http://oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=Dominique+Babini&feedformat=atomOpen Access Directory - User contributions [en]2024-03-28T08:29:03ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.35.5http://oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/index.php?title=Guides_for_OA_journal_publishers&diff=27368Guides for OA journal publishers2018-08-12T21:19:20Z<p>Dominique Babini: </p>
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<div>[[File:oad2.jpeg|60px]] This list is part of the [http://oad.simmons.edu Open Access Directory].<br />
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* This is a list of guidelines, primers, recommendations, and best practices for publishers of OA journals. When possible, give authors, titles, links, publishers (or sponsoring organizations), and dates. <br />
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* Note the dates. Some of these guides are new and some are fairly old.<br />
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* Alphabetical by author.<br />
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* Related lists on OAD: (1) [[Free and open-source journal management software]], (2) [[OA journal business models]], (3) [[OA journal launch services]].<br />
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* For real-time updates, some not yet reflected here, follow the [http://tagteam.harvard.edu/hubs/oatp/tag/oa.guides.journals oa.guides.journals] tag of the [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/hoap/Open_Access_Tracking_Project Open Access Tracking Project].<br />
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[[Category:Lists about journals]][[Category:Lists about publishers]][[Category:Lists about business models and funding]] <br />
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* Alicia Aparicio, Guillermo Banzato and Gustavo Liberatore, [http://www.memoria.fahce.unlp.edu.ar/libros/pm.482/pm.482.pdf Manual de gestión editorial de revistas científicas de ciencias sociales y humanas: Buenas prácticas y criterios de calidad], 2016.<br />
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* [http://aoasg.org.au/ Australian Open Access Support Group] (AOASG):<br />
** [http://aoasg.org.au/oa-publishing-case-studies/ OA publishing case studies]<br />
** [http://aoasg.org.au/starting-an-oa-journal/ Starting an OA journal]<br />
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* Suzanne Pilaar Birch, [http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2014/09/18/how-to-start-an-open-access-journal/ Essential Guide: How to start an Open Access journal in five steps], LSE Impact Blog, September 2014. <br />
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*Centre for Digital Cultures, Hybrid Publishing Lab, and Leuphana University of Lüneburg, [http://projects.digital-cultures.net/hybrid-publishing-lab/files/2014/07/HOAJ-POSTER-final-web.pdf How to Start an Open Access Journal], 2014.<br />
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* Raym Crow, [http://www.arl.org/sparc/bm~doc/Sponsorship_Guide.pdf Sponsorships for Nonprofit Scholarly &amp; Scientific Journals: A Guide to Defining &amp; Negotiating Successful Sponsorships], SPARC, Release 1.0, July 2005.<br />
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* Raym Crow and Howard Goldstein, [http://www.soros.org/openaccess/oajguides/business_planning.pdf Guide to Business Planning for Launching a New Open Access Journal], Open Society Institute, Version 2, July 2003.<br />
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* Raym Crow and Howard Goldstein, [http://www.soros.org/openaccess/oajguides/oaj_supplement_0703.pdf Model Business Plan: A Supplemental Guide for Open Access Journal Developers &amp; Publishers], Open Society Institute, Edition 1, July 2003.<br />
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* Raym Crow and Howard Goldstein, [http://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/pdf/business_converting.pdf Guide to Business Planning for Converting a Subscription-based Journal to Open Access], Open Society Institute, Version 3, February, 2004.<br />
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* Mark Cyzyk and Sayeed Choudhury, [https://wiki.library.jhu.edu/display/epubs/Home?showChildren=false A Survey and Evaluation of Open-Source Electronic Publishing Systems], Johns Hopkins University and the Open Society Institute, April 2008.<br />
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* Martin Paul Eve, Starting an Open Access Journal: a step-by-step guide ([https://www.martineve.com/2012/07/10/starting-an-open-access-journal-a-step-by-step-guide-part-1/ part 1], [https://www.martineve.com/2012/07/11/starting-an-open-access-journal-a-step-by-step-guide-part-2/ part 2]), July 2012.<br />
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* Rick Johnson, [http://www.arl.org/sparc/di/ Declaring Independence: A Guide to Creating Community-Controlled Science Journals], SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition) and TRLN (the Triangle Research Libraries Network), 2001. Only an abridgment is still online.<br />
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* Public Library of Science, [http://web.archive.org/web/20050401093225/http://www.plos.org/downloads/oa_whitepaper.pdf Publishing Open-Access Journals: A Brief Overview from The Public Library of Science], February 2004.<br />
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* María A. Rojas V. and Sandra Rivera M., [https://openlibra.com/es/book/download/guia-de-buenas-practicas-para-revistas-academicas-de-acceso-abierto Guía de Buenas Prácticas para Revistas Académicas de Acceso Abierto], 2011.<br />
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* Scholastica<br />
**[https://scholasticahq.com/open-access-journal-starter-kit The Open Access Journal Starter Kit], [https://archive.org/details/oa-journal-starter-kit eBook], 2014.<br />
**[https://scholasticahq.com/definitive-guide-to-journal-publishing The Journal Editor's Definitive Guide to Digital Publishing (2nd Edition)].<br />
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* [http://sparc.arl.org/ Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition] (SPARC):<br />
** [http://www.arl.org/sparc/publications/papers/journal_indexing.shtml Getting your journal indexed]. Continuously updated.<br />
** [http://www.arl.org/sparc/partnering/planning/index.shtml Open-access Journal Publishing Resource Index]. [http://www.arl.org/sparc/media/11-0526.shtml Launched] May 26, 2011. Continuously updated.<br />
** [http://sparcopen.org/our-work/transitioning-your-journal/ Transitioning Your Journal from Subscription to Open Access], undated.<br />
** Sheridan Brown, [https://web.archive.org/web/20160405091827/http://sparceurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/BusinessPLAN_OAJournals_0116.pdf Publishing an Open Access Journal], January 2016 (archived April 2016).<br />
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* Lorna Shapiro, [http://pkp.sfu.ca/files/OJS_Project_Report_Shapiro.pdf Establishing and Publishing an Online Peer-reviewed Journal: Action Plan, Resourcing, and Costs], Public Knowledge Project, 2005.<br />
