North America: Open Access Week 2009

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. '''

CANADA

Alberta
University of Calgary


 * Contact: [mailto:westell@ucalgary.ca Mary Westell]
 * Location: Libraries and Cultural Resources, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB
 * Link for more details, if available: http://library.ucalgary.ca/services/-faculty/open-access/open-access-week-2009

Here's a summary of what we're doing:

Keynote speaker, Leslie Chan from the University of Toronto, who will be introduced by our Vice President (Research). Our Students Union is sharing sponsorship for this talk on Friday October 23 and a reception afterwards. Two of our librarians will be available at the reception to answer questions about their poster on Grey Literature and Open Access.

Displays across campus, at the main library and at our branches and locations. As well, the week prior to October 19, we will have a display in the main Administration Building. We will also promote OA Week at our table at the Netspeed Conference in Calgary Oct. 21-23.

Each day, we will be featured in the online campus newspaper with a story related to Open Access (our OA fund, the institutional repository, Synergies, UofC Press, etc.) We are hoping to attract some local media coverage, too. We will be distributing information packages to the Associate Deans (Research), our LCR Advisory Committee, and the Graduate Students Association. We have printed a large bookmark for OA week and will be handing it out at the displays. We will also have a web page that discusses OA and links to the SPARC and CARL documentation for OA week.

Athabasca University
 * Contact:[mailto:tonyt@athabascau.ca Tony Tin]
 * Location: Library Services, Athabasca University, Athabasca, AB
 * Link for more details, if available:http://openaccess.athabascau.ca

Overview of AU Open Access Week (October 19-23, 2009):

Athabasca University will present a series of five noon-hour webcasts exploring major issues and opportunities presented by open access. Each session will feature an internationally known promoter and developer of open access resources, research or ideas. All sessions are opened to general public.

Schedule of Noon-Hour Webcasts:

Monday October 19 - The Open Access Scholar: Features Dr. Terry Anderson, Editor of the Open Access journal, The International Review of Research on Open and Distance Learning.

Tuesday October 20 - Open Access Research Opportunities and Strategies: Patrick McAndrew /and or Candice Thiele are co-directing an International Research Network and they highlight research opportunities, methodologies and results of current projects.

Wednesday October 21 - Open Access Publication: Dr. Frits Pannekoek, President of Athabasca University, presents the vision and challenges of editing and producing paper books, while licensing the free download of the full text.

Thursday October 22 - Open Access Archives and Repositories: Steve Schafer, Director of AU Library, discusses how Open Access relates to and enhances library services. Tony Tin discusses the challenges and opportunities of self-archiving.

Friday October 23 - Open Access Research Opportunities and Strategies: Noted author and scholar Dr. Rory McGreal shares his knowledge of increasing opportunities and challenges associated with Open Access publication of learning materials.


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British Columbia

 * Contact: Joy Kirchner [mailto:joy.kirchner@ubc.ca Joy Kirchner]
 * Location:University of British Columbia
 * Link for more details, if available: Open Access Week @ University of British Columbia

To help us celebrate this event we are programming a series of events and distinguished speakers in our community who will be describing how they participate in the open access movement.

Schedule of Events

The events hosted by the UBC Library will take place from Tuesday, October 20th through Thursday, October 22, 2009.
 * Day 1: October 20
 * Open Access around the World
 * Dodson Room, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre


 * Day 2: October 21
 * Surfacing UBC Scholarship
 * Dodson Room, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre


 * Day 3: October 22
 * Journal Publishing
 * Dodson Room, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre

Exhibits

Open Access Exhibits will take place in the main (heavy traffic) concourse in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, at UBC and will take place each day from Tuesday, October 20th - Thursday, October 22nd.

Simon Fraser University: School of Communication Grad School Caucus
 * Contact: [mailto:robert_neubauer@sfu.ca Rob Neubauer]
 * Contact: [mailto:hgmorris@sfu.ca Heather Morrison]
 * Location: Simon Fraser University School of Communication / Grad Caucus
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Simon Fraser University Library
 * Contact: Gwen Bird [mailto:gbird@sfu.ca]
 * Location: Simon Fraser University Library
 * Link for more details, if available: http://www.lib.sfu.ca/collections/open-access-week-2009

Manitoba

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Newfoundland

 * Contact: [mailto:lgoddard@mun.ca Lisa Goddard]
 * Location: Memorial University of Newfoundland
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Nova Scotia

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 * Dalhousie University Libraries, Halifax:

The Dalhousie Libraries are hosting several events to mark Open Access Week. Our intent is to share information with the Dalhousie community about the relevance of OA for faculty and students, and to highlight a number of projects that are currently underway at the Libraries.

