[GOAL] Last chance to get early-bird rates for #FORCE2019
Hi everyone, Now’s the time to sign up for #FORCE2019 at the discounted early-bird rates. Full rates apply starting Sunday, September 1. *Register here <https://force2019.eventbrite.com/>* This year’s program <https://www.force11.org/meetings/force2019/program/program> features over fifty sessions and three keynote speakers, with tracks on infrastructure for scholarly communication, promoting open research, developing new skills, and trail-blazing new initiatives. We also have three parallel workshops (in the morning and the afternoon!) and a reception on October 15 before the main conference kicks off at the historic BT Murrayfield Rugby Stadium. It’s going to be another great FORCE11 event. Please join us in Edinburgh, October 15 - 17. Register today. https://force2019.eventbrite.com/ We'll look forward to seeing you there # The FORCE11 annual conference is a different kind of meeting, where stakeholders come together – or scrummage – for an open discussion, on an even playing field, to talk about changing the ways scholarly and scientific information is communicated, shared and used. Researchers, publishers, librarians, computer scientists, informaticians, funders, educators, citizens, and others attend the FORCE11 meeting with a view to supporting the realisation of promising new ideas and identifying new potential collaborators. FORCE2019 will be held October 16 and 17, 2019 at the BT Murrayfield Rugby Stadium, with pre-conference workshops at the Grosvenor Hotel on October 15. Please join us. More information about the meeting is available at https://www.force11.org/meetings/force2019 -- -- Jennifer McLennan Head of External Relations //Save the date for #FORCE2019 in Edinburgh <https://www.force11.org/meetings/force2019> - October 15 - 17// https://elifesciences.org <https://elifesciences.org/about> https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmclenna/ -- eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd is a limited liability non-profit non-stock corporation incorporated in the State of Delaware, USA, with company number 5030732, and is registered in the UK with company number FC030576 and branch number BR015634 at the address Westbrook Centre, Milton Road, Cambridge, CB4 1YG. ___ GOAL mailing list GOAL@eprints.org http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal
[GOAL] First talks announced for #FORCE2019
Hi everyone, We’re pleased to announce an early – partial – list of talks and speakers for the FORCE11 meeting this October in Edinburgh. We received nearly 180 outstanding proposals – thank you! – and the Program Committee is now finishing up their work to shape a great program for you. We hope to announce the final program in mid- to late August. For now, we’re happy to say that speakers from MIT, the Open University, Utrecht University, SAGE, Springer Nature, ASAPbio, COAR, Crossref, and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative have all confirmed their participation. They’ll talk about ways to help open citations, the future of preprints, new funding sources for infrastructure, community-building to push for open access, code publication and peer review, registered reports & reproducibility, open competitions to drive innovation, text-mining the scholarly literature, open-source publishing, and collaboration building across teams working with research data. And that’s just the start of what this year’s program will be! (The program committee’s invitations are still going out, so please stand by if you’re waiting to hear about your proposal). Our first list of speakers is now available on the meeting website <https://www.force11.org/meetings/force2019/program/program>. Register now <https://www.force11.org/meetings/force2019> to attend. Thanks! We’ll look forward to seeing you there. -- The FORCE11 annual conference is a different kind of meeting, where stakeholders come together for an open discussion, on an even playing field, to talk about changing the ways scholarly and scientific information is communicated, shared and used. Researchers, publishers, librarians, computer scientists, informaticians, funders, educators, citizens, and others attend the FORCE11 meeting with a view to supporting the realisation of promising new ideas and identifying new potential collaborators. FORCE2019 will be held October 16 and 17, 2019 at the BT Murrayfield Rugby Stadium, with pre-conference workshops at the Grosvenor Hotel on October 15. Please join us. Sponsorship opportunities are available <https://www.force11.org/meetings/force2019/sponsorship-opportunities>. Details on the program and how to register will be made available later this year. To be kept up-to-date, join us on Slack <https://force11slack.herokuapp.com/>, sign up to receive email alerts <http://eepurl.com/dv1rm5>, or follow @force11rescomm <https://twitter.com/force11rescomm> on Twitter. -- -- Jennifer McLennan Head of External Relations //Save the date for #FORCE2019 in Edinburgh <https://www.force11.org/meetings/force2019> - October 15 - 17// https://elifesciences.org <https://elifesciences.org/about> https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmclenna/ -- eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd is a limited liability non-profit non-stock corporation incorporated in the State of Delaware, USA, with company number 5030732, and is registered in the UK with company number FC030576 and branch number BR015634 at the address Westbrook Centre, Milton Road, Cambridge, CB4 1YG. ___ GOAL mailing list GOAL@eprints.org http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal
[GOAL] FORCE2019 call for proposals
(Cross-posted, I'm afraid. Please feel free to share). Hi everyone, We're ready to receive proposals to the FORCE2019 meeting in Edinburgh – October 15 - 17. The deadline to submit posters, flash-talks, workshops, hack-a-thon ideas, everything is June 2. With an over-arching theme of collaboration, which is at the heart of the FORCE11 organisation, the program committee is looking for proposals to help us explore these key ideas: - *Trail-blazing*: A lot is changing in scholarly communications and it's hard to keep up. Can you give an up-to-the-minute review of the landscape of data or software citations, reproducible code, responsible metrics, developments in peer review or anything else that's changing quickly? Are you working on anything cutting-edge? What are the new frontiers of scholarly communication? What will the next generation of researchers want and expect? - *Promoting open research*: How are people and organizations promoting open research and the necessary changes in culture? What's happening at local levels as well as national ones? What role do preprints play? What's happening with Plan S and are you excited or concerned by it? How does it compare to initiatives like Alemi? What other initiatives are being run? How are researchers responding, what works, what doesn't and what remains to be done? - *Infrastructure for research communication*: How, why and when should we be building new infrastructure, be it for doing research, writing, reviewing, publishing or assessing it? Are there times we shouldn't be? When should infrastructure be open? How do open standards help facilitate knowledge exchange, whether the systems are open or not? What areas should we be looking at next? - *Skills*: There is so much for everyone to learn in order to help transform scholarly communications. Can you help researchers learn new skills to function well in an open research environment? How can we get senior researchers to ‘unlearn’ habits of secrecy and embrace academic culture change? What are your top tips for teaching research data management? Can you give an analysis of the changing skills needed for libraries and service providers? How do staff involved in scholarly communications roles acquire the right skills and keep these up to date? Get all the details at https://www.force11.org/article/proposals-now-invited-force2019 We'll look forward to hearing from you! Jen -- -- Jennifer McLennan Head of External Relations +44 7903 288847 (c) http://elifesciences.org -- eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd is a limited liability non-profit non-stock corporation incorporated in the State of Delaware, USA, with company number 5030732, and is registered in the UK with company number FC030576 and branch number BR015634 at the address Westbrook Centre, Milton Road, Cambridge, CB4 1YG. ___ GOAL mailing list GOAL@eprints.org http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal
[GOAL] Treading water in the Scholarly Communications sea? Invitation to attend this year's FORCE11 institute
<https://force11.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5e2d2ee75f2d3afd1d39a666d=f9a609cf2e=e418853c0a> Scholarly communications is so complicated - it’s easy to feel out of your depth. That all-day long feeling that you’re just treading water to keep afloat. And that somewhere out there, something nasty is about to bite or sting. So why not improve your scholarly stroke? Or better still, learn some new strokes? Bring your goggles and towels to FSCI19 <https://force11.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5e2d2ee75f2d3afd1d39a666d=b80f164271=e418853c0a> where you can learn about: - Research Reproducibility in Theory and Practice - FAIR Data in the Scholarly Communications Life Cycle - How To Introduce and Implement Policy in Your Institution and Still Have Friends Afterwards - Educating the Next Generation of Open Scholars: Approaches, Tools, and Tactics - How to Plan and Master Open Access Advocacy Sessions And much, much more. The full course list is here <https://force11.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5e2d2ee75f2d3afd1d39a666d=dc3dd97e1b=e418853c0a> . Find out here <https://force11.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5e2d2ee75f2d3afd1d39a666d=d5a3a21f56=e418853c0a> how to take a deep dive into the Scholarly Communications sea at FSCI2019 <https://force11.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5e2d2ee75f2d3afd1d39a666d=517bfdc412=e418853c0a> You can practice your strokes for real as well in the glorious pools and beaches of LA. We look forward to taking a dip <https://force11.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5e2d2ee75f2d3afd1d39a666d=2bf52ad0a0=e418853c0a> with you this August. Best wishes The FSCI 2019 <https://force11.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5e2d2ee75f2d3afd1d39a666d=b08f5296b3=e418853c0a> Organiz <https://force11.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5e2d2ee75f2d3afd1d39a666d=de2dad6983=e418853c0a> ers <https://force11.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5e2d2ee75f2d3afd1d39a666d=9a2212e4d5=e418853c0a> -- Jennifer McLennan Head of External Relations, eLife https://elifesciences.org/about https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmclenna/ -- eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd is a limited liability non-profit non-stock corporation incorporated in the State of Delaware, USA, with company number 5030732, and is registered in the UK with company number FC030576 and branch number BR015634 at the address Westbrook Centre, Milton Road, Cambridge, CB4 1YG. ___ GOAL mailing list GOAL@eprints.org http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal
[GOAL] University of Edinburgh announced as host for the FORCE11 2019 conference on research communication in the digital age