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* David J. Solomon, [http://www.developing-oa-journals.org/index.php Developing Open Access Journals: A Practical Guide], Chandos Publishing, February 2008. This is a priced, printed book. An abridged [http://www.developing-oa-journals.org/Guide_to_developing_oa_journals.pdf OA edition] is available. Also see the companion [http://www.developing-oa-journals.org/resources.php set of annotated links] to resources for open access projects. The author [mailto:dsolomon@msu.edu welcomes suggestions] and will try to update this regularly. <br />
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* David J. Solomon and Caroline Sutton, [http://www.openaccesspublishing.org/index.php Workshops on Creating Open Access Journals], 2008-2009.<br />
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* SQW Ltd., [http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/stellent/groups/corporatesite/@policy_communications/documents/web_document/wtd003184.pdf Costs and business models in scientific research publishing], Wellcome Trust, April 2004.<br />
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* Kevin Stranack, [http://pkp.sfu.ca/files/GettingFoundStayingFound.pdf Getting Found, Staying Found, Increasing Impact: Enhancing Readership and Preserving Content for OJS Journals], Public Knowledge Project, 2006.<br />
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* Kevin Stranack, [http://pkp.sfu.ca/files/AfricaNewJournal.pdf Starting a New Scholarly Journal in Africa], Public Knowledge Project, 2008.<br />
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* Caroline Sutton (project manager), [http://web.archive.org/web/20131219004606/http://www.doaj.org/bpguide/ Online Guide to Open Access Journals Publishing], Co-Action Publishing and the Lund University Library, January 2010.<br />
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* Jan Velterop, [http://www.soros.org/openaccess/pdf/open_access_publishing_and_scholarly_societies.pdf Guide to Open Access Publishing and Scholarly Societies], Open Society Institute, July 2005.</div>Dominique Babinihttp://oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/index.php?title=2015&diff=1992420152015-02-02T20:28:22Z<p>Dominique Babini: /* October */</p>
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* This is a section within the larger list of OA-related [[Events]].<br />
* Chronological order.<br />
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==January==<br />
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* '''NEW''' '''[http://biocaddie.org/events/webinars/linking-data-and-publications-%E2%80%93-past-present-and-future LINKING DATA AND PUBLICATIONS – THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE]'''. Online, January 8, 2015. <br />
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* '''[https://www.force11.org/meetings/force2015 FORCE2015 Research Communication and e-Scholarship Conference]'''. University of Oxford, January 12-13, 2015.<br />
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* '''[http://duraspace.org/articles/2334 Roadmap to the Future of SHARE]'''. Online, January 14, 2015. <br />
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* '''NEW''' '''[http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/datacite-dois-and-theses-tickets-14920615964 DataCite, DOIs and Theses]'''. London, UK, January 15, 2015. <br />
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* '''[http://recodeproject.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Conference_RECODE_ONLINE-PROGRAMME_1410.pdf The RECODE project and the National Documentation Centre 4th International Open Access Conference@EKT]'''. Athens, Greece, January 14-15, 2015. <br />
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* '''NEW''' '''[http://festivaldomainepublic.org/ 2015 Public Domain Festival]'''. Paris, France, January 16-31.<br />
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* '''NEW''' '''[http://cta.int/en/article/2015-01-15/creating-impact-with-open-data-in-agriculture-and-nutrition.html Creating Impact with Open Data in Agriculture and Nutrition].''' Wageningen University and Research Centre, Netherlands, January 19-20, 2015. <br />
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* '''NEW''' '''[https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5105547422875243010 The Repository Today: A Necessary Campus Investment]'''. Online, January 22, 2015. <br />
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* '''NEW''' '''[http://opendatamanchester.org.uk/2014/12/08/reproducibility-in-science-and-policy-an-open-data-manchester-january-special/ Reproducibility in Science and Policy – An Open Data Manchester January Special]'''. Manchester, UK, January 27, 2015.<br />
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* '''[http://inke.ca/projects/whistler-gathering-2015/ Sustaining Partnerships to Transform Scholarly Production]'''. Whistler, BC, Canada, January 27-28, 2015.<br />
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*'''NEW''' '''[http://spgia.gmu.edu/news-events/events-calendar/publishing-choices-evaluating-traditional-and-open-access-journals/ Publishing Choices: Evaluating Traditional and Open Access Journals]'''. George Mason University, January 29, 2015.<br />
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* '''NEW''' '''[http://www.sparc.arl.org/events/tackling-textbook-costs-through-open-educational-resources-primer Tackling Textbook Costs through Open Educational Resources: A Primer ]'''. January 29 & 30, 2015, Chicago, USA.<br />
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* '''NEW''' '''[http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/events/programme-meetings/?cHash=f7f3a47914&tx_browser_pi1%5BshowUid%5D=30159 Consultative Forum on Open Access (OA): Towards high level interventions for Research and Development in Africa]'''. Nairobi, Kenya, January 29-30, 2015. <br />
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* '''NEW''' '''[Scholarship@Western & Open Access: What’s in it for me?]'''. Western University, Canada, January 30, 2015.<br />
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==February==<br />
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* '''NEW''' '''[http://odee.osu.edu/news/1825 Paving the way for Open Educational Resources]'''. Ohio State University, February 17, 2015.<br />
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* '''NEW''' '''[http://www.arl.org/news/arl-news/3503-save-the-date-fair-use-week-2015-to-be-celebrated-in-february#.VLaWZYrF8Yc Fair Use Week 2015]'''. February 23-27, 2015.<br />
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* '''NEW''' '''[http://www.osgeo.org/node/1494 Openness in GeoEducation: Introduction to Geospatial Technology Using QGIS]'''. Online, February 23- March 29, 2015.<br />