•	Information booths will be at each of the four Libraries offering a wealth of material on Open Access, including the Canadian Authors Addendum document, handouts for faculty, students and administrators, “I support Open Access” buttons and more.

•	A Lunch & Learn session will be held at the Killam Library on Tuesday October 20th featuring presentations by Bill Maes, University Librarian (“Open Access and the Dalhousie Connection”); Oriel MacLennan, Reference Librarian (“Belphégor: A Dalhousie OA Journal Success Story”); Michelle Paon, Reference Librarian (“Institutional Repositories and the DalSpace Advantage”); and Dominic Silvio, Reference Librarian (“Digital Collections at Dal”).

•	The Libraries’ website will feature a page of Open Access links and resources, including videos and a newly-created Open Access Libguide (http://dal.ca.libguides.com/open_access)

The Dalhousie Libraries are proud to support Open Access!


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McMaster University

 * Contact: [mailto:scom@mcmaster.ca scom@mcmaster.ca]
 * Location:McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Queen's University

 * Contact: [mailto:kalbs@queensu.ca Sam Kalb]
 * Location: Queen's University, Kingston, ON
 * Link for more details: Open Access Week @ Queen's

University of Western Ontario

 * Contact: [mailto:adrian.ho@uwo.ca Adrian K. Ho]
 * Location: University of Western Ontario, London, ON
 * Link for more details, if available: Open Access Week @ Western

University of Toronto

 * Contact: [mailto:rea.devakos@utoronto.ca Rea Devakos]
 * Location: University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
 * Link for more details, if available:http://discover.library.utoronto.ca/open-access-week/open-access-events

Ottawa collaborative events
International Development Research Centre; Carleton University; Université d'Ottawa Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) National Interactive Q&A with John Wilbanks on Digital Repositories and the Digital Commons Monday, October 19th, 1:00-2:00 Eastern Time Presented by the Canadian Association of Research Libraries
 * Contact: [mailto:sokuda@idrc.ca Sachiko Okuda, IDRC]; [mailto:Laura_NewtonMiller@carleton.ca Laura Newton-Miller, Carleton University]; [mailto:joan.cavanagh@uottawa.ca Joan Cavanagh, Université d'Ottawa]
 * Location: IDRC; Carleton University; Université d'Ottawa
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 * Contact:[mailto:carlrpo@uottawa.ca Diego Argáez, CARL]

Register for this free event at
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The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) encourages open access initiatives in scholarly communication. Research is much more valuable when it is shared as it enables new research to build on earlier findings to help fuel further discoveries and innovations that are beneficial to society. To kick off Open Access Week, CARL is sponsoring a free webcast and Q&A session with John Wilbanks, VP of Science at Creative Commons, on Monday October 19, 2009. The webcast was prerecorded and can be watched immediately before the Q&A session, or earlier. The live Q&A session will be held from 1:00 to 2:00pm via interactive Chat. The session will be held in English, however, participants will have the opportunity to ask their questions in English or French [with responses given in English in both cases]. John serves on the Advisory Boards of the U.S. National Library of Medicine’s PubMed Central, the Open Knowledge Foundation, the Open Knowledge Definition, the International Advisory Board of the Prix Ars Electronica’s Digital Communities awards, and on the Board of Directors of the Fedora Commons digital repository organization. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Tulane University, studied modern letters at the Université de Paris IV (La Sorbonne), and was a research affiliate at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in the project on Mathematics and Computation. In Locks and Gears: Digital Repositories and the Digital Commons, Wilbanks discusses research libraries’ role in scholarly communication, their roles in the emerging digital commons/repository infrastructure, sustainability of those roles, and other issues concerning the challenges of improving the dissemination and preservation of research outputs and tapping into the full potential the World Wide Web to successfully arrive at a more dynamic and open scholarly communication system.

