Australia and New Zealand: Open Access Week 2012

This list is part of the Open Access Directory.

'''This is not an exhaustive list of countries. If you want to add your event and your country is not listed here feel free to add it in alphabetical order. '''

Australia
 * Contact: UQ Library OA Team
 * Location: The University of Queensland, UQ Library, Conference Room, L1 Duhig Building (Building 2) map
 * Link for more details, if available: Openness and Tertiary Education Futures - October 25, 2012 from 2pm to 3pm. Phone: 617 3346 0605. Open Access Week Resources


 * Contact: Lisa Kruesi
 * Location: The University of Queensland, UQ Library, Conference Room, L1 Duhig Building (Building 2)
 * Link for more details, if available: Going for Gold & Greener Pastures: Open Access Explained - October 24, 2012 from 2pm to 3pm. Lisa Kruesi, Associate Director, Helen Morgan, Manager of Research Data Collections and Andrew Heath, Manager of eSpace, from the Scholarly Publishing and Digitisation Service, UQ Library, will present 'Going for Gold & Greener Pastures: Open Access explained'. Duhig Building


 * Contact: Lisa Kruesi
 * Location: The University of Queensland, UQ Library, Conference Room, L1 Duhig Building (Building 2)
 * Link for more details, if available: Mr Tom Joyce, UQ Copyright Lawyer, 'Creative Commons Licensing' - October 23, 2012 from 10am to 11am. Mr Tom Joyce, UQ Copyright Lawyer will provide an introduction to Creative Commons Licensing and answer audience questions. Duhig Building


 * Contact: Paula Callan
 * Location: V714, Level 7, QUT Library, Gardens Point Campus, Brisbane
 * Link for more details, if available: QUT Library Celebrates Open Access Week - October 27, 2011 from 6pm to 7pm. QUT Researchers are invited to attend one of (two) events being held to celebrate Open Access Week. During the session, the new Statistics Dashboard for QUT ePrints will be demonstrated, plus there will be a brief overview of Open Access publishing options, and the Library’s scheme that provides financial support to authors when publishing in a (gold) open access journal (ie BioMed Central journal, PLoS journal). Map


 * Contact: Paula Callan
 * Location: Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, 60 Musk Avenue, Kelvin Grove, QLD 4059, Australia
 * Link for more details, if available: QUT Library Celebrates Open Access Week - October 24, 2011 from 11am to 12:30pm. QUT Researchers are invited to attend an event being held to celebrate Open Access Week.

During the session, a new Statistics Dashboard for QUT ePrints will be launched, plus there will be a brief overview of Open Access publishing options, and the Library’s scheme that provides financial support to authors when publishing in a (gold) open access journal (ie BioMed Central journal, PLoS journal).


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New Zealand
 * Contact: Leonie Hayes - l.hayes@auckland.ac.nz
 * Location: Kate Edger Information Commons Seminar Room Level 4 KEIC 420
 * Link for more details, if available: The University of Auckland Library New Zealand - Open Access Awareness - October 26, 2011 from 10am to 12:30pm.

Join us at these times:

10.00 Short Video and Panel Discussion You are invited to join University personnel who have been involved in the publishing of Open Access Journals at a Panel Discussion on the benefits and pitfalls of the Open Access Publishing. The discussion will provide valuable insight and assistance to anyone considering contributing to or publishing Open Access Journals.

10.45 “Open Access for Beginners” presentation What is the Open Access movement all about? What are the benefits and drawbacks of Open Access publishing? Who ends up paying for these "free" publications? This session will introduce you to the background to Open Access publishing, its recent history, and possible developments.

11.15 Break-out Group

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