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*'''NEW''' '''[http://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/articles/2015-01/webinar-institutional-research-repositories-characteristics-relationships-and-roles Institutional & research repositories: Characteristics, relationships and roles]'''. Online, February 26, 2015. <br />
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* '''NEW''' '''[http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/notices/011515-univlib-textbookworkshop.html Open Textbook Workshop].''' Virginia Tech, February 27, 2015.<br />
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==March==<br />
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* '''[https://rd-alliance.org/plenary-meetings/rda-fifth-plenary-meeting.html RDA Fifth Plenary Meeting]'''. San Diego, California, March 9-11, 2015. <br />
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* '''[http://w3.tue.nl/en/services/library/agendaevents/agenda_events/?cHash=a0db38f471&tx_cal_controller%5Bgetdate%5D=20150310&tx_cal_controller%5Blastview%5D=list-461&tx_cal_controller%5Btype%5D=tx_cal_phpicalendar&tx_cal_controller%5Buid%5D=14577&tx_cal_controller%5Bview%5D=event Symposium 'Open Science and Open Access']'''. TU/e, Netherlands, November 10, 2014. <br />
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* '''NEW''' [http://www.publishinginlibraries.org/call-for-proposals/ Publishing in Libraries]'''. SUNY College at Brockport, March 15, 2015.<br />
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* '''NEW''' '''[http://universitypublishingsymposium.wordpress.com/event-info/ Reinventing university publishing international symposium and THAT camp]'''. Canberra, Australia, 17-19 March 2015.<br />
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* '''NEW''' '''[http://www.publishinginlibraries.org/call-for-proposals/ SUNY Publishing in Libraries Conference]'''. SUNY College at Brockport, March 20, 2015. <br />
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* '''NEW''' [http://www.arl.org/events/upcoming-events/event/128#.VISsq5PF-wE ARL/ACRL Institute on Scholarly Communication (ISC)]. Portland, Oregon, March 25, 2015. <br />
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* '''[http://www.westminsterforumprojects.co.uk/forums/event.php?eid=876&t=8293 The future for Open Access and the move towards Open Data]'''. London, UK, March 26, 2015.<br />
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* '''[http://www.librarypublishing.org/events/lpforum15 Library Publishing Forum 2015]'''. Portland, Oregon, March 29-30, 2015.<br />
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* '''[http://scholarship.law.wm.edu/lawrepositories/ Law Repositories: Shaping the Future]'''. William and Mary Law School, March 30-31, 2015.<br />
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==April==<br />
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* '''NEW''' '''[http://libraries.iub.edu/sailing-high-seas-open-access-publishing-ojs-xml-galley-plugin Sailing the High Seas of Open Access Publishing with the OJS XML Galley Plugin]'''. Indiana University, Bloomington, April 8, 2015. <br />
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* '''[http://oer15.oerconf.org/ OER15: Mainstreaming Open Education]'''. Cardiff, Wales, April 14-15, 2015. <br />
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* '''NEW''' '''[http://10times.com/open-access-to-research-london The Open Access to Research: Understanding policy, preparing for the future]'''. London, UK, April 15, 2015. <br />
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* '''NEW''' '''[http://www.sparc.arl.org/events/joint-sparc-coar-conference COAR - SPARC Conference: Connecting research results, bridging communities, opening scholarship]'''. Porto, Portuga, April 15-16, 2015. <br />
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* '''NEW''' '''[http://www.law.berkeley.edu/17795.htm The 19th Annual BCLT/BTLJ Symposium: Open Data: Addressing Privacy, Security, and Civil Rights Challenges]'''. Berkeley, California, April 17, 2015. <br />
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* '''[http://dp.la/info/get-involved/dplafest/april-2015/ DPLAfest 2015]'''. Indianapolis, Indiana, April 17-18, 2015.<br />
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* [https://www.instapaper.com/read/516250320 Advancing Research Communication and Scholarship]. Philadelphia, PA, April 26-28, 2015.<br />
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* [http://digital.sandiego.edu/symposium/ 2015 Digital Initiatives Symposium]. University of San Diego, April 29, 2015.<br />
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==May==<br />
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* '''NEW''' '''[http://eventseer.net/e/26094/ CFP PRE-ECIS 2015 WORKSHOP ON OPEN RESEARCH AND PRACTICE IN IS]'''. Muenster, Germany, May 26-29, 2015.<br />
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* '''NEW''' '''[http://opendatacon.org/call/ 3rd International Open Data Conference (IODC)]'''. Ottawa, Canada, May 28-29, 2015.<br />
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==June==<br />
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* '''[http://duraspace.org/open-repositories-conference-update-save-dates-or2015 2015 Open Repositories Conference (OR2015)]'''. Indianapolis, Indiana, June 8 -11, 2014. <br />
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* '''[http://indico.cern.ch/event/332370/ The CERN Workshop on Innovations in Scholarly Communication (OAI9)]'''. University of Geneva, June 17-19, 2015.<br />
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* '''[http://www.liber2015.org.uk/ LIBER ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2015: Towards open science]'''. London, UK, June 24-26, 2015.<br />
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==July==<br />
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* '''[http://criticallegalthinking.com/2014/11/04/cfp-openness-intellectual-property/ CfP: Openness and Intellectual Property]'''. University of Pennsylvania, July 22-24, 2015.<br />
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==August==<br />
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* '''[https://pkp.sfu.ca/5th-international-pkp-scholarly-publishing-conference-scholarship-technology-and-community/ 5th International PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference: scholarship, technology, and community]'''. Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada, August 12-14, 2015 ]'''.<br />
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==September==<br />
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'''NEW''' '''[http://www.easyconferences.eu/elpub2015/ ELPUB 2015: Scale, Openness and Trust: New Avenues for Electronic Publishing in the Age of Infinite Collections and Citizen Science]'''. Malta, September 1-2, 2015.<br />