Register for this free event at Watch the pre-recorded webcast of Locks and Gears: Digital Repositories and the Digital Commons at http://scienceblogs.com/commonknowledge/2009/05/video_of_talk_online.php
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Wilfrid Laurier University

 * Contact: [mailto:dchaves2@gmail.com Debbie Chaves]
 * Location: Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON
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York University

 * Contact: [mailto:diginit@yorku.ca Scholarly Communications Initiative]
 * Location: York University, Toronto, ON
 * Link for more details, if available: http://scholcom.apps01.yorku.ca/drupal/?q=oaweek2009

McGill University

 * Contact: [mailto:amy.buckland@mcgill.ca Amy Buckland]
 * Location: McGill University Library, Montreal, QC
 * Link for more details, if available: http://www.mcgill.ca/library/library-findinfo/escholarship/openaccess/
 * October 19th at 8pm: free screening of RiP! A Remix Manifesto
 * Open access displays in various branches.
 * Open access buttons available for students and researchers.

Concordia University

 * Contact: [mailto:Kumiko.Vezina@concordia.ca Kumiko Vézina]
 * Contact: [mailto:Annie.Murray@concordia.ca Annie Murray]
 * Location: Concordia University Libraries, Montreal, QC
 * Link for more details: http://library.concordia.ca/research/openaccess/
 * October 21st: Launch of Concordia University's new institutional repository: Spectrum (http://spectrum.library.concordia.ca)
 * Article in the Concordia Journal.
 * October 22nd: from 1pm to 2:30pm: Spectrum workshop for Faculty: Increase the Visibility of your Research
 * Open access booth with displays, brochures and an employee to answer questions in both our Libraries: Webster and Vanier.
 * Open access buttons available.

USA

University of Alabama at Birmingham

 * Contact: [mailto:hmartin@uab.edu Heather Martin]
 * Location: University of Alabama at Birmingham
 * Link for more details, if available: Scholarly Communication at UAB


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Arizona State University
We have an exhibit at both Hayden Library and Noble Science & Engineering Library. We also recorded a podcast on Open Access with 3 ASU faculty.
 * Contact: [mailto:anali.perry@asu.edu Anali Perry]
 * Location: Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
 * Link for more details, if available: Arizona State University Libraries

Exhibit pictures!

The University of Arizona

 * Contact: [mailto:leed@u.library.arizona.edu Dan Lee]
 * Location: The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
 * Link for more details, if available: University Libraries

The University Libraries at The University of Arizona will be hosting two lectures featuring nationally known scholars during its celebration of Open Access Week.

David Shulenburger will give a lecture titled "The Research University Imperative to Distribute Scholarly Materials" on Oct. 20, from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Kiva Room at the Student Union. Shulenburger is the first Vice President for Academic Affairs at the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and his research focuses on the economics of scholarly communications and universities.

David Wiley will explore "The Broader Impacts of Openness on Education" on Oct. 23 from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in RoomA313/314 at the Main Library. Wiley is Associate Professor of Instructional Psychology and Technology at Brigham Young University, Chief Openness Officer of Flat World Knowledge, and Founder of the Open High School of Utah.

City of Hope

 * Contact: Andrea Lynch, Scholarly Communication Librarian
 * Location: Lee Graff Medical & Scientific Library, City of Hope, Duarte, CA 91010
 * Full schedule is listed here: http://grafflibrary.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/were-celebrating-open-access-week-2009/
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 * Each day there was a post on the library's blog, [Highlights from Graff Library], on an open access topic and/or resource, such as videos by researchers and students discussing why open access matters, as well as tools, such as author’s copyright addenda, to help you contribute to the OA movement.
 * Library staff members wore T-shirts and/or buttons as a way to start up informal conversations around campus and chat about open access.
 * Held an Open Access Open House at the Graff Library on Friday, October 23rd, from 2-4pm with cake, handouts, and staff available to talk about open access, why it matters, and what OA journals and OA options are available to the City of Hope (COH) community. We raffled off PLoS t-shirts, a PLoS travel mug, and PLoS pens.
 * Contacted via email those COH authors who have published in OA journals to invite them to speak during the Open Access Open House, or submit a quote about why OA matters to them, etc.
 * For library staff, two educational sessions were scheduled. On Tuesday, we had a presentation introducing open access as a concept and discussing the various OA avenues and why it is important to libraries, institutions, students, researchers, and the public. On Friday, a number of staff watched the EDUCAUSE Webinar on open access, "Throwing Open the Doors: Strategies and Implications for Open Access," with Heather Joseph (Executive Director of SPARC) and Tracy Mitrano (Director of IT Policy at Cornell University).
 * Future plan: to develop an OA LibGuide