FORCE11 and the University of Edinburgh are pleased to announce that Edinburgh, Scotland and the historic Murrayfield Rugby Stadium will be host to the FORCE2019 annual meeting, October 15 to 17. “We have a long and powerful tradition for challenging scholarly communication norms here in Edinburgh,” said Dominic Tate, Head of Library Research Support, Edinburgh University Library. “Going back as far as the first Repository Fringe meeting in 2008, we have served as a centre for dialogue around key issues. It’s our pleasure to this year invite the repository community and the world to join us for the FORCE2019 meeting – another gravitational centre for progress.” The FORCE11 annual conference is a different kind of meeting, where stakeholders come together – or scrummage – for an open discussion, on an even playing field, to talk about changing the ways scholarly and scientific information is communicated, shared and used. Researchers, publishers, librarians, computer scientists, informaticians, funders, educators, citizens, and others attend the FORCE11 meeting with a view to supporting the realisation of promising new ideas and identifying new potential collaborators. FORCE11 Chairman Dan O’Donnell added: “FORCE2019 is an exciting opportunity to connect the worldwide community with the special energy and passion of our colleagues in Edinburgh, and the many interesting projects in Scotland – like the Digital Curation Centre and Edina. We thank the University of Edinburgh for partnering with us. We’re looking forward!” FORCE2019 will be held October 16 and 17, 2019 at the BT Murrayfield Rugby Stadium, with pre-conference workshops at the Hilton Grosvenor Hotel on October 15. Sponsorship opportunities are available: https://www.force11.org/meetings/force2019/sponsorship-opportunities. Details on the program and how to register will be made available later this year. To be kept up-to-date, join us on Slack <https://force11slack.herokuapp.com/>, sign up to receive email alerts <http://eepurl.com/dv1rm5>, or follow @force11rescomm <https://twitter.com/force11rescomm> on Twitter. # About the University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1583, is the sixth oldest university in the English-speaking world and the largest university in Scotland. The University’s Library has been a leader in scholarly communications and Open Access for 16 years, having adopted its first open access repository in 2003. The Library’s Research Support Team manages a range of services supporting researchers and students with publications, copyright and the management and curation of research datasets. The Digital Curation Centre (DCC) is an internationally recognised centre of expertise in digital curation with a focus on building capability and skills for research data management. The DCC provides expert advice and practical help to research organisations wanting to store, manage, protect and share digital research data. About FORCE11 FORCE11 (The Future of Research Communication and eScholarship) is a community of scholars, librarians, archivists, publishers and research funders that has arisen organically to help facilitate the change toward improved knowledge creation and sharing. Individually and collectively, we aim to bring about a change in modern scholarly communications through the effective use of information technology. Visit https://www.force11.org for more information -- Jennifer McLennan Head of External Relations, eLife https://elifesciences.org/about @jmclenna +44 (0) 7903 288 847 -- eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd is a limited liability non-profit non-stock corporation incorporated in the State of Delaware, USA, with company number 5030732, and is registered in the UK with company number FC030576 and branch number BR015634 at the address Westbrook Centre, Milton Road, Cambridge, CB4 1YG. ___ GOAL mailing list GOAL@eprints.org http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal
[GOAL] This Friday: Course proposal deadline for FORCE11 scholcomm institute
You can help others learn from your experience in scholcomms. Don't forget the deadline for FORCE11 Scholarly Communication Institute (FSCI 2019) course proposals is THIS FRIDAY! Submit a proposal to teach a course August 5 – 9, 2019 in Los Angeles at UCLA. Learn more here: www.force11.org/fsci/2019/fsci-2019-call-course-submissions See 2018 course schedue here: www.force11.org/fsci/2018/course-list -- Jennifer McLennan Head of External Relations, eLife https://elifesciences.org/about @jmclenna +44 (0) 7903 288 847 -- eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd is a limited liability non-profit non-stock corporation incorporated in the State of Delaware, USA, with company number 5030732, and is registered in the UK with company number FC030576 and branch number BR015634 at the address Westbrook Centre, Milton Road, Cambridge, CB4 1YG. ___ GOAL mailing list GOAL@eprints.org http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal
[GOAL] Submit a course proposal for FSCI2019, FORCE11’s annual scholarly communication institute at UCLA
[Cross-posted! Please share] Do you have research, experience, or skills in Scholarly Communication that you can share with others? Could you help improve Scholarly Communication by proposing and leading a FSCI summer course? Do you want to teach and learn in a premiere community-led Scholarly Communication Summer School? Submit a course proposal for FSCI 2019! New and returning instructors are welcome [Learn more <https://goo.gl/LVDxTu>] DEADLINE: January 18, 2019 *ABOUT FSCI2019* FSCI 2019 (FORCE11 Scholarly Communications Institute) is being held at UCLA in Los Angeles, California from August 5 - 9, 2019. It is the premiere community-led and organised summer school on current trends in Scholarly Communication. Our instructors are community members who are passionate about passing on their knowledge and experience to others in Scholarly Communication and Open Research. They range from up-and-coming researchers and practitioners to world-leading experts. The students they teach come from a wide variety of backgrounds: research, funding, administration, publishing, libraries, and information users; from absolute beginners to discipline leaders. They are eager to learn and represent an excellent source of potential collaborations. Learn more about FSCI at https://www.force11.org/fsci/2019 -- Jennifer McLennan Head of External Relations, eLife https://elifesciences.org/about @jmclenna +44 (0) 7903 288 847 -- eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd is a limited liability non-profit non-stock corporation incorporated in the State of Delaware, USA, with company number 5030732, and is registered in the UK with company number FC030576 and branch number BR015634 at the address Westbrook Centre, Milton Road, Cambridge, CB4 1YG. ___ GOAL mailing list GOAL@eprints.org http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal
[GOAL] FORCE11 and UCLA Library partner to host 2019 FSCI summer institute on open research
(Cross-posted!) FORCE11 is pleased to announce the third annual FORCE11 Scholarly Communication Institute (FSCI) will take place at UCLA from August 5 to 9, 2019. With this move, FORCE11 begins a long-term collaboration with the UCLA Library to plan and present FSCI, and improve understanding and engagement with the fast-changing world of research communication on campuses everywhere. FSCI started in 2017 as a partnership between FORCE11 and the University of California at San Diego. Now setting down roots in Los Angeles, California, FSCI is a week-long summer school in open research for researchers, librarians, publishers, university administrators, funders, students and post-docs that incorporates intensive coursework, seminars, group activities, lectures and hands-on training. Participants learn from leading experts, have the chance to discuss the latest trends and to gain expertise in new technologies. FSCI is transdisciplinary and relevant across the sciences, social sciences and humanities. “Working together with the academic community to explore frontiers in research communications is key to changing practices,” said Ginny Steel, UCLA Norman and Armena Powell University Librarian. “The UCLA Library has been actively involved in efforts to enhance and expand scholarly discourse through openness, and the summer institute will be a valuable forum for us to consider the opportunities and challenges in concert with the international research community. We look forward to welcoming everyone in August.” FSCI courses explore changing practice in data-sharing, authorship, peer review, research assessment, publishing and more. There are courses for those who know very little about current trends and technologies and courses for those ready to pursue advanced topics. FSCI covers scholarly communication from a variety of disciplinary, regional and international perspectives. “We’re so pleased to name the UCLA Library as our partner for FSCI,” added Daniel O’Donnell, Chair of the FORCE11 Board of Directors and Professor of English at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada. “FSCI is a vibrant, inclusive and accessible forum for individuals from across sectors to apply themselves to learn about emerging topics and take them back to their home institutions. The librarian scholars at the UCLA Library are recognised leaders in improving research communication, and together with the wider academic community of UCLA will enrich the FSCI program in fantastic ways.” The 5-day FSCI will take place at UCLA August 5 through 9, 2019. Course information and registration will be available in spring. To be kept up-to-date on details as they emerge, sign up to receive email updates <http://eepurl.com/duVvqX>, join us on Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/events/27333325416/>, or follow @force11rescomm <https://twitter.com/force11rescomm> on Twitter. FSCI2019@UCLA is online at https://www.force11.org/fsci/2019 # About UCLA Library As one of the world’s leading research libraries, the UCLA Library creates a vibrant nexus of ideas, collections, expertise and spaces in which users illuminate solutions for local and global challenges. It constantly evolves to advance UCLA’s research, education and public service mission by empowering and inspiring communities of scholars and learners to discover, access, create, share and preserve knowledge. More information is available on the website at http://www.library.ucla.edu/about About FORCE11 FORCE11 (The Future of Research Communication and eScholarship) is a community of scholars, librarians, archivists, publishers and research funders that has arisen organically to help facilitate the change toward improved knowledge creation and sharing. Individually and collectively, we aim to bring about a change in modern scholarly communications through the effective use of information technology. Visit https://www.force11.org for more information. -- Jennifer McLennan Head of External Relations, eLife https://elifesciences.org/about @jmclenna +44 (0) 7903 288 847 -- eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd is a limited liability non-profit non-stock corporation incorporated in the State of Delaware, USA, with company number 5030732, and is registered in the UK with company number FC030576 and branch number BR015634 at the address Westbrook Centre, Milton Road, Cambridge, CB4 1YG. ___ GOAL mailing list GOAL@eprints.org http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal
[GOAL] Share your ideas at the #FORCE2018 poster session
Apologies for cross-posting! Ideas are only great when they're shared. If you’ve got an interesting project in research communication, or if you’ve got an idea and want to get some feedback, submit a poster and join us for FORCE2018 <https://goo.gl/c7eopD> in Montreal this October. Posters are a good way to connect with the community and talk through what you’re working on. We’re looking for poster submissions that address any aspect of research communication and engagement, such as: - Research techniques - Publishing - Data publishing - Global perspectives - Research and policy - General scholarly communication To submit your poster for consideration by the program committee, write a short paragraph describing your project and send it in by September 21. SUBMIT NOW <https://goo.gl/dbGSCU> Posters will be on display throughout the two-day conference. There are four dedicated Poster Sessions listed on the conference schedule <https://goo.gl/Gv1RkC> when presenters should plan to stand by their posters. All posters are eligible to be highlighted in the Power Pitch Poster Presentation session after Thursday's lunch. More information on that will be sent to accepted submission after September 21. Poster presenters must also register <https://goo.gl/YJftJG> to attend the conference. Already been invited to present a poster? Great! If you have any questions, please DM @force11rescomm, join the public FORCE11 Slack <https://goo.gl/WUX96k>, or email force2018-i...@force11.org What is FORCE2018? FORCE2018 is a different conference. It promotes open discussions on an open future for scholarly communications. It looks beyond the publication to the needs of all involved in the research enterprise, including the producers and the users of research. The wide variety of this year’s talks cover many themes, including - Open Data, Open Source and Open Scholarship - Research classification and interdisciplinary research - New ways to share research results - Reproducibility - Community outreach and impact Sometimes controversial. Often different. Always inspiring. Why else should you attend? What makes the FORCE2018 conference special, and unmissable, is the opportunity to connect and collaborate with committed people from across sectors. We may approach things from different perspectives, but we all care about research. We all want to realise the benefits of enhanced access to the world’s knowledge. So, please join us for three days in fabulous Montreal, Canada and engage in great conversation. The FORCE2018 Conference will be held in Montreal, Canada on October 11 & 12, 2018 at the New Residence Conference Center at McGill University. Pre-conference workshops held on October 10 at Concordia University's Webster Library. You can check out the full schedule here <https://goo.gl/Gv1RkC>. Thanks! We'll look forward to seeing you there. JB, John and Carly On behalf of the Lead Organizing Team <https://goo.gl/NPou7E> # -- Jennifer McLennan Head of External Relations, eLife https://elifesciences.org/about @jmclenna +44 (0) 7903 288 847 ___ GOAL mailing list GOAL@eprints.org http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal