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==October==<br />
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* '''[http://www.acessolivre.pt/c/index.php/confoa2015/c 6ª Conferência Luso-Brasileira de Acesso Aberto (Confoa)]'''. At Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brasil, 4-7 October 2015<br />
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==November==<br />
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* '''[http://www.clacso.org.ar/conferencia2015/conferencia_coloquios.php International Colloquium on Open Access and Knowledge Democratization (in Spanish)]'''. At CLACSO´s Latin America and the Caribbean Social Science Conference, Medellín, Colombia, 9-13 November<br />
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==December==</div>Dominique Babinihttp://oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/index.php?title=2015&diff=1989620152015-01-04T21:13:30Z<p>Dominique Babini: /* November */</p>
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* This is a section within the larger list of OA-related [[Events]].<br />
* Chronological order.<br />
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==January==<br />
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* '''[https://www.force11.org/meetings/force2015 FORCE2015 Research Communication and e-Scholarship Conference]'''. University of Oxford, January 12-13, 2015.<br />
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* '''[http://duraspace.org/articles/2334 Roadmap to the Future of SHARE]'''. Online, January 14, 2015. <br />
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* '''NEW''' '''[http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/datacite-dois-and-theses-tickets-14920615964 DataCite, DOIs and Theses]'''. London, UK, January 15, 2015. <br />
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* '''[http://recodeproject.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Conference_RECODE_ONLINE-PROGRAMME_1410.pdf The RECODE project and the National Documentation Centre 4th International Open Access Conference@EKT]'''. Athens, Greece, January 14-15, 2015. <br />
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* '''NEW''' '''[http://opendatamanchester.org.uk/2014/12/08/reproducibility-in-science-and-policy-an-open-data-manchester-january-special/ Reproducibility in Science and Policy – An Open Data Manchester January Special]'''. Manchester, UK, January 27, 2015.<br />
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* '''[http://inke.ca/projects/whistler-gathering-2015/ Sustaining Partnerships to Transform Scholarly Production]'''. Whistler, BC, Canada, January 27-28, 2015.<br />
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* '''NEW''' '''[http://www.sparc.arl.org/events/tackling-textbook-costs-through-open-educational-resources-primer Tackling Textbook Costs through Open Educational Resources: A Primer ]'''. January 29 & 30, 2015, Chicago, USA.<br />
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==February==<br />
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==March==<br />
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* '''[https://rd-alliance.org/plenary-meetings/rda-fifth-plenary-meeting.html RDA Fifth Plenary Meeting]'''. San Diego, California, March 9-11, 2015. <br />
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* '''[http://w3.tue.nl/en/services/library/agendaevents/agenda_events/?cHash=a0db38f471&tx_cal_controller%5Bgetdate%5D=20150310&tx_cal_controller%5Blastview%5D=list-461&tx_cal_controller%5Btype%5D=tx_cal_phpicalendar&tx_cal_controller%5Buid%5D=14577&tx_cal_controller%5Bview%5D=event Symposium 'Open Science and Open Access']'''. TU/e, Netherlands, November 10, 2014. <br />
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* '''NEW''' [http://www.publishinginlibraries.org/call-for-proposals/ Publishing in Libraries]'''. SUNY College at Brockport, March 15, 2015.<br />
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* '''NEW''' '''[http://universitypublishingsymposium.wordpress.com/event-info/ Reinventing university publishing international symposium and THAT camp]'''. Canberra, Australia, 17-19 March 2015.<br />
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* '''NEW''' [http://www.arl.org/events/upcoming-events/event/128#.VISsq5PF-wE ARL/ACRL Institute on Scholarly Communication (ISC)]. Portland, Oregon, March 25, 2015. <br />
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* '''[http://www.westminsterforumprojects.co.uk/forums/event.php?eid=876&t=8293 The future for Open Access and the move towards Open Data]'''. London, UK, March 26, 2015.<br />
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* '''[http://www.librarypublishing.org/events/lpforum15 Library Publishing Forum 2015]'''. Portland, Oregon, March 29-30, 2015.<br />
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* '''[http://scholarship.law.wm.edu/lawrepositories/ Law Repositories: Shaping the Future]'''. William and Mary Law School, March 30-31, 2015.<br />
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==April==<br />
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* '''[http://oer15.oerconf.org/ OER15: Mainstreaming Open Education]'''. Cardiff, Wales, April 14-15, 2015. <br />
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* '''[http://dp.la/info/get-involved/dplafest/april-2015/ DPLAfest 2015]'''. Indianapolis, Indiana, April 17-18, 2015.<br />
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* [https://www.instapaper.com/read/516250320 Advancing Research Communication and Scholarship]. Philadelphia, PA, April 26-28, 2015.<br />
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* [http://digital.sandiego.edu/symposium/ 2015 Digital Initiatives Symposium]. University of San Diego, April 29, 2015.<br />
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==May==<br />
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==June==<br />
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* '''[http://duraspace.org/open-repositories-conference-update-save-dates-or2015 2015 Open Repositories Conference (OR2015)]'''. Indianapolis, Indiana, June 8 -11, 2014. <br />
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* '''[http://indico.cern.ch/event/332370/ The CERN Workshop on Innovations in Scholarly Communication (OAI9)]'''. University of Geneva, June 17-19, 2015.<br />
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* '''[http://www.liber2015.org.uk/ LIBER ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2015: Towards open science]'''. London, UK, June 24-26, 2015.<br />
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==July==<br />
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* '''[http://criticallegalthinking.com/2014/11/04/cfp-openness-intellectual-property/ CfP: Openness and Intellectual Property]'''. University of Pennsylvania, July 22-24, 2015.<br />
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==August==<br />