San Jose State University
Event speaker: Dr. Daniel Livingstone, Lecturer, School of Computing, University of the West of Scotland
 * Contact: Jeremy Kemp
 * Location: San Jose, CA
 * http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/slis/colloquia/2009/colloquia09fa.htm#oct2109:

Title: "Opening up Education in Games, Simulations and Virtual Worlds" Wednesday, 21 October 2009, noon - 1:00 p.m at SJSU Campus, Clark Hall 304. The event will be streamed into Second Life here: http://slurl.com/secondlife/SJSU%20SLIS/128/128

Abstract: Computer games, simulations and virtual worlds are making increasing inroads into academic education and corporate training. This is often fueled by a desire to improve engagement, or to immerse learning in realistic simulated settings, but often limited by economics and resources. Open Education initiatives hint at solutions, but there are some particular challenges in opening access to virtual world, game and simulation educational resources, and in integrating learning and assessment from these into existing systems and practices.

University of California

 * Contact: Julia Gelfand
 * Location: UC Irvine
 * http://www.lib.uci.edu/about/projects/scamp/scholarly-communication-and-management-program.html?tab=Events%20%26%20News:

October 21, 2009 - UCI Libraries in partnership with the Associated Graduate Students (AGS) and the Graduate Resource Center will host the program, "Open Access: The Status & Success with Different Disciplines" at 3:30-5:00pm in Langson Library 570; Open to Campus Community and Guests. For additional information, please contact Julia Gelfand.

Five speakers comment on their discipline and experience followed by discussion moderated by Lorelei Tanji, AUL for Collections.
 * Mathematics: Chuu-Lian Terng, Chairperson, Mathematics Dept, "Why Math Adopted OA from the Onset"
 * Chemistry: Scott Rychnovsky, Professor of Chemistry & Associate Editor, Journal of Organic Chemistry (ACS publication), "Why Not More Chemistry via OA?"
 * Medicine: Dr. Mark Langdorf, Chair & Medical Director of Emergency Medicine, & Editor, Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, "Never Too Many, Multiple OA Journals in Emergency Medicine"
 * Social Sciences/Anthropology: Douglas White, Professor of Anthropology, "OA Journal Experience with the InterSciWiki, and with the EduMod Wiki-based Educational Program"
 * Humanities: Barbara Cohen, Former Director, UCI HumaniTech and Advisory Board member of Open Humanities Press, "Open Humanities Press: A Collective in the Humanities"

Some sessions include:
 * Contact: Bonnie Tijerina
 * Location: UC Los Angeles
 * 'Full schedule is listed here: http://guides.library.ucla.edu/openaccess
 * How Can OA Change the Ways We Do Scholarship in the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences?
 * The Google Book Settlement: Issues and Options
 * Opening Access to Students
 * Movie Screening of RIP: A Remix Manifesto
 * Panel on Open Access Journals for graduate student editors


 * Contact: Marcus Banks
 * Location: UC San Francisco
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 * Contact: Elise Proulx
 * Location: University of California, California Digital Library
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University of Redlands

 * Contact: Melissa Cardenas-Dow, Lua Gregory, Paige Mann, Sanjeet Mann
 * Location: University of Redlands, Redlands, CA
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We will be promoting awareness of OA and OA-related issues and resources on our blog, facebook, and homepage. We will be creating a LibGuide for students to use to access OA resources and information. We will be conducting a faculty workshop during OA week to define OA and encourage faculty involvement by discussing publication, author rights and copyright, and OA resources.