[GOAL] Register for FORCE2018 by this Friday and save $100
Apologies for cross-posting! FORCE2018 is coming to Montreal. Are you a researcher or a librarian? You might be a publisher, or a funder of research. Whatever your position, you have an important role to ensure research is easily found and shared so that everyone can benefit from the latest results. The FORCE meeting – this October – is a place where communities come together. Register now <https://goo.gl/i2AX9z> *Save $100US if you register by August 31* What is FORCE2018? FORCE2018 is a different conference. It promotes open discussions on an open future for scholarly communications. It looks beyond the publication to the needs of all involved in the research enterprise, including the producers and the users of research. The wide variety of this year’s talks cover many themes, including - Open Data, Open Source and Open Scholarship - Research classification and interdisciplinary research - New ways to share research results - Reproducibility - Community outreach and impact Sometimes controversial. Often different. Always inspiring. Why Montreal? There’s a reason why Montreal is a magnet for students and investors. With 11 universities and a vibrant tech sector, the academic-business connection is strong and thriving. Artificial intelligence, high tech, gaming, neuroscience, data-hosting and shared services are just some of the businesses that have made a home in the largest French-speaking city outside France. (French is one of Canada’s two official languages and Montreal is almost fully bilingual). Montreal is also making its mark on the open science scene. Open science followers will be familiar with the Tanenbaum Open Science Institute of the Montreal Neurological Institute <https://goo.gl/VZuiBP>, the pan-Canadian Open Neuroscience Platform <https://goo.gl/m8mGzu>, Erudit <https://goo.gl/8gBa6J>, MNI Open Research <https://goo.gl/XeBisg>, and other leading-edge efforts for open science. Montreal is a great city. Make sure and take time to explore it. Join us to learn more Register now <https://goo.gl/i2AX9z> Why else should you attend? What makes the FORCE2018 conference special, and unmissable, is the opportunity to connect and collaborate with committed people from across sectors. We may approach things from different perspectives, but we all care about research. We all want to realise the benefits of enhanced access to the world’s knowledge. So, please join us for three days in fabulous Montreal, Canada and engage in great conversation. The FORCE2018 Conference will be held in Montreal, Canada on October 11 & 12, 2018 at the New Residence Conference Center at McGill University. Pre-conference workshops held on October 10 at Concordia University's Webster Library. You can check out the full schedule here <https://goo.gl/u6RBEX>. Register now <https://goo.gl/i2AX9z> Thanks! We'll look forward to seeing you there. On behalf of the Local Organizing Committee Joanne Clark, Ludmer Centre - McGill University Jean-Claude Guédon, Université de Montréal Lorie Kloda, Concordia University Vincent Larivière, Université de Montréal Naser Muja, Canadian Open Neuroscience Platform Jean-Baptiste Poline, McGill University (Local Organizing Committee Lead) Nikola Stikov, Polytechnique Montréal -- Jennifer McLennan Head of External Relations, eLife https://elifesciences.org/about @jmclenna +44 (0) 7903 288 847 ___ GOAL mailing list GOAL@eprints.org http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal
[GOAL] The FORCE2018 program is now available
*** Cross-posted to multiple lists *** *Engage with open. Engage with the future. Engage with FORCE2018.* [image: Screen Shot 2018-07-19 at 14.05.41.png] FORCE2018 is coming to Montreal this October. Are you a researcher or a librarian? You might be a publisher, or a funder of research. Whatever your position, you have an important role to ensure research is easily found and shared so that everyone can benefit from the latest results. *The FORCE meeting is a place where communities come together.* REGISTER NOW <https://www.force11.org/meetings/force2018/registration/registration> Early-bird registration ends August 31, 2018 What is FORCE2018? FORCE2018 is a different conference. It promotes open discussions on an open future for scholarly communications. It looks beyond the publication to the needs of all involved in the research enterprise, including the producers and the users of research. The wide variety of this year’s talks cover many themes, including - Open Data, Open Source and Open Scholarship - Research classification and interdisciplinary research - New ways to share research results - Reproducibility - Community outreach and impact *Sometimes controversial. Often different. Always inspiring.* Why else should you attend? What makes the FORCE2018 conference special, and unmissable, is the opportunity to connect and collaborate with committed people from across sectors. We may approach things from different perspectives, but we all care about research. We all want to realise the benefits of enhanced access to the world’s knowledge. *So, please join us for three days in fabulous Montreal, Canada and engage in great conversation. * FORCE2018 Conference will be held in Montreal, Canada on October 11 & 12, 2018 at the New Residence Conference Center at McGill University. Pre-conference workshops held on October 10 at Concordia University's Webster Library. You can check out the full schedule here <https://www.force11.org/meetings/force2018/program/program>. REGISTER NOW <https://www.force11.org/meetings/force2018/registration/registration> Early-bird registration ends August 31, 2018 (I'm a member of the FORCE11 board of directors) -- Jennifer McLennan Head of External Relations, eLife https://elifesciences.org/about @jmclenna +44 (0) 7903 288 847 ___ GOAL mailing list GOAL@eprints.org http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal
[GOAL] Introducing a new standard for the citation of research data
The Identifiers Expert Group of the FORCE11 Data Citation Implementation Pilot (DCIP) has achieved a significant step toward the harmonization of identifier resolution standards for data citation in research articles. Working with the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) and the California Digital Library (CDL), they have established interoperability of compact identifiers and developed a global approach for the formal citation of research data in the life sciences. The approach and its development are described in an article published today in the journal Scientific Data, which has also announced its adoption of the standard. The compact identifier creates an easy-to-read and easy-to-process citation system by combining a unique prefix for the individual archive with a locally assigned identifier; it points to identical records through either EMBL-EBI or CDL’s resolving systems. For this system to work globally, EMBL-EBI and CDL established a namespace registry with an easy-to-use form for requesting new prefixes, and clear governance and maintenance rules to resolve all references to the right data collections. Systematic work in other DCIP Expert Groups has defined roadmaps for implementing data citation as a standard practice for Publishers ( https://doi.org/10.1101/100784) and Data Repositories ( https://doi.org/10.1101/097196). “With this publication, and Scientific Data’s announcement that it is adopting harmonized compact identifiers, the path to widespread data citation in bioscience has been significantly smoothed,” said Tim Clark, Associate Professor at the University of Virginia Data Science Institute and a senior author of the Scientific Data article. “This will enable authors and publishers to strengthen the reliability and reproducibility of published claims, and the reusability of underlying data. Dr. Martone and I are very happy to have been able to contribute to this work through FORCE11, which provided a uniquely supportive environment for the practical work to be organized and accomplished.” Dr. Martone added: "This approach works with identifier traditions in biomedical databases based on accession numbers, while adapting them for FAIR practices. I am also proud that it brought together existing resolution systems cooperatively rather than competitively to provide better and more robust identifier services to those who require them. I want to especially acknowledge my colleague Tim Clark for his tireless and extended efforts." Dr. Martone is Professor Emeritus at University of California, San Diego. Harmonizing identifier resolution services is the main goal of the FORCE11 Identifiers Expert Group, which made its first priority to create links between the identifiers.org and N2T resolution services hosted by EMBL-EBI and CDL, respectively. The group is led by Tim Clark and Maryann Martone, in close collaboration with staff at EMBL-EBI and CDL, and supported by many other recognized experts in the field. It was supported by funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health’s Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) program. For more information about the Identifiers Expert Group and the Data Citation Implementation Pilot of FORCE11, please visit https://www.force11.org/group/dcip The paper, Wimalaratne S. M. et al. Uniform resolution of compact identifiers for biomedical data. Sci. Data. 5:180029 doi: 10.1038/sdata.2018.29 (2018) is available at https://www.nature.com/articles/sdata201829 About FORCE11 FORCE11 is a non-profit organization and community of scholars, librarians, archivists, publishers and research funders that has arisen organically to help facilitate the change toward improved knowledge creation and sharing. Individually and collectively, we aim to bring about a change in modern scholarly communications through the effective use of information technology. We are a neutral information market, where stakeholders come to the table for an open discussion, on an even playing field, to talk about changing the ways scholarly and scientific information is communicated, shared and used. Learn more and join the FORCE11 community on our website ( https://www.force11.org). You may also follow us on Twitter ( https://twitter.com/force11rescomm) or connect on Slack ( https://force11slack.herokuapp.com/). -- Jennifer McLennan Head of External Relations, eLife https://elifesciences.org/about @jmclenna +44 (0) 7903 288 847 ___ GOAL mailing list GOAL@eprints.org http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal
[GOAL] Register now for the FORCE11 Scholarly Communications Institute (FSCI 2018)