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* '''[https://pkp.sfu.ca/5th-international-pkp-scholarly-publishing-conference-scholarship-technology-and-community/ 5th International PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference: scholarship, technology, and community]'''. Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada, August 12-14, 2015 ]'''.<br />
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==September==<br />
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'''NEW''' '''[http://www.easyconferences.eu/elpub2015/ ELPUB 2015: Scale, Openness and Trust: New Avenues for Electronic Publishing in the Age of Infinite Collections and Citizen Science]'''. Malta, September 1-2, 2015.<br />
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==October==<br />
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==November==<br />
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* '''[http://www.clacso.org.ar/conferencia2015/conferencia_coloquios.php International Colloquium on Open Access and Knowledge Democratization (in Spanish)]'''. At CLACSO´s Latin America and the Caribbean Social Science Conference, Medellín, Colombia, 9-13 November<br />
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==December==</div>Dominique Babinihttp://oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/index.php?title=2015&diff=1989520152015-01-04T21:12:47Z<p>Dominique Babini: /* November */</p>
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* This is a section within the larger list of OA-related [[Events]].<br />
* Chronological order.<br />
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==January==<br />
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* '''[https://www.force11.org/meetings/force2015 FORCE2015 Research Communication and e-Scholarship Conference]'''. University of Oxford, January 12-13, 2015.<br />
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* '''[http://duraspace.org/articles/2334 Roadmap to the Future of SHARE]'''. Online, January 14, 2015. <br />
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* '''NEW''' '''[http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/datacite-dois-and-theses-tickets-14920615964 DataCite, DOIs and Theses]'''. London, UK, January 15, 2015. <br />
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* '''[http://recodeproject.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Conference_RECODE_ONLINE-PROGRAMME_1410.pdf The RECODE project and the National Documentation Centre 4th International Open Access Conference@EKT]'''. Athens, Greece, January 14-15, 2015. <br />
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* '''NEW''' '''[http://opendatamanchester.org.uk/2014/12/08/reproducibility-in-science-and-policy-an-open-data-manchester-january-special/ Reproducibility in Science and Policy – An Open Data Manchester January Special]'''. Manchester, UK, January 27, 2015.<br />
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* '''[http://inke.ca/projects/whistler-gathering-2015/ Sustaining Partnerships to Transform Scholarly Production]'''. Whistler, BC, Canada, January 27-28, 2015.<br />
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* '''NEW''' '''[http://www.sparc.arl.org/events/tackling-textbook-costs-through-open-educational-resources-primer Tackling Textbook Costs through Open Educational Resources: A Primer ]'''. January 29 & 30, 2015, Chicago, USA.<br />
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==February==<br />
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==March==<br />
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* '''[https://rd-alliance.org/plenary-meetings/rda-fifth-plenary-meeting.html RDA Fifth Plenary Meeting]'''. San Diego, California, March 9-11, 2015. <br />
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* '''[http://w3.tue.nl/en/services/library/agendaevents/agenda_events/?cHash=a0db38f471&tx_cal_controller%5Bgetdate%5D=20150310&tx_cal_controller%5Blastview%5D=list-461&tx_cal_controller%5Btype%5D=tx_cal_phpicalendar&tx_cal_controller%5Buid%5D=14577&tx_cal_controller%5Bview%5D=event Symposium 'Open Science and Open Access']'''. TU/e, Netherlands, November 10, 2014. <br />
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* '''NEW''' [http://www.publishinginlibraries.org/call-for-proposals/ Publishing in Libraries]'''. SUNY College at Brockport, March 15, 2015.<br />
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* '''NEW''' '''[http://universitypublishingsymposium.wordpress.com/event-info/ Reinventing university publishing international symposium and THAT camp]'''. Canberra, Australia, 17-19 March 2015.<br />
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* '''NEW''' [http://www.arl.org/events/upcoming-events/event/128#.VISsq5PF-wE ARL/ACRL Institute on Scholarly Communication (ISC)]. Portland, Oregon, March 25, 2015. <br />
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* '''[http://www.westminsterforumprojects.co.uk/forums/event.php?eid=876&t=8293 The future for Open Access and the move towards Open Data]'''. London, UK, March 26, 2015.<br />
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* '''[http://www.librarypublishing.org/events/lpforum15 Library Publishing Forum 2015]'''. Portland, Oregon, March 29-30, 2015.<br />
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* '''[http://scholarship.law.wm.edu/lawrepositories/ Law Repositories: Shaping the Future]'''. William and Mary Law School, March 30-31, 2015.<br />
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==April==<br />
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* '''[http://oer15.oerconf.org/ OER15: Mainstreaming Open Education]'''. Cardiff, Wales, April 14-15, 2015. <br />
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* '''[http://dp.la/info/get-involved/dplafest/april-2015/ DPLAfest 2015]'''. Indianapolis, Indiana, April 17-18, 2015.<br />
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* [https://www.instapaper.com/read/516250320 Advancing Research Communication and Scholarship]. Philadelphia, PA, April 26-28, 2015.<br />
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* [http://digital.sandiego.edu/symposium/ 2015 Digital Initiatives Symposium]. University of San Diego, April 29, 2015.<br />
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==May==<br />
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==June==<br />
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* '''[http://duraspace.org/open-repositories-conference-update-save-dates-or2015 2015 Open Repositories Conference (OR2015)]'''. Indianapolis, Indiana, June 8 -11, 2014. <br />
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* '''[http://indico.cern.ch/event/332370/ The CERN Workshop on Innovations in Scholarly Communication (OAI9)]'''. University of Geneva, June 17-19, 2015.<br />
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* '''[http://www.liber2015.org.uk/ LIBER ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2015: Towards open science]'''. London, UK, June 24-26, 2015.<br />