Thursday, Oct. 22 - Faculty workshop on Open Access . 12:30 to 1:30, Jones 104. ''

Colorado

 * Contact: Jeff Bullington [jeff.bullington AT colostate.edu]
 * Location: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
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 * Contact: Jamaica Jones [jamaica AT ucar.edu]
 * Location: National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO
 * Link for more details, if available: Open Access Day @ UCAR


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University of Connecticut Health Center
We have created a LibGuide on Open Access and will be having on Open House in the library on October 22, with a display table promoting Open Access.
 * Contact: [mailto:dobbs@nso.uchc.edu Arta Dobbs]
 * Location: University of Connecticut Health Center - L.M. Stowe Library - Farmington, CT
 * Link for more details, if available: http://uchc.libguides.com/aecontent.php?pid=74245

Yale University

 * Contact: Adi Kamdar (adi.kamdar [at] yale.edu)
 * Location: Yale University, New Haven, CT
 * Link for more details, if available: http://openaccessatyale.heroku.com


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Emory University

 * Contact: [mailto:lisa.macklin@emory.edu Lisa Macklin]
 * Location: Emory University, Atlanta, GA USA
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Georgia Institute of Technology

 * Contact: [mailto:julie.speer@library.gatech.edu Julie Speer]
 * Location: Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA USA
 * Link for more details, if available:http://www.library.gatech.edu/openaccess/

Speakers


 * Rick Luce, Vice-Provost and Director of Libraries at Emory University, Keynote Speaker
 * Michael L. Best, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs and the School of Interactive Computing, Editor-in-Chief of the OA journal Information Technologies & International Development, Panelist
 * Leo Mark, Ph.D., Associate Professor, School of Computer Science, Georgia Institute of Technology, Panelist, addressed the need for Open Data in scientific and technology research
 * John M. Nickerson, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University, Senior Editor of the OA journal Molecular Vision, Panelist
 * Kathy Roper, Associate Professor, Building Construction Program, Co-Editor of the OA journal International Journal of Facility Management, Panelist


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Florida

 * Contact: [mailto:haas@uflib.ufl.edu Stephanie Haas]
 * Location: University of Florida
 * Link for more details, if available: Open Access Week, Oct.19-23,2009


 * Contact: [mailto:marjohn@uflib.ufl.edu Margeaux Johnson]
 * Location: University of Florida
 * Link for more details, if available: Open Access Week, Oct.19-23,2009


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Hawaii
The University of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM) campus joined in with institutions worldwide to celebrate the first annual International Open Access Week 2009. We joined more than 300 sites around the world participating in this very special occasion. During the week of October 19 – 23, 2009, the UHM Library organized a number of campus events. Activities were designed to help broaden awareness and understanding of Open Access (OA) to research.
 * Contact: Beth Tillinghast [mailto:betht@hawaii.edu Beth Tillinghast]
 * Location: University of Hawaii at Manoa
 * Link for more details, if available: Here is a summary of the Univeristy of Hawaii at Manoa's Open Access Week activities:

On Monday and Tuesday, some of our graduate students, wearing their orange and grey OA T-shirts, distributed literature and flyers at the Campus Center. They chatted with both students and faculty alike sharing special Open Access and Creative Commons informational flyers and colorful OA pens designed just for this occasion. Their efforts helped to increase the number of registrants to our special presentations later in the week.

These special presentations were organized for Wednesday and Thursday at the Queen Lili'uokalani Center. A handful of UHM faculty, who are editors publishing OA journals, and several UHM Administrators took part in a panel discussion about issues in OA publishing on Wednesday. It was interesting to hear the panelists address the challenges of running very successful and highly-respected peer review journals on limited budgets. The panelists also addressed concerns about junior faculty publishing in OA journals in the light of tenure and promotion pressures. Funding for publishing in the Open Access environment was touched on as well.

On Thursday a professor from the UHM Richardson School of law entertained the audience with copyright, author rights and creative commons information. (Yes, believe it or not, the topic of copyright can be entertaining!) Not only did the professor give us a copyright history in a nutshell, but she addressed the nuances with which an author can shape a copyright agreement. We were left pondering a number of issues, including how we at UHM can best serve our own researchers in aligning their publication needs with Open Access publishing.

Both sessions were very interesting, and the audience responded with a great number of questions. They shared anecdotes and concerns and wondered where the UHM community might move next. Both sessions were videoed and will be available in ScholarSpace, our institutional repository shortly. See https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/.

Due to the hard work of the UHM Libraries’ Open Access Week planning committee, more than 100 people in total attended the events. They were treated to a light lunch and some weightier ideas. We felt it was a huge success!