(Apologies for cross-posting) Don’t miss these chances to connect with colleagues from around the world and discuss and learn about the latest developments in research communication. Register now for the FORCE11 Scholarly Communications Institute (FSCI 2018) Taking place this year at the University of California, San Diego from July 30 to August 3, FSCI offers participants 5 days of training and skills development in new modes of research communication. All levels of participants, from absolute beginners to advanced at scholarly communication, will find courses of interest. Learn more and register at https://www.force11.org/fsci/2018. Early-bird registration ends July 2. Get your organisation connected, too: - Create a great impression among leading thinkers in research communication and infrastructure development by sponsoring #FORCE18 and/or #FSCI. Commit $5,000 or more and customise your opportunity. First-come, first-served. Book by May 25 at https://www.force11.org/meetings/force11-2018-sponsorship-prospectus to benefit from free custom opportunities. - Join the FSCI2018 Partnership Program and get $150 off tuition for your members. Find the details and sign up at https://www.force11.org/fsci/2018/partner-program About FORCE11 FORCE11 is a non-profit organization and community of scholars, librarians, archivists, publishers and research funders that has arisen organically to help facilitate the change toward improved knowledge creation and sharing. Individually and collectively, we aim to bring about a change in modern scholarly communications through the effective use of information technology. We are a neutral information market, where stakeholders come to the table for an open discussion, on an even playing field, to talk about changing the ways scholarly and scientific information is communicated, shared and used. Learn more and join the FORCE11 community on our website, https://www.force11.org. You may also follow us on Twitter @force11rescomm -- Jennifer McLennan Head of External Relations, eLife https://elifesciences.org/about @jmclenna +44 (0) 7903 288 847 ___ GOAL mailing list GOAL@eprints.org http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal
[GOAL] Reminder: Deadline for proposals to #FORCE2018 is May 1
(Apologies for – another! – cross-posting) Proposals for presentations on new or creative approaches to research communications and e-scholarship are invited to #FORCE2018 – to be held at the Ludmer Centre of McGill University in Montreal, Canada on October 11 & 12, 2018. FORCE2018 promises to be a different kind of meeting, where stakeholders come to the table for an open discussion, on an even playing field, to talk about changing the ways scholarly and scientific information is communicated, shared and used. Researchers, publishers, librarians, computer scientists, informaticians, funders, educators, citizens, patients, and others attend the FORCE meeting with a view to supporting the realisation of promising new ideas and identifying new potential collaborators. FORCE2018 is hosted by the in Montreal, Canada The theme of FORCE2018 is engagement. Proposals should emphasise how presenters are engaging their local communities – worldwide – or how they will engage FORCE2018 participants. This might mean an interactive presentation, showcasing the tangible impact of your work, encouraging the FORCE2018 community to join your efforts, or another way in which others are engaged. Learn more about the format and theme and submit your proposal at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScmcNJs2dx361_YZmekXNn7k8YtMKoFI1G1Rx1Ske6HVrDhGA/viewform Learn more about the meeting at https://www.force11.org/meetings/force2018 About FORCE11 FORCE11 is a non-profit organization and community of scholars, librarians, archivists, publishers and research funders that has arisen organically to help facilitate the change toward improved knowledge creation and sharing. Individually and collectively, we aim to bring about a change in modern scholarly communications through the effective use of information technology. We are a neutral information market, where stakeholders come to the table for an open discussion, on an even playing field, to talk about changing the ways scholarly and scientific information is communicated, shared and used. Learn more and join the FORCE11 community on our website. You may also follow us on Twitter @force11rescomm -- Jennifer McLennan Head of External Relations, eLife https://elifesciences.org/about @jmclenna +44 (0) 7903 288 847 ___ GOAL mailing list GOAL@eprints.org http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal
[GOAL] Apply now for a scholarship to attend FSCI 2018
(Apologies for cross-posting) Applications for the Force11 Scholarly Communications Institute (#FSCI2018), to be held July 30 - August 3 in San Diego, California, are now being accepted. Anyone intending to attend may submit an application for complimentary tuition or limited travel support via the link below. *Apply now <http://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe1fV1uh75PCUXqLZvhhRwX0Pp7z1V2kGkvSGLI9QhcaifL7Q/viewform?usp=sf_link>* The deadline for submissions is May 11, 2018. There are two types of scholarships available: tuition and travel. Each is for a fixed amount and is intended to cover a portion of the anticipated costs. Our goal is to provide some support to as many applicants as possible given the total funding available for distribution. Except in cases of particular hardship, we do not have funding available in addition to these fixed scholarships. Available Scholarships 1. Tuition Scholarship - Full complimentary tuition 2. Travel Scholarships ($850 for US/Canada and $1,200 outside US/Canada) Following the FSCI, scholarship recipients agree to write a blog about their experience and complete a survey to provide feedback. Scholarships have been provided with funding from The SSHRC Future Commons Partnership and University of Virginia Data Institute. A funding application has been also been submitted to the National Science Foundation and we are awaiting their approval. See Donor List. <https://www.force11.org/2018-force11-sponsor-list#fsci> To be considered for scholarships, please complete the following form. *SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION FORM <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe1fV1uh75PCUXqLZvhhRwX0Pp7z1V2kGkvSGLI9QhcaifL7Q/viewform?usp=sf_link>* --- ABOUT FSCI The FORCE11 Scholarly Communications Institute at the University of California, San Diego is a week long summer training course, incorporating intensive coursework, seminar participation, group activities, lectures and hands-on training. Participants will attend courses taught by world-wide leading experts in scholarly communications. Participants will also have the opportunity to discuss the latest trends and gain expertise in new technologies in research flow, new forms of publication, new standards and expectations, and new ways of measuring and demonstrating success that are transforming science and scholarship. WHO SHOULD ATTEND? FSCI is intended for anybody who is interested in the developing new world of Scholarly Communication: researchers, librarians, publishers, university and research administration, funders, students, and post docs. There are courses for those who know very little about the current trends and technologies, as well as courses for those who are interested in more advanced topics. Our courses cover Scholarly Communication from a variety of disciplinary and regional and national perspectives. We have courses that will be of interest to the scientist, the social scientist, and the Humanities researcher. There are courses for those who manage, organise, and publish research as well as for the researchers themselves and end-users. More information about #FSCI2018 is available on our website at https://www.force11.org/fsci/2018 -- Jennifer McLennan Head of External Relations, eLife https://elifesciences.org/about @jmclenna +44 (0) 7903 288 847 ___ GOAL mailing list GOAL@eprints.org http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal
[GOAL] Proposals now invited to the FORCE2018 meeting on scholarly communication
[Apologies for cross-posting!] Organizers of the FORCE2018 meeting, to be held in Montreal, Canada on October 11 & 12, 2018, are now inviting proposals for presentations on new or creative approaches to research communications and e-scholarship. FORCE2018 promises to be a different kind of meeting, where stakeholders come to the table for an open discussion, on an even playing field, to talk about changing the ways scholarly and scientific information is communicated, shared and used. Researchers, publishers, librarians, computer scientists, informaticians, funders, educators, citizens, patients, and others attend the FORCE meeting with a view to supporting the realisation of promising new ideas and identifying new potential collaborators. FORCE2018 is hosted by the Ludmer Centre of McGill University. The theme of FORCE2018 is engagement. Proposals should emphasise how presenters are engaging their local communities – worldwide – or how they will engage FORCE2018 participants. For further details about proposals, the program committee, or to submit comments, please visit the meeting website at https://www.force11.org/meetings/force2018. The deadline for proposals to FORCE2018 is Tuesday, May 1, 2018 at 11:59PM Pacific time. -- Jennifer McLennan Head of External Relations, eLife https://elifesciences.org/about @jmclenna +44 (0) 7903 288 847 ___ GOAL mailing list GOAL@eprints.org http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal
[GOAL] Save the date for Force 2018
Save the Date: Force2018 will be October 11-12 in Montreal! Mark your calendars and thank you to @LudmerCentre and @McGillU for hosting! Got cool speaker ideas, let us know: https://www.force11.org/meetings/force2018 -- Jennifer McLennan Head of External Relations, eLife https://elifesciences.org/about @jenmclenna +44 (0) 7903 288 847 ___ GOAL mailing list GOAL@eprints.org http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal
[GOAL] Website for new open-access journal, eLife, introduced today
CAMBRIDGE, UK | December 13, 2012 eLife, the open-access journal for outstanding advances in life science and biomedicine, reveals a fresh approach to presenting and using scientific content on its new website, launched today. In June 2011, three leading research funders came together in a unique collaboration to inspire change in science communication. The first product of this partnership is eLife – an open-access journal for the most influential research in life science and biomedicine. After much anticipation surrounding the announcement of the project, recruitment of the academic editorial team, the call for papers, and the publication of first articles, the eLife journal website is introduced today. Read the full announcement at http://www.elifesciences.org/website-for-new-open-access-journal-elife-introduced-today -- -- Jennifer McLennan Communications, eLife +1-301-215-8938 +1-202-631-8854 (c) http://elifesciences.org eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd is a limited liability non-profit non-stock corporation incorporated in the State of Delaware, USA, with company number 5030732, and is registered in the UK with company number FC030576 and branch number BR015634 at the address Suite 203, Sheraton House, Castle Park, Cambridge CB3 0AX. ___ GOAL mailing list GOAL@eprints.org http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal
[GOAL] Invitation: Learn more about eLife, the funder-researcher collaboration for the best in science