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==July==<br />
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* '''[http://criticallegalthinking.com/2014/11/04/cfp-openness-intellectual-property/ CfP: Openness and Intellectual Property]'''. University of Pennsylvania, July 22-24, 2015.<br />
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==August==<br />
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* '''[https://pkp.sfu.ca/5th-international-pkp-scholarly-publishing-conference-scholarship-technology-and-community/ 5th International PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference: scholarship, technology, and community]'''. Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada, August 12-14, 2015 ]'''.<br />
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==September==<br />
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'''NEW''' '''[http://www.easyconferences.eu/elpub2015/ ELPUB 2015: Scale, Openness and Trust: New Avenues for Electronic Publishing in the Age of Infinite Collections and Citizen Science]'''. Malta, September 1-2, 2015.<br />
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==October==<br />
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==November==<br />
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* '''[http://www.clacso.org.ar/conferencia2015/conferencia_coloquios.php International Colloquium on Open Access and Knowledge Democratization (in Spanish)]'''. At the Latin America and the Caribbean Social Science Conference, Medellín, Colombia, 9-13 November<br />
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==December==</div>Dominique Babinihttp://oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/index.php?title=Advocacy_organizations_for_OA&diff=19894Advocacy organizations for OA2015-01-04T20:49:01Z<p>Dominique Babini: /* C */</p>
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* This is a list of organizations which make OA advocacy a significant part of their mission. For this purpose, advocacy goes beyond ''providing'' OA to other forms of ''promoting'' OA. <br />
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* Please annotate organizations with the location of their headquarters, the nations or regions in which they work, the sorts of advocacy in which they engage, and their launch date.<br />
** If organizations have notable OA advocacy projects, please list them under the organizations rather than as separate entries.<br />
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* If an organization has since folded, please include it with an annotation rather than exclude it.<br />
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* Related lists in OAD: [[Institutions that support open access]].<br />
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[[Category:Lists about institutions]] [[Category:Advocacy for OA]] [[Category:Working for OA]]<br />
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== A ==<br />
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* [http://access.okfn.org/ @ccess]<br />
** An offshoot of the [http://okfn.org/ Open Knowledge Foundation].<br />
** Focused on [http://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/ BOAI]-compliant OA, worldwide. <br />
** Launched February 2012.<br />
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* [http://www.law.yale.edu/intellectuallife/6987.htm Access to Knowledge Global Academy]<br />
** Based at the [http://www.law.yale.edu/intellectuallife/informationsocietyproject.htm Information Society Project] of [http://www.law.yale.edu/default.asp Yale Law School].<br />
** Focused on "research, education, and policy advice promoting access to knowledge" worldwide, and especially in developing countries.<br />
** Launched in September 2008.<br />
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* [http://www.aucegypt.edu/Business/A2K4D/Pages/default.aspx Access to Knowledge for Development Center] (A2K4D)<br />
** Based in Cairo.<br />
** Focused on A2K in the developing world. <br />
** Launched in February 2010.<br />
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*[http://access2research.org/ access2research]<br />
**Focused on the campaign for OA and free access over the Internet to journals.<br />
**Focused on promoting taxpayer-funded research and OA.<br />
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* African Access to Knowledge Alliance (AAKA) (no web site)<br />
** Based in Botswana.<br />
** Focused on A2K in Africa, including OA.<br />
** Launched as the Africa Copyright and Access to Information Alliance (ACAIA) on November 28, 2005, and re-launched as the AAKA and registered as a Botswana trust in January 2007.<br />
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* [http://www.africancommons.org/about/ African Commons Project] <br />
** Based in Johannesburg, South Africa. <br />
** Focuses on turning "communities into active participants in the digital economy and to defend, protect, support and encourage the freedom of South African societies to create, build upon and share knowledge".<br />
** Launched in 2008<br />
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* [http://www.aca2k.org/ African Copyright & Access to Knowledge Project] (ACA2K)<br />
** Based in Johannesburg. <br />
** Focused on "the relationship between national copyright environments and access to knowledge in African countries".<br />
** [https://mx2.arl.org/Lists/SPARC-OAForum/Message/4335.html Launched] as the ACA2k ''Network'' April 25, 2008.<br />
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* [http://urheberrechtsbuendnis.de/ Aktionsbündnis: Urheberrecht für Bildung und Wissenschaft]<br />
** Focused on copyright reforms to facilitate OA, especially in Germany.<br />
** Launched July 5, 2004.<br />
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* [http://www.taxpayeraccess.org Alliance for Taxpayer Access] (ATA)<br />
** Based in Washington D.C. Administered by [http://www.arl.org/sparc/ SPARC] (below).<br />
** Focused on OA for publicly-funded research in the US.<br />
** A membership organization of US universities, libraries, societies, patient advocacy groups, and public-interest groups.<br />
** Launched August 24, 2004.<br />
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* [http://www.allianzinitiative.de/de/ Allianz der deutschen Wissenschaftsorganisationen] ([http://www.allianzinitiative.de/en/start/ Alliance of German Science Organisations])<br />
** Focused on science policy in Germany, including OA.<br />
** Also see its [http://www.allianzinitiative.de/de/handlungsfelder/open_access/arbeitsgruppe/ Arbeitsgruppe Open Access] ([http://www.allianzinitiative.de/en/core_activities/open_access/working_group/ Working Group on Open Access]).<br />
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* [http://aasrc.org/ American Academic & Scholarly Research Center] (AASRC)<br />