Illinois

 * Contact: Tim Hagan [mailto:t-hagan@northwestern.edu t-hagan@northwestern.edu]
 * Location:Northwestern University, Evanston and Chicago, IL USA
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 * Contact: IssueLab | [mailto:luise@issuelab.org luise@issuelab.org]
 * Location: 4001 N. Ravenswood, Chicago IL USA
 * Link for more details, if available: Research Remix Video Contest: Creative Reuse of Nonprofit Research


 * Contact: Caroline Sietmann [mailto:csietmann@dom.edu csietmann@dom.edu]
 * Location: Dominican University, River Forest, IL, USA
 * Link for more details, if available: Open Access Week 2009


 * Contact:Sandy De Groote [mailto:sgroote@uic.edu sgroote@uic.edu]
 * Location:University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA
 * Link for more details, if available: panel discussion - Scholarly journals unbound, Sparky Award winner 2008, starting a journal

Indiana

 * Contact: Sherri Michaels, Garett Montanez, Jennifer Laherty [mailto:iusw@indiana.edu iusw@indiana.edu]
 * Location: Indiana University, Bloomington
 * Link for more details, if available: Open Access Week activities


 * Contact: [mailto:newton@purdue.edu Mark Newton]
 * Location: Purdue University, West Lafayette
 * Link for more details, if available: Panel discussion, author rights presentation, and more


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Kansas
Summary of what we're doing: Daily posts on our library blog about Open Access issues as well as tweeting facts and videos throughout the week on our Twitter account
 * Contact:Tara Baillargeon
 * Location:K-State Libraries, Kansas State University
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Louisiana State University

 * Contact: [mailto:whires1@lsu.edu Will Hires]
 * Location: Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
 * Link for more details:Open Access Week 2009


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Bowdoin College

 * Contact: [mailto:sodell@bowdoin.edu sodell@bowdoin.edu]
 * Location: Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME, USA
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Johns Hopkins University

 * Contact: [mailto:davidr@jhu.edu David Reynolds ]
 * Location: Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries and JHU Press, Baltimore, MD, USA
 * Link for more details, if available: The Sheridan Libraries and Johns Hopkins University Press will be offering a Publishing Workshop for Graduate Students and New Faculty on October 23 in the Great Hall of Levering from 1:00 to 3:00. We are including a section on OA publishing opportunities during the workshop.


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Simmons College

 * Contact: [mailto:pontika.nancy@gmail.com Athanasia (Nancy) Pontika ]
 * Location: Simmons College, Graduate School of Library and Information Science
 * Link for more details, if available: There is a GSLIS website for the open access week. The GSLIS Student Chapters (LISSA, ASIS&T and SLA), the GSLIS Tech Lab and the Beatley Library at Simmons College help to organize the OA week and events will be hosted during that week. GSLIS Associate Professor Robin Peek will talk on Wednesday, October 21, at 6pm, P 210. Our goal is to educate as many students as possible on open access and sign the Student Statement on the Right to Research.

University of Massachusetts Amherst

 * Contact: [mailto:jadamick@library.umass.edu Jessica Adamick ]
 * Location:University of Massachusetts Amherst, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, Scholarly Communication Office
 * Link for more details, if available: http://scholarworks.umass.edu/oa/

Harvard Medical School

 * Contact:[mailto:wendy_brown@hms.harvard.edu Wendy Brown ]
 * Location:Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston
 * Link for more details, if available:Coming soon!

Boston University

 * Contact:[mailto:vzafrin@bu.edu Vika Zafrin ]
 * Location:Mugar Library, Boston University, Boston
 * Link for more details, if available: We will have an informational table set up near the Research Center (first floor) on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 11am to 5pm. Discussions welcome!

See also: BU School of Public Health Announcement.

Michigan

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Minnesota
Summary of the Week Events: We are holding a series of lunchtime conversations on different topics related to open access. Participants can bring their brown bag lunches and we'll provide cookies and beverages. Drawings for t-shirts and other prizes will be held at each session. OA buttons will be available. More information about each event will be found in our library news beginning Oct. 15th, and on our campus events calendar.
 * Contact: Terri Fishel
 * Location: Macalester College
 * Link for more details, if available: [www.macalester.edu/library]

Monday, Oct. 19 - Open Access in Scholarly Publishing. What does it mean for you as an author and a scholar?''12 noon to 12:45, Harmon Reading Room. Wednesday, Oct. 21 - The Google Book Settlement. 12 noon to 12:45, Harmon Reading Room. Thursday, Oct. 22 - Open Access Policies, Mandates, and Initiatives. 12 noon to 12:45, Harmon Reading Room. Friday, Oct. 23 - Open Access, Author Rights, and Ongoing Change in Scholarly Publishing. 12 noon to 12:45, Harmon Reading Room. ''