To receive news directly from eLife, feel free to sign up at http://www.elifesciences.org/crm/civicrm/profile/create?reset=1gid=11. P.S. on the following: Mark Patterson (eLife Managing Executive Editor), Ian Mulvany (our head of technology), and I will also be on hand. We look forward to having you! --- *eLife is holding an online Open House to share news on the development of its anticipated open-access journal for the very best in life science and biomedical research. Join us.* eLife is the new researcher-driven initiative to reshape science communication launched in collaboration by three prestigious biomedical research funders: the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (USA), Max Planck Society (Germany), and the Wellcome Trust (UK). Announced in June 2011, the first aim of the initiative is to launch an open-access journal for the most important advances in the life sciences and biomedicine. The *eLife *journal will showcase papers identified through a new rapid, fair, and constructive review process, and serve as a platform for innovation in the presentation and use of research content. While eLife presses toward launch of the journal by the end of 2012, interest in how this unique funder-researcher collaboration could change science and scientific publishing grows. Media coverage has been extensive and has included detailed stories on one of *eLife*’s first accepted papers – just weeks after we opened for submissions. On September 12, please join us for an online Open House to learn more about what the initiative aims to do, the scope of the journal, how the review process is different, the papers that have been accepted, the status of launch, and more. eLife Editor-in-chief Randy Schekman – Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of California (Berkeley), and an Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute – will host. Scientists, students, potential reviewers, members of the eLife community, librarians, research funders, publishers, open-access advocates – all – are welcome. The eLife online Open House will be held: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 9:00 – 10:00AM U.S. Pacific time (12:00 – 1:00PM U.S. Eastern | 5:00 – 6:00PM UK) To determine the time in another world region, visit http://www.worldtimeserver.com/convert_time_in_US-CA.aspx?y=2012mo=9d=12h=9mn=0 Please register to attend by September 10 at http://www.elifesciences.org/crm/civicrm/event/info?id=7reset=1. (Phone and Web access will be required to participate). To share your questions in advance, post to the eLife Web site ( http://www.elifesciences.org/open-house), Tweet #eLifeopen, or email d.cla...@elifesciences.org. To learn more about eLife and the growing momentum behind the initiative, visit elifesciences.org. ### *About eLife * eLife is a unique collaboration between the funders and practitioners of research to communicate ground-breaking discoveries in the life and biomedical sciences in the most effective way. Set for launch in late 2012, the *eLife* journal will be a platform for maximising the reach and influence of new discoveries and to showcase new approaches to the presentation, use, and assessment of research. As an open-access journal, *eLife *will deliver access to content for free, online, immediately on publication, and will encourage maximum possible reach and utility of the content by publishing under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which is emerging as the gold standard for open-access publishing. Learn more at elifesciences.org. -- -- Jennifer McLennan Communications, eLife +1-301-215-8938 +1-202-631-8854 (c) http://elifesciences.org eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd is a limited liability non-profit non-stock corporation incorporated in the State of Delaware, USA, with company number 5030732, and is registered in the UK with company number FC030576 and branch number BR015634 at the address Suite 203, Sheraton House, Castle Park, Cambridge CB3 0AX. ___ GOAL mailing list GOAL@eprints.org http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal
[GOAL] KU chancellor leads international slate of presenters for March SPARC Open Access meeting
For immediate release January 31, 2011 For more information, contact: Jennifer McLennan jennifer [at] arl [dot] org (202) 296-2296 ext. 121 KU chancellor leads international slate of presenters for March SPARC Open Access meeting Washington, DC ? Bernadette Gray-Little, chancellor of the first public U.S. university to adopt a campus-wide open-access mandate, will be the feature speaker in the opening ceremony of the SPARC Open Access meeting this Spring. The meeting, which will showcase thought-leaders, publishers, faculty, technologists, and librarians ? announced today ? is expected to draw attention from policy makers on campus, as well as at the federal and international levels. The event is set for the Kansas City Intercontinental Hotel, March 12 13, 2012. The SPARC Open Access meeting expands on the popular SPARC Digital Repositories meetings, hosted biennially since 2004, and will provide a North American-based complement to the popular ?Innovations in Scholarly Communication (OAI)? workshop held in Geneva, Switzerland in alternating years. The SPARC meeting will be a regular forum for a full discussion of Open Access as an emerging norm in research and scholarship, and will emphasize ?Collaborative strategies for advancing scholarship,? for all stakeholders to help effect positive change. Presenters will examine recent developments and track key trends in the growth of open-access practices and policies across four areas: National and institutional policy adoption, digital repositories, author rights, and open-access publishing. John Wilbanks, Fellow of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and recent Vice President of Science at Creative Commons, will offer a keynote on the intersection of open movements. Other featured speakers include: ? Kevin Ashley, Director, Digital Curation Centre ? Michael Carroll, Director, Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, American University ? Timothy S. Deliyannides, Director, Office of Scholarly Communication and Publishing and Head, Information Technology, University of Pittsburgh Libraries ? Ellen Finnie Duranceau, Program Manager, Scholarly Publishing and Licensing, MIT Libraries ? Charles Eckman, University Librarian and Dean of Library Services, Simon Fraser University ? Peter Murray-Rust, Reader in Molecular Informatics, University of Cambridge ? James Neal, Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian, Columbia University ? Stuart Shieber, Director, Office for Scholarly Communication, Harvard University ? Thornton Staples, Director, Office of Research Information Services, Smithsonian Institution ? Caroline Sutton, Publisher, Co-Action Publishing and President, OASPA, the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association ? Neil Thakur, Special Assistant to the Director for Extramural Research, National Institutes of Health ? Tyler Walters, Dean, University Libraries, Virginia Tech The full program and additional background on the speakers are available on the meeting Web site. The SPARC Open Access Meeting is generously supported by: @mire, Microsoft Research, Symplectic, ePrints, Wiley Open Access, Association of College and Research Libraries, Boston Library Consortium, Co-action Publishing, Coalition of Open-access Repositories, Copernicus Publications, Duraspace, Greater Western Library Association, Longsight, and the Northeastern Research Library Consortium. Information on sponsorship opportunities is available at http://www.arl.org/sparc/meetings/oa12/oa12-sponsor. Register now through http://sparc.arl.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1id=94. On-site rates apply March 5, 2012. Hotel reservations are available for the conference rate of $139 per night and must be made by February 17, 2012. For more information, visit the meeting Web site at http://www.arl.org/sparc/meetings/oa12. ### SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) is a library membership organization that promotes expanded sharing of scholarship. SPARC believes that faster and wider sharing of outputs of the research process increases the impact of research, fuels the advancement of knowledge, and increases the return on research investments. SPARC is supported by a membership of over 800 academic and research libraries worldwide. SPARC is on the Web at http://www.arl.org/sparc - Jennifer McLennan Conference Director The SPARC Open Access Meeting March 11 - 13, 2012 Kansas City http://www.arl.org/sparc/meetings/oa12 -- +1-202-631-8854 http://www.linkedin.com/in/jmclenna
[GOAL] KU chancellor leads international slate of presenters for March SPARC Open Access meeting
For immediate release January 31, 2011 For more information, contact: Jennifer McLennan jennifer [at] arl [dot] org (202) 296-2296 ext. 121 KU chancellor leads international slate of presenters for March SPARC Open Access meeting Washington, DC â Bernadette Gray-Little, chancellor of the first public U.S. university to adopt a campus-wide open-access mandate, will be the feature speaker in the opening ceremony of the SPARC Open Access meeting this Spring. The meeting, which will showcase thought-leaders, publishers, faculty, technologists, and librarians â announced today â is expected to draw attention from policy makers on campus, as well as at the federal and international levels. The event is set for the Kansas City Intercontinental Hotel, March 12 13, 2012. The SPARC Open Access meeting expands on the popular SPARC Digital Repositories meetings, hosted biennially since 2004, and will provide a North American-based complement to the popular âInnovations in Scholarly Communication (OAI)â workshop held in Geneva, Switzerland in alternating years. The SPARC meeting will be a regular forum for a full discussion of Open Access as an emerging norm in research and scholarship, and will emphasize âCollaborative strategies for advancing scholarship,â for all stakeholders to help effect positive change. Presenters will examine recent developments and track key trends in the growth of open-access practices and policies across four areas: National and institutional policy adoption, digital repositories, author rights, and open-access publishing. John Wilbanks, Fellow of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and recent Vice President of Science at Creative Commons, will offer a keynote on the intersection of open movements. Other featured speakers include: · Kevin Ashley, Director, Digital Curation Centre · Michael Carroll, Director, Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, American University · Timothy S. Deliyannides, Director, Office of Scholarly Communication and Publishing and Head, Information Technology, University of Pittsburgh Libraries · Ellen Finnie Duranceau, Program Manager, Scholarly Publishing and Licensing, MIT Libraries · Charles Eckman, University Librarian and Dean of Library Services, Simon Fraser University · Peter Murray-Rust, Reader in Molecular Informatics, University of Cambridge · James Neal, Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian, Columbia University · Stuart Shieber, Director, Office for Scholarly Communication, Harvard University · Thornton Staples, Director, Office of Research Information Services, Smithsonian Institution · Caroline Sutton, Publisher, Co-Action Publishing and President, OASPA, the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association · Neil Thakur, Special Assistant to the Director for Extramural Research, National Institutes of Health · Tyler Walters, Dean, University Libraries, Virginia Tech The full program and additional background on the speakers are available on the meeting Web site. The SPARC Open Access Meeting is generously supported by: @mire, Microsoft Research, Symplectic, ePrints, Wiley Open Access, Association of College and Research Libraries, Boston Library Consortium, Co-action Publishing, Coalition of Open-access Repositories, Copernicus Publications, Duraspace, Greater Western Library Association, Longsight, and the Northeastern Research Library Consortium. Information on sponsorship opportunities is available at http://www.arl.org/sparc/meetings/oa12/oa12-sponsor. Register now through http://sparc.arl.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1id=94. On-site rates apply March 5, 2012. Hotel reservations are available for the conference rate of $139 per night and must be made by February 17, 2012. For more information, visit the meeting Web site at http://www.arl.org/sparc/meetings/oa12. ### SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) is a library membership organization that promotes expanded sharing of scholarship. SPARC believes that faster and wider sharing of outputs of the research process increases the impact of research, fuels the advancement of knowledge, and increases the return on research investments. SPARC is supported by a membership of over 800 academic and research libraries worldwide. SPARC is on the Web at http://www.arl.org/sparc - Jennifer McLennan Conference Director The SPARC Open Access Meeting March 11 - 13, 2012 Kansas City http://www.arl.org/sparc/meetings/oa12 -- +1-202-631-8854 http://www.linkedin.com/in/jmclenna ___ GOAL mailing list GOAL@eprints.org http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal
[GOAL] SPARC OA meeting: Keynote announced and Early Bird registration ends Sunday!