** Based in the United States of America.<br />
** Focused on "research, education, and policy advice promoting access to knowledge" worldwide, and especially in developing countries. <br />
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* [http://www.ach.org/ Association for Computers and the Humanities] (ACH)<br />
** Based in the US. "The ACH is the US-based member of the [http://digitalhumanities.org/ Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations] (ADHO) consortium."<br />
** Focused on OA in the humanities.<br />
** [http://www.ach.org/history Launched] in 1978, and [http://ach.org/advocacy-work-ach ramped up] its OA advocacy in 2011-12.<br />
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* [http://www.akvs.cz/komise/index.html Association of Libraries of Czech Universities: OA activities supported by the Association] (AKVŠ ČR)<br />
** [http://e-zdroje.vsb.cz/rubrika/open-access/ OA blog].<br />
** [http://openaccess.cz/ Open Access in CZ: Website set up for the Open Access Week 2010, with 11 participating institutions]. <br />
** [http://www.dspace.cz DSpace CZ].<br />
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* [http://www.ausgoal.gov.au/ AusGOAL]<br />
** Stands for "Australian Governments Open Access and Licensing Framework"<br />
** Provides support for government and related sectors to facilitate open access to publicly funded information <br />
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* [http://aoasg.org.au/ Australian Open Access Support Group] (AOASG)<br />
** Based in Australia <br />
** Focused on increasing "awareness of the importance of open access through deposit of work in repositories, and target advocacy to Australian research institutions, funders and the wider community."<br />
** Launched in 2012<br />
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*[http://www.authorsalliance.org Authors Alliance]<br />
** Based in Berkeley, California<br />
** Focused on representing the interests of authors who support open access policies<br />
** [http://www.eventbrite.com/e/authors-alliance-launch-at-the-internet-archive-registration-11325909099 Launched] on May 21, 2014<br />
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== B ==<br />
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* [http://www.bioline.org.br/ Bioline International]<br />
** Based in Brazil.<br />
** Focused on OA in and from developing countries.<br />
** Launched in 1993.<br />
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* [http://www.biomedcentral.com/ BioMed Central] (BMC)<br />
** Based in London.<br />
** In addition to publishing OA journals, advocates green and gold OA worldwide.<br />
** Also see the BMC [http://www.biomedcentral.com/info/about/advocacy advocacy] page.<br />
** Also see the BMC project on [http://www.biomedcentral.com/developingcountries/ Open Access and the Developing World].<br />
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* [http://www.bireme.br/ Biblioteca Regional de Medicina] (BIREME)<br />
** Based in São Paulo, Brazil. <br />
** Focused on access to medical information in Latin America and the Caribbean.<br />
** Launched in 1967. Re-launched in 1982 under the name, Latin-American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information, but retaining the acronym (BIREME) of its old name.<br />
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== C == <br />
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* [http://science.okfn.org/community/local-groups/cambridge-open-research Cambridge Open Research]<br />
** Based in Cambridge, U.K.<br />
** A once a month meeting to promote ideas of "sharing and collaboration among academics as well as between academics and non-academics."<br />
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* [http://www.carl-abrc.ca Canadian Association of Research Libraries] (CARL)<br />
** The Association’s members consists of 29 major academic research libraries across Canada together with Library and Archives Canada, the Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI) and the Library of Parliament.<br />
** Plays a leading role in the transformation of scholarly communication in Canada through a number of projects: [http://www.carl-abrc.ca/about/working_groups/data_mgt-e.html Data Management], [http://www.carl-abrc.ca/projects/open_access/open_access-e.html Open Access], [http://www.carl-abrc.ca/projects/institutional_repositories/institutional_repositories-e.html Institutional Repositories], [http://www.carl-abrc.ca/projects/author/author-e.html Greater Reach for Your Research: Resources for authors].<br />
** Working Groups include [http://www.carl-abrc.ca/en/scholarly-communications/joint-carl-crkn-open-access-working-group.html/The Joint CARL/CRKN Open Access Working Group] with [http://www.crkn.ca/home/ The Canadian Research Knowledge Network].<br />
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* [http://www.crrccenters.org/ Caucasus Research Resource Centers] (CRRC)<br />
** Based in the capital cities of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.<br />
** "A network of resource, research and training centers," which offers "scholars and practitioners stable opportunities for integrated research, training and collaboration in the region."<br />
** Established in 2003.<br />
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* [http://centerforopenscience.org Center for Open Science] (COS)<br />
** Based in Charlottesville, Virginia<br />
** Focused on "improving the alignment between scientific values and scientific practices to improve the accumulation and application of knowledge".<br />
** Launched in March 2013. <br />
** Also see its blog, [http://osc.centerforopenscience.org/ Open Science Collaboration].<br />
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* [http://www.law.duke.edu/cspd/ Center for the Study of the Public Domain] (CSPD)<br />
** Based at [http://www.law.duke.edu/ Duke Law School], Durham, North Carolina.<br />
** Focused on "promot[ing] research and scholarship on the contributions of the public domain to speech, culture, science and innovation, to promote debate about the balance needed in our intellectual property system" and " translat[ing] academic research into public policy solutions."<br />
** Launched in September 2002.<br />
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* [http://ceon.pl/en/about-us/ Centre for Open Science] (CEON)<br />
** Based at [http://www.icm.edu.pl/web/guest/ University of Warsaw] Poland<br />
** Formed as a separate unit within ICM (Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling) to provide tools and advocate for the "OA approach in research."<br />
** Formed in 2010.<br />
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* [http://crc.nottingham.ac.uk Centre for Research Communications] (CRC)<br />