Our efforts are primarily focused on an awareness campaign. We have developed a local resource website that includes SPARC OA videos, PhD Comics "Nature vs. Science" series (used with permission), and locally developed resources highlighting on-campus OA publications and debunking OA myths. The site has been featured in the campus newsletter, and liaison librarians are publicizing it to their departments.
 * Contact: [mailto:nasims@umn.edu Nancy Sims], Jim Stemper
 * Location: University of Minnesota
 * Link for more details, if available: UMN Open Access Week 2009

To further raise public awareness, we've put together a postering campaign, with five posters aimed at different campus populations. Posters are available for download in 8.5x11" sizes from our local OA Week site.

We're also Tweeting about Open Access Week and related issues. @CopyrightLibn


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Nebraska

 * Contact:Elaine L. Westbrooks [mailto:ewestbrooks2@unl.edu ewestbrooks2@unl.edu]
 * Location: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska
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 * Contact:Clarissa Steele [mailto:ivoace@yahoo.com ivoace@yahoo.com]
 * Location:University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska
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 * Contact: Avery Paulson [mailto:avery.paulson@huskers.unl.edu avery.paulson@huskers.unl.edu]
 * Location:University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska
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New Hampshire

 * Contact:Eleta Exline [mailto:eleta.exline@unh.edu eleta.exline@unh.edu]
 * Location: University of New Hampshire, University Library
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 * Contact:Barbara DeFelice [mailto:barbara.defelice@dartmouth.edu barbara.defelice@dartmouth.edu]
 * Location:Dartmouth College Library
 * Link for more details, if available:http://www.dartmouth.edu/~library/schcomm/


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New York

 * Contact: [mailto:ebrown@binghamton.edu Elizabeth Brown, ebrown@binghamton.edu]
 * Location: Binghamton University, State University of New York (SUNY)
 * Link for more details, if available: http://library.lib.binghamton.edu/webdocs/scholarlycommunication.html


 * Contact: [mailto:jms1@cornell.edu John Saylor, jms1@cornell.edu]
 * Location: Cornell University Library
 * Link for more details, if available: http://www.library.cornell.edu/scholarlycomm/


 * Contact: [mailto:htkeays@syr.edu Thomas Keays, htkeays@syr.edu]
 * Location: Syracuse University Library
 * Link for more details, if available: http://library.syr.edu/blog/news/archives/001636.php


 * Contact:[mailto:mabwml@rit.edu Marianne Buehler, mabwml@rit.edu]
 * Location:Rochester Institute of Technology, Wallace Center
 * Link for more details, if available: http://library.rit.edu/whatsnew/open-access-week-features-great-series-free-events-oct-19-23-2009.html


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Wake Forest University

 * Contact: [mailto:keenerm@wfu.edu Molly Keener]
 * Location: Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC USA
 * Link for more details, if available: A special edition of the Library newsletter will be distributed on Oct. 19th with articles on the importance of OA, promoting WFU's OA Fund, and introducing the new Scholarly Communication Librarian. A lecture on the future of publishing will be held on Oct. 20th. Three ETD prep classes will include information on OA.


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Ohio State University
The program will consist of a panel of authors, editors, and publishers and will include both those enthusiastically involved with open access journals and those who are more skeptical of the movement. The intent is to show both the advantages and challenges of open access. Those who cannot attend the program in person will be able to view it via video streaming and capture.
 * Contact: Anne Gilliland
 * Location: Open Access Day at Ohio State University, Oct. 21, 2009; Columbus, Ohio
 * Link for more details, if available:http://library.osu.edu/blogs/copyright/2009/10/15/osu-open-access-day-2009-is-october-21/

Denison University

 * Contact: Joshua Finnell
 * Location: Open Access Exhibit at the William Howard Doane Library, Denison University


 * Link for more details, if available:http://blogdenlibrary.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/open-access-week-october-19th-23rd/


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Oregon State University

 * Contact:Sue.Kunda AT oregonstate.edu
 * Location:Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
 * Link for more details, if available:http://ica.library.oregonstate.edu/subject-guide/851-Open-Access-Week

University of Oregon

 * Contact:jqj AT uoregon.edu
 * Location:University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
 * Link for more details, if available: http://libweb.uoregon.edu/scis/sc/oaweek09.html

UO events consist primarily of workshops and presentations highlighting our initiatives in support of open access, ranging from our institutional repository to a "gold" OA funding program, departmental mandates for "green" OA deposit, and exploration of new possibilities in open textbook publishing.