For immediate release January 12, 2011 For more information, contact: Jennifer McLennan jennifer [at] arl [dot] org (202) 296-2296 ext. 121 John Wilbanks to keynote SPARC Open Access Meeting March meeting will explore intersection of âopenâ movements. Washington, DC â SPARC has announced that John Wilbanks, Fellow of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and recent Vice President of Science at Creative Commons, will deliver the opening keynote address at its March Open Access meeting, at the Kansas City Intercontinental Hotel, March 11 through 13, 2012. The opening keynote will invite participants to consider the impact of âopenâ beyond access to journal literature and basic research. Wilbanks will bring his unique experience and perspective to an exploration of the intersection of Open Access to articles, data and open educational resources, and examine the ways various stakeholder communities are responding to new opportunities. Heâll help to identify issues and opportunities for collective action emerging at the point of convergence for the library community to consider. Wilbanksâ tenure at Creative Commons followed a fellowship at the World Wide Web Consortium in Semantic Web for Life Sciences. Prior to that, he founded and led Incellico, a bioinformatics company that built semantic graph networks for use in pharmaceutical RD, and served as the Assistant Director at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School. Seed magazine named Wilbanks as one of their Revolutionary Minds of 2008, calling him a Game Changer and the Utne Reader named him in 2009 as one of 50 Visionaries who are Changing your World. In 2011 Scientific American featured Wilbanks in The Machine That Would Predict The Future. His full biography is available at http://www.arl.org/sparc/meetings/oa12/oa12-speakers. The SPARC Open Access meeting expands on the popular SPARC Digital Repositories meetings, hosted biennially since 2004, and will provide a North American-based complement to the popular âInnovations in Scholarly Communication (OAI)â workshop held in Geneva, Switzerland in alternating years. The SPARC meeting will be a regular forum for a full discussion of Open Access as an emerging norm in research and scholarship, and will emphasize collaborative actions stakeholders can take to effect positive change. The SPARC 2012 Open Access Meeting is generously supported by @mire, Copernicus Publications, the Boston Library Consortium, the Association of College and Research Libraries, and the Northeast Research Libraries Consortium. Information on sponsorship opportunities is available at http://www.arl.org/sparc/meetings/oa12/oa12-sponsor. Register now through http://sparc.arl.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1id=94. Early bird rates start at $265 for SPARC members and expire January 15, 2012. Hotel reservations are available for the conference rate of $139 per night and must be made by February 17, 2012. For more information, visit the meeting Web site at http://www.arl.org/sparc/meetings/oa12. ### SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) is a library membership organization that promotes expanded sharing of scholarship. SPARC believes that faster and wider sharing of outputs of the research process increases the impact of research, fuels the advancement of knowledge, and increases the return on research investments. SPARC is supported by a membership of over 800 academic and research libraries worldwide. SPARC is on the Web at http://www.arl.org/sparc - Jennifer McLennan Director of Programs Operations SPARC jenni...@arl.org (202) 296-2296 x121 Fax: (202) 872-0884 http://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifermclennan http://www.arl.org/sparc -- The SPARC Open Access Meeting March 11 - 13, 2012 Kansas City http://www.arl.org/sparc/meetings/oa12 -- Open Access Week 2012 October 22 - 28 http://www.openaccessweek.org ___ GOAL mailing list GOAL@eprints.org http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal
[GOAL] Getting the rights right: Speakers announced for next SPARC-ACRL forum
Getting the rights right: Speakers announced for next SPARC-ACRL forum Washington, DC and Chicago, IL â Presenters have been announced for âGetting the rights right for the future of scholarly communication,â a timely panel discussion hosted by SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) and the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and set for the upcoming meeting of the American Library Association (ALA) in Dallas, TX. The forum will be held Saturday, January 21, 2012 from 4:00 to 6:00 PM at the Dallas Convention Center, room A201/202. The potential for using the digital environment to accelerate scholarship depends not only on unfettered access to publications and data, but also â equally â on having the clearly stated rights to use and re-use the materials. Only with full re-use rights are we able to realize the true potential of Open Access to create new knowledge, build on earlier findings, and translate research for educational and commercial use. This SPARC/ACRL forum will explore the troubles of getting the rights piece wrong and how we can unlock the future of scholarship and scholarly communication if we get the rights piece right. With brief presentations and plenty of opportunity for discussion, speakers will share the latest in rights-related developments and highlight ideas for libraries to help reshape this crucial piece in the scholarly communication puzzle and make sure the future is open. Presenters will include: · David Prosser, Executive Director, Research Libraries UK, on recent purchase negotiations. · Lisa Macklin, Director, Intellectual Property Rights Office of the Emory University Libraries, on the Georgia State University e-reserve case. · Jon Voss, Historypin Strategic Partnerships Director, on linked data. · Greg Grossmeier, Education Technology and Policy Coordinator, Creative Commons, on the importance and potential of open licensing. · Wim Van der Stelt, Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy for Springer, on changing practices within the commercial publishing sector. Other publishers and forum participants will also be invited to share related updates and join in this engaging and informative discussion. The forum will be held Saturday, January 21, 2012 from 4:00 to 6:00 PM at the Dallas Convention Center, A201/202. The ACRL Scholarly Communications Discussion Group, which offers a more intimate setting to explore issues that surface at the forum, will explore some of the ethical issues with getting rights right and Open Access and be held Sunday, January 22, 2012 from 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM in the Sheraton Dallas Hotel, Majestic 05. Separate registration for this event is not required. For further details on the forum, visit http://www.arl.org/sparc/forum. ## SPARC SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition), with SPARC Europe and SPARC Japan, is an international alliance of more than 800 academic and research libraries working to create a more open system of scholarly communication. SPARCâs advocacy, educational and publisher partnership programs encourage expanded dissemination of research. SPARC is on the Web at http://www.arl.org/sparc. ACRL The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), represents nearly 13,000 academic and research librarians and interested individuals. It is the only individual membership organization in North America that develops programs, products and services to meet the unique needs of academic and research librarians. Its initiatives enable the higher education community to understand the role that academic libraries play in the teaching, learning and research environments. ACRL is on the Web at http://www.acrl.org. - Jennifer McLennan Director of Programs Operations SPARC jenni...@arl.org (202) 296-2296 x121 Fax: (202) 872-0884 http://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifermclennan http://www.arl.org/sparc -- The SPARC Open Access Meeting March 11 - 13, 2012 Kansas City http://www.arl.org/sparc/meetings/oa12 -- Open Access Week 2012 October 22 - 28 http://www.openaccessweek.org ___ GOAL mailing list GOAL@eprints.org http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal
[GOAL] Take Action: Oppose H.R. 3699, a new bill to block public access to publicly funded research
A new bill, The Research Works Act (H.R.3699), designed to roll back the NIH Public Access Policy and block the development of similar policies at other federal agencies has been introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives. Co-sponsored by Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), it was introduced on December 16, 2011, and referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Essentially, the bill seeks to prohibit federal agencies from conditioning their grants to require that articles reporting on publicly funded research be made accessible to the public online. The bill text is short and to the point. The main point reads: No Federal agency may adopt, implement, maintain, continue, or otherwise engage in any policy, program, or other activity that -- (1) causes, permits, or authorizes network dissemination of any private-sector research work without the prior consent of the publisher of such work; or (2) requires that any actual or prospective author, or the employer of such an actual or prospective author, assent to network dissemination of a private-sector research work. Supporters of public access to the results of publicly funded research need to speak out against this proposed legislation. Contact Congress to express your opposition today, or as soon as possible. For contact information and details on how to act, see the Alliance for Taxpayer Access Action Center at: http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/action. - Jennifer McLennan Director of Programs Operations SPARC jenni...@arl.org (202) 296-2296 x121 Fax: (202) 872-0884 http://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifermclennan http://www.arl.org/sparc -- The SPARC Open Access Meeting March 11 - 13, 2012 Kansas City http://www.arl.org/sparc/meetings/oa12 -- Open Access Week 2012 October 22 - 28 http://www.openaccessweek.org ___ GOAL mailing list GOAL@eprints.org http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal
[GOAL] Two weeks left to submit to SPARC meeting Innovation Fair
