected]>, Discussion of Free Culture in > general and this organization in particular <[email protected]>, > [email protected] > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Julia Mortyakova <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 2:10 PM > Subject: Open Access Week 2010!!! > To: Julia Mortyakova <[email protected]> > > > * > * > Dear Members of the Right to Research Coalition, > > Happy Open Access Week! (October 18-24). > > This is a kick off event video which features some very prominent > scientists/researchers as speakers. If you are looking to promote the idea > of OA to fellow students/faculty/administrators, this is a great video to > show. > > http://www.openaccessweek.org/video/official-open-access-week-1 > > SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) has > announced top international researchers will champion the importance of Open > Access for advancing research at an online event to launch this year’s Open > Access Week (October 18 – 24, 2010). > Nobel Prize-winning scientist and Director of the U.S. National Cancer > Institute Dr. Harold Varmus will offer welcoming remarks. Varmus, a > long-time champion, has been an unparalleled leader in promoting Open Access > in a succession of key roles – from introducing the topic of wider access > and launching PubMed Central to increase public access to the literature as > the Director of the National Institutes of Health, to helping to found the > Public Library of Science, one of the world’s leading open-access > publishers. > Varmus will be joined by Dr. Cameron Neylon, a Senior Scientist at the UK > Science and Technology Facilities Council, biochemist, and author of the > widely read “Science in the Open” blog. Neylon will highlight the kinds of > scientific advances Open Access can facilitate, and discuss current examples > along with future opportunities. A host of leading researchers from around > the globe will also add their voices to the event. > > > > -- > > Julia Mortyakova, D.M.A. > [email protected] > Outreach and Advocacy Coordinator > The Right to Research Coalition > > > > > > > -- > Kevin Donovan > Georgetown '11: SFS > 630.849.8285 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Board mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/board > > > > > -- > http://www.madebyparker.com > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss > >
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