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Tennessee

 * Michele Brannen (The Studio, Hodges Library) and Ann Viera (Pendergrass AG-VET MED Library):
 * UT Knoxville Sparky Awards Contest - Hosted by the University of Tennessee Libraries - Screening Night Oct. 21st in the Auditorium at Hodges Library:
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Baylor University Library

 * Contact: [mailto:billie_peterson@baylor.edu Billie Peterson-Lugo]
 * Location: Baylor University Libraries
 * Link for more details, if available: http://www.baylor.edu/lib/openaccess

Texas Medical Center Library, Rice U Fondren Library,U of Houston Library

 * will be co-hosting several free presentations


 * TMC Library
 * October 20, 3-4:00 "Open Access Mandates"
 * October 22, 9-10:00 "NIH Public Access Policy"
 * October 22, 11-12:00 "Increase your Citation Rates"


 * Rice University Library
 * October 21, 3-4:30 "Creative Commons & Licensing" and Starting and Running an Open Access Journal Panel" Fondren Library


 * University of Houston Library
 * SPARKY Awards: a national competition for students to illustrate in a short video presentation what they see as the value of sharing information.

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 * Contact: [mailto:kathryn.krause@exch.library.tmc.edu Kate Krause]

Trinity University San Antonio

 * Contact: [mailto:Katy.Ginanni@trinity.edu Katy Ginanni]
 * Location: Coates Library all week; Gold Room Oct. 20 4:30-6:00pm
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Utah

 * Contact: [mailto:allyson.mower@utah.edu Allyson Mower]
 * Location: University of Utah, Marriott Library, Gould Auditorium
 * Link for more details, if available: http://marriottlibrary.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/open-access-week/


 * Contact: [mailto:heather.leary@usu.edu Heather Leary]
 * Location: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library Faculty Lounge, room 208
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Virginia

 * Contact: Claudia Holland [mailto:chollan3@gmu.edu chollan3@gmu.edu]
 * Location: George Mason University, Fairfax, VA USA
 * Link for more details, if available: http://openaccessweek2009.pbworks.com/


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Washington State University

 * Contact: [mailto:kayv@wsu.edu kayv@wsu.edu]
 * Location: Washington State University, Pullman, WA USA
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University of Puget Sound

 * Contact: [mailto:jcarlin@ups.edu jcarlin@ups.edu]
 * Location: University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA. USA
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University of Washington

 * Contact: [mailto:desart@u.washington.edu Mel DeSart]
 * Location: University of Washington, Seattle, WA
 * Link for more details, if available: http://www.lib.washington.edu/about/news/2009/open_access_week_2009.html


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Washington, DC

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Wisconsin

 * Contact: Michael Zimmer, zimmerm@uwm.edu
 * Location: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Golda Meir Library
 * Link for more details, if available: http://www4.uwm.edu/sois/events/openaccess/


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West Virginia

 * Contact: [mailto:John.Hagen@mail.wvu.edu John.Hagen@mail.wvu.edu]
 * Location: West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, WV
 * Link for more details, if available: http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/open-access/

Open Access Week promotions at West Virginia University coincide with the annual “Diversity Week” celebrations on campus. In many ways Open Access is the ultimate form of social justice—bringing scholars and people from around the world together for the common good. Open Access to WVU research will help “Let it Shine”. Open access scholarly communications are part of a growing trend of technological development and resource sharing that is transforming economies by providing access to research results to the world while bringing reciprocal investment back to the local level.

Public service announcements have been distributed to both internal and external news outlets. Promotional packets have been distributed to all branch libraries including posters, flyers and stickers. The University Libraries have added an open access video resources page to highlight "best of" approaches to gain OA support from students, faculty, staff, administration and the public. In a news story we featured a local pediatrician who has published a paper on "RSV" in BioMed Central, available as open access. We also helped to organize the international NDLTD Open Access Week Youtube Video Contest.


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