Reminder -- Call for proposals: SPARC Open Access Meeting Innovation Fair Washington, DC â Proposals are now being invited for the SPARC 2012 Open Access Meeting Innovation Fair, where new technologies and strategies will be showcased in engaging, informative, rapid-fire presentations. The Innovation Fair is a highlight to the regular SPARC meeting, now set for the Kansas City Intercontinental Hotel, March 11 through 13, 2012. The SPARC Open Access meeting expands on the popular SPARC Digital Repositories meetings, hosted biennially since 2004, and will provide a North American-based complement to the popular âInnovations in Scholarly Communication (OAI)â workshop held in Geneva in alternating years. The SPARC meeting will be a regular forum for a full discussion of Open Access as an emerging norm in research and scholarship, and will emphasize collaborative actions that stakeholders can take to effect positive change. The Innovation Fair invites participants â librarians, technologists, research producers, research funders, publishers, and others â to present, in no more than two minutes, innovative or creative approaches to: use of open content, content discovery, value-added services, impact assessment, commercial and other innovation using open resources, and Open Access advocacy. For details and to submit a proposal, visit http://www.arl.org/sparc/meetings/oa12. Submissions must be received no later than January 18, 2012. The Innovation Fair will be held Monday, March 12, in conjunction with the conference-wide reception. Registration for the meeting is required to attend. Register now. Early bird rates start at $265 for SPARC members and expire January 15, 2012. Hotel reservations are available for the conference rate of $139 per night and must be made by February 17, 2012. Sponsorships are available. For more information, visit the meeting Web site at http://www.arl.org/sparc/meetings/oa12. ### SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) is a library membership organization that promotes expanded sharing of scholarship. SPARC believes that faster and wider sharing of outputs of the research process increases the impact of research, fuels the advancement of knowledge, and increases the return on research investments. SPARC is supported by a membership of over 800 academic and research libraries worldwide. SPARC is on the Web at http://www.arl.org/sparc - Jennifer McLennan Director of Programs Operations SPARC jenni...@arl.org (202) 296-2296 x121 Fax: (202) 872-0884 http://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifermclennan http://www.arl.org/sparc -- The SPARC Open Access Meeting March 11 - 13, 2012 Kansas City http://www.arl.org/sparc/meetings/oa12 -- Open Access Week 2012 October 22 - 28 http://www.openaccessweek.org ___ GOAL mailing list GOAL@eprints.org http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal
Call to action: 2011 White House RFI on public access (deadline Jan. 2)
Please post and share widely. Also online at http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/action/action_access/11-1117.shtml. The opportunity As part of the process of fulfilling Section 103 of the 2010 America COMPETES Act, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) has issued a Request for Information (RFI), asking individuals and organizations to provide recommendations on approaches for broad public access and long-term stewardship to peer-reviewed scholarly publications that result from federally funded scientific research. The RFI poses eight multi-part questions. The full text of the RFI may be found at: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-11-04/html/2011-28623.htm NOTE: A second RFI has also been issued on the topic of public access to digital data. SPARC/ATA will coordinate with allied organizations including ARL and CNI to formulate a response. Who should respond? It is urgent that as many individuals and organizations as possible â at all levels â respond. For reference, the RFI specifically calls for comments from ânon-Federal stakeholders, including the public, universities, nonprofit and for-profit publishers, libraries, federally funded and non-federally funded research scientists, and other organizations and institutions with a stake in long-term preservation and access to the results of federally funded research.â If you canât answer all of the questions, answer as many as possible â and respond to questions as directly as possible. Organizations beyond the U.S., with experience with open-access policies, are also invited to contribute. How the results will be used The input provided through this RFI will inform the National Science and Technology Councilâs Task Force on Public Access to Scholarly Publications, convened by OSTP. OSTP will issue a report to Congress describing: 1. Priorities for the development of agency policies for ensuring broad public access to the results of federally funded, unclassified research; 2. The status of agency policies for public access to publications resulting from federally funded research; 3. Public input collected. Taxpayers paid for the research. We deserve to be able to access the results. The main point to emphasize is that taxpayers are entitled to access the results of the research our tax dollars fund. Taxpayers should be allowed to immediately access and fully reuse the results of publicly funded research. To discuss talking points in further detail, donât hesitate to contact us. How to respond The deadline for submissions is January 2, 2012. Submissions should be sent via email to publicacc...@ostp.gov. Please note: OSTP will publicly post all submissions after the deadline (along with names of submitters and their institutions) so please make sure not to include any confidential or proprietary information in your submission. Attachments may be included. As ever, thanks for your commitment to public access and the advancement of these crucial policies. If you have any questions or comments, donât hesitate to contact: Heather Joseph Executive Director, SPARC and spokesperson for the Alliance for Taxpayer Access heather [at] arl [dot] org Jennifer McLennan Director of Programs and Operations, SPARC the Alliance for Taxpayer Access jennifer [at] arl [dot] org - Jennifer McLennan Director of Programs Operations SPARC jenni...@arl.org (202) 296-2296 x121 Fax: (202) 872-0884 http://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifermclennan http://www.arl.org/sparc -- Open Access Week 2011 October 24 - 30 http://www.openaccessweek.org -- The SPARC Open Access Meeting March 11 - 13, 2012 Kansas City http://www.arl.org/sparc/media/11-0726.shtml
Open Access Week 2011 opens October 24
For immediate release October 20, 2010 For information, contact: Jennifer McLennan (202) 296-2296 ext 121 jennifer [at] arl [dot] org Open Access Week 2011 opens October 24 Fifth annual event draws broad global participation, highlights deep community commitment to Open Access Washington, DC â Open Access Week, the annual event celebrating the global movement towards Open Access (OA) to research and scholarship, kicks off for the fifth time on Monday, October 24. Coordinated by SPARC and organized by more than 2,000 advocates in countries around the world, the event provides an opportunity to learn about the benefits of Open Access, share new ideas and strategies, and inspire wider participation in establishing Open Access as the norm in scholarly communication. Every year, research funders, academic institutions, libraries research organizations, non-profits, businesses, and others use Open Access Week as a valuable platform to convene community events as well as to announce significant action on Open Access. The Week has served as a launching pad for new open-access publication funds, open-access policies, and papers reporting on the societal and economic benefits of OA. This year, programs highlighting publishing and rights management choices for faculty authors, use of new media, and opportunities created by re-mixing and re-using scholarly materials are on tap. Open Educational Resources are another key topic, as is open-source technology. Campuses will be presenting a sweeping range of events, from the Harvard University-sponsored âYana,â an open-source template for scholarly journals to develop mobile applications to the University of Utah event diving into new media, fair use, and pop culture. Students will once again play a major role, hosting panel discussions, workshops, poster campaigns, Web casts and movie screenings to understand Open Access and its relevance to the everyday student. Eventâs such as âSHOW (Share/OpenAccess/Worldwide),â at the university campus in Rijeka, Croatia, will introduce students to Creative Commons licensing, Open Projects, the Open Content movement, the Open Access movement, and the Right to Research Coalition. Participation in this highly successful event continues to grow. This year, there are over 2,000 individuals in more than 110 countries registered in the Open Access Week social network at openaccessweek.org. Participation remains strong throughout Europe and North America and will be complemented by new activities in regions as diverse as Algeria, Gambia, Iceland, Iraq, and Sudan. The global nature of this event is captured nicely by the interactive Open Access Week member map, available on the Web site. To help support local programming, SPARC provides a suite of resources, including a video series featuring leading voices in research and digital technology. This yearâs feature is Brewster Kahle, founder and Chairman of the Internet Archive. Kahle suggests the time is ripe for Open Access; now that the âplumbingâ of the Internet is in place, âWe have to move beyond the mainframe model and the subscription or the license model,â he says. âIt has to be so that things are⦠shared widely.â The video may be viewed and downloaded at http://blip.tv/sparc-north-america/brewster-kahle-5653389. The full collection of SPARC videos for Open Access Week, including Dr. Harold Varmus, Director of the U.S. National Cancer Institute, Dr. Cameron Neylon, a biophysicist and open research advocate; Dr. Mona Nemer, professor and vice-president for research at the University of Ottawa; students, librarians, teachers, research funders, and others are available on the openaccessweek.org Web site. Open Access Week is organized by SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition), with the generous support of our 2011 sponsors: the Public Library of Science, @mire, and Springer Open. Find activities on your campus, at your institution, or in your region â or join to participate â through the Web site at www.openaccessweek.org. ## SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) is a library membership organization that promotes expanded sharing of scholarship. SPARC believes that faster and wider sharing of outputs of the research process increases the impact of research, fuels the advancement of knowledge, and increases the return on research investments. SPARC is supported by a membership of over 800 academic and research libraries worldwide. SPARC is on the Web at http://www.arl.org/sparc - Jennifer McLennan Director of Programs Operations SPARC jenni...@arl.org (202) 296-2296 x121 Fax: (202) 872-0884 http://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifermclennan http://www.arl.org/sparc -- Open Access Week 2011 October 24 - 30 http://www.openaccessweek.org
#berlin9 Call for posters is now open
SUBMIT A PROPOSAL TO THE BERLIN 9 OPEN ACCESS CONFERENCE POSTER DISPLAY Proposals are now being invited for the Berlin 9 Open Access meeting poster display, which will showcase Open Access initiatives from all corners of the globe. Posters will be displayed through the duration of the meeting and on the conference Web site (at http://www.berlin9.org), where policy makers, research funders, scholars, publishers, and advocates will learn about initiatives to enhance research, teaching, learning, and innovation through Open Access worldwide. Poster proposals will be reviewed by the conference program committee and evaluated according to their contribution to the meeting theme: The impact of Open Access in research and scholarship. Successful proposals will highlight the role that open online access can play in accelerating the conduct and communication of scholarship and the opportunities this presents to the funders, creators, and end users of information. Possible topics include: · Measuring research impact · Discovery and use of open-access content · Dissemination of open-access content · Teaching and learning using open-access material · Communication to and interaction of the public with openly available material · Innovative opportunities for scholarship and business inspired by open-access content · Promotion of open-access resources · Open Access advocacy Additional poster requirements are available at http://www.berlin9.org/program/posterreqs.shtml. Abstracts of no more than 250 words in length are invited for review by the Program Committee. Submissions must be received no later than July 27. Acceptance notifications will be issued by September 30, 2011. For the announcement and details to submit, visit http://www.berlin9.org. - Jennifer McLennan Director of Programs Operations SPARC jenni...@arl.org (202) 296-2296 x121 Fax: (202) 872-0884 http://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifermclennan http://www.arl.org/sparc -- Open Access Week 2011 October 24 - 30 http://www.openaccessweek.org
Open Access: All in the family. Scientists share their personal commitments and connections to Open Access
For immediate release October 21, 2010 For information, contact: Jennifer McLennan (202) 296-2296 ext 121 jennifer [at] arl [dot] org OPEN ACCESS: ALL IN THE FAMILY Scientists share their personal commitments and connections to Open Access Washington, DC â In celebration of Open Access Week (October 18-24), SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) is showcasing the stories of two exceptional families who have embraced Open Access as a value and have advanced their own work â though not always without reservations. The personal stories of brothers Jonathan and Michael Eisen (both evolutionary biologists), along with Neil Buckholtz and his son, Josh (neuroscientists), grappling with the pros and cons of Open Access are now profiled on the SPARC Web site. As a teenager, Josh Buckholtz asked his father, Neil, endless questions about science. Neil is a neuroscientist at the NIH National Institute on Aging and Chief of the Dementias of Aging Branch. Josh, 33, is completing his Ph.D in neuroscience at Vanderbilt University. Together they share a passion to unlock the mysteries of the brain, and are pioneers who advocate for Open Access in their area of research. Neil helped conceive the Alzheimerâs Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI), which has openly shared data -- making every single Alzheimerâs-related research finding public immediately online. Josh is a review editor at Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, an online open-access journal published by the Frontiers Research Foundation. Science has always been an integral part of the lives of the Eisen brothers. Their parents and grandfather were all working scientists. As kids, Jonathan was fascinated with bugs and Michael was a math whiz who liked to program computers. Their career paths eventually converged, with both working as evolutionary biologists in California. Michael was the first of the pair of siblings to embrace Open Access, as the founder of the Public Library of Science (PLoS). He helped convince Jonathan, initially skeptical of open sharing of his scientific work, to join in his efforts to push for free access to research. Jonathan was on the first editorial board of PLoS Biology and has been an outspoken advocate of Open Access since 2003. Even their mother, Laura, now a professor who teaches chemistry and biochemistry at George Washington University, also promotes Open Access, rounding out the family affair. âThe compelling, personal stories of individual scientists who are pursuing Open Access to their works â and the works they need access to -- are powerful examples of why adoption of Open Access is growing,â says Heather Joseph, Executive Director of SPARC, which is the lead organizer of Open Access Week. âScientists on the front lines of research are keenly aware of the limitations that access places on the ability of research to move forward. And, as Michael Eisen notes, it all starts with walking the walk; if you donât choose an open-access option yourself, how can you convince your family itâs a good idea? How can you possibly convince anyone else to give it a try? For both the Eisen and the Buckholtz families, Open Access is a matter of values â and a moving family affair.â The âOpen Familiesâ profiles are available on occasion of Open Access Week 2010 through the SPARC Web site at http://www.arl.org/sparc/openaccess/openfamilies. A global event now entering its fourth year, Open Access Week (October 18 to 24) 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. Research funding agencies, academic institutions, research organizations, non-profits, businesses, and others use as a valuable platform to launch expanded open-access publication funds, institution-wide open-access policies, and new reports on the societal and economic benefits of OA. Find activities on your campus, at your institution, or in your region through the Web site at www.openaccessweek.org. ## SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition), with SPARC Europe and SPARC Japan, is an international alliance of more than 800 academic and research libraries working to create a more open system of scholarly communication. SPARC's advocacy, educational and publisher partnership programs encourage expanded dissemination of research. SPARC is on the Web at http://www.arl.org/sparc. - Jennifer McLennan Director of Programs Operations SPARC jenni...@arl.org (202) 296-2296 x121 Fax: (202) 872-0884 http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jennifer-mclennan/6/828/9b5 *** SPARC 2010 Digital Repositories Meeting November 8 9 - Baltimore, MD http://www.arl.org/sparc/media/09-0223.shtml
Leading scientists will be featured in Open Access Week kick-off event -- Pioneering Open Access advocate Harold Varmus to keynote
For immediate release October 4, 2010 For more information, contact: Jennifer McLennan (202) 296-2296 jennifer [at] arl [ dot] org Leading scientists will be featured in Open Access Week kick-off event Pioneering Open Access advocate Harold Varmus to keynote Washington, DC â 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 yearâs Open Access Week (October 18 â 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 â 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 worldâs 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 âScience in the Openâ 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. Open Access Week, a global event now entering its fourth year, 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. Hundreds of participating sites â including research funding agencies, academic institutions, and other organizations â in over 60 countries are using OA Week as a valuable chance to connect local action with global momentum. In 2009, the Week spurred the announcement of actions including expanded open-access publication funds, the adoption of institution-wide open-access policies, and the release of new reports on the societal and economic benefits of OA. To accommodate interest in every time zone, this short (15- to 20-minute) event will be prerecorded and available under embargo on October 14. Public release will take place Monday, October 18 at 9:00AM Eastern. Request an embargoed copy at http://sparc.arl.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1id=34. Open Access Week is organized by SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition), with expert guidance from an international panel of Open Access leaders. Program advisers include: Subbiah Arunachalam (Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore), Lucy Browse (INASP), Leslie Chan (University of Toronto, Scarborough, OASIS), Melissa Hagemann (Open Society Institute), Thomas Hickerson (University of Calgary), Heather Joseph (SPARC), Iryna Kuchma (eIFL.net), Li Lin (National Science Library, CAS), Donna Okubo (Public Library of Science), Robin Peek (Open Access Directory, Simmons College), Carolina Rossini (Berkman Center), Nick Shockey (Right to Research Coalition), Peter Suber (Berkman Center, Earlham College, SPARC), Alma Swan (Key Perspectives Ltd, OASIS), Ikuko Tsuchide (Digital Repository Federation, Japan), Astrid van Wesenbeeck (SPARC Europe), Xiaolin Zhang (National Science Library, CAS). For more information, visit the Open Access Week Web site at http://www.openaccessweek.org. ## SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition), with SPARC Europe and SPARC Japan, is an international alliance of more than 800 academic and research libraries working to create a more open system of scholarly communication. SPARCâs advocacy, educational, and publisher partnership programs encourage expanded dissemination of research. SPARC is on the Web at http://www.arl.org/sparc. - Jennifer McLennan Director of Programs Operations SPARC jenni...@arl.org (202) 296-2296 x121 Fax: (202) 872-0884 http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jennifer-mclennan/6/828/9b5 *** SPARC 2010 Digital Repositories Meeting November 8 9 - Baltimore, MD http://www.arl.org/sparc/media/09-0223.shtml *** Open Access Week 2010 October 18 - 24. Everywhere. http://www.openaccessweek.org *** http://www.arl.org/sparc
Webcast invitation: The 2010 Open Access Week Challenge
A SPARC online event Tuesday, September 7, 2010 12:00 â 1:00PM EST Registration is free, but required. RSVP by September 6 at http://www.arl.org/sparc/meetings/register. Open Access Week, a global event now entering its fourth year, 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. Open Access to information has the power to transform the way research and scientific inquiry are conducted. It has direct and widespread implications for academia, medicine, science, industry, and for society as a whole. OA has the potential to maximize research investments, increase the exposure and use of published research, facilitate the conduct of research across available literature, and enhance the overall advancement of scholarship. Research funding agencies, academic institutions, researchers and scientists, teachers, students, and members of the general public are supporting a move towards Open Access in increasing numbers every year. This year, the organizers of Open Access Week are issuing a challenge to participating universities, research facilities, and other sites worldwide: Show the world the real impact of Open Access by demonstrating how it has helped you and your colleagues to advance your research or scholarship. LEARN MORE about the Open Access Week 2010 Challenge. On September 7, join SPARC Executive Director Heather Joseph and Open Access Week Program Director Jennifer McLennan to explore how researchers, research funders, administrators, technology developers, and others are taking advantage of Open Access to research and how advocates can help take conversations to a new level. The 2010 Open Access Week Challenge A SPARC online event Tuesday, September 7, 2010 12:00 â 1:00PM EST Registration is free, but required. RSVP by September 6 at http://www.arl.org/sparc/meetings/register. This online event is held in conjunction with Open Access Week 2010 (October 18 â 24). OA Week is an invaluable chance to connect the global momentum toward open sharing with the advancement of policy changes on the local level. 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. Register to participate and learn more about what you can do at openaccessweek.org.  - Jennifer McLennan Director of Programs Operations SPARC jenni...@arl.org (202) 296-2296 x121 Fax: (202) 872-0884 *** SPARC 2010 Digital Repositories Meeting November 8 9 - Baltimore, MD http://www.arl.org/sparc/media/09-0223.shtml *** Open Access Week 2010 October 18 - 24. Everywhere. http://www.openaccessweek.org *** http://www.arl.org/sparc