** Founded in April 2009 and situated at the University of Nottingham, UK<br />
** The CRC houses a portfolio of open-access projects, services and initiatives. These include the [http://www.sherpa.ac.uk SHERPA partnership]; the open-access services [http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/ RoMEO], [http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/juliet Juliet] and [http://www.opendoar.org/ OpenDOAR]; the [http://crc.nottingham.ac.uk/projects/rcs JISC Research Communications Strategy project], [http://www.rsp.ac.uk/ Repositories Support Project] (RSP), and contribution to the European and international projects [http://www.openaire.eu/ OpenAIRE], [http://www.dart-europe.eu/basic-search.php Dart-Europe] and [http://www.necobelac.eu/en/index.php NECOBELAC].<br />
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* [http://www.ccsd.cnrs.fr/ Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe] (CCSD)<br />
** Based in Villeurbanne, France.<br />
** Focused on green OA in France. CCSD operates [http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr HAL] - a multi-disciplinary open access archive and [http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/index.php?action_todo=list_portail institutional open access portals].<br />
** Launched in 2000.<br />
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* [http://www.centrumcyfrowe.pl/ Centrum Cyfrowe Projekt: Polska]<br />
** Based in Warsaw<br />
** English name: Center for Digital Design<br />
** Focused on facilitating open government, open NGOs, and open culture as a way of increasing civic engagement<br />
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* [http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/accesoabierto/ CLACSO-Latin American Social Science Council-Open Access Program]<br />
** Based in Buenos Aires, CLACSO is a network of 380 research institutions in 25 countries<br />
** Focusing on the promotion of OA policies and implementation of non-commercial OA initiatives<br />
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* [https://groups.google.com/a/arl.org/group/sparc-coapi/about?hl=en Coalition of Open Access Policy Institutions] (COAPI)<br />
** Based at the University of Kansas.<br />
** Focusing on the implementation of university OA policies in North America.<br />
** [http://www.news.ku.edu/2011/august/3/openaccess.shtml Launched] August 3, 2011.<br />
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* [http://www.ciard.net/home Coherence in Information for Agricultural Research for Development] (CIARD)<br />
** Launched January 17, 2008, in Paris.<br />
** Focused on access to agricultural information and research, especially in developing countries.<br />
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* [http://www.saber.ula.ve/colabora/ COLABORA-Comunidad Latinoamericana de Bibliotecas y Repositorios Digitales] Latin America Community of Digital Libraries and Repositories. Gathers individuals interested in the subject.<br />
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* [http://www.commonsstrategies.org/ Commons Strategies Group]<br />
** Launched October 2010.<br />
** Focused on "advanc[ing] the commons as a paradigm in diverse settings -- both in theory and practice."<br />
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* [http://www.communia-association.org/ Communia Association]<br />
** Based in Brussels.<br />
** Launched in June 2011.<br />
** Focused on the mission "to educate about, advocate for, offer expertise and research about the public domain in the digital age within society and with policy-makers."<br />
** Successor to the [http://communia-project.eu/ Communia Thematic Network], launched in September 2007 and funded by the European Commission until February 2011.<br />
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* [http://www.driver-repository.eu/DRIVER-COAR.html Confederation of Open Access Repositories] (COAR)<br />
** Focused on green OA around the world. A spin-off from DRIVER (below).<br />
** Launched in October 2009.<br />
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* [http://www.crui.it/ Conferenza dei Rettori delle Università Italiane] (CRUI) [http://www.crui.it/HomePage.aspx?ref=1167 Gruppo Open Access]<br />
** Focused on OA policies for Italian universities. <br />
** The OA working group was launched in early 2006.<br />
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* [http://coppul.ca/scholarlycommunications/ Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries (COPPUL), Scholarly Communications Working Group]<br />
** Based in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada<br />
** Focused on studying open access and scholarly communications in order to advice COPPUL Directors on supporting these activities and policies. <br />
** Founded in 2012<br />
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* [http://www.couperin.org/archivesouvertes/ Couperin]<br />
** French academic consortium that brings together more than 200 members. <br />
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* [http://creativecommons.org/ Creative Commons] (CC)<br />
** Based in San Francisco.<br />
** Focused on spreading open licenses and libre OA, for all kinds of digital content, worldwide.<br />
** Launched May 15, 2002.<br />
** Also see [http://sciencecommons.org/ Science Commons], focused on libre OA for research literature and data, launched January 1, 2005.<br />
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== D ==<br />
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*[http://www.dontpaytwice.org/ Don't Pay Twice]<br />
**Focused on Campaign for OA.<br />
**Don't Pay Twice is supported by American Medical Student Association and Universities Allied for Essential Medicines.<br />
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* [http://www.driver-repository.eu/ Digital Repositories Infrastructure Vision for European Research] (DRIVER)<br />
** Focused on green OA around the world.<br />
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* [http://drf.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/drf/index.php?Digital%20Repository%20Federation%20%28in%20English%29 Digital Repository Federation in Japan] (DRF)<br />
** Digital Repository Federation (DRF) is a federation consisting of 87 universities and research institutes (as of February 2009), which aims to promote Open Access and Institutional Repository in Japan.<br />
** DRF is based on one of the research and development projects, managed by Hokkaido University, Chiba University, Kanazawa University, Osaka University and Hiroshima University.<br />
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* [http://duraspace.org/ DuraSpace]<br />
** Launched May 12, 2009, as a merger of the DSpace Foundation and Fedora Commons.<br />
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* [http://www.dini.de/ Deutsche Initiative für Netzwerkinformation] (DINI)<br />
** Focused on green OA in Germany.<br />
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== E ==<br />
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* [http://www.eifl.net Electronic Information for Libraries] (EIFL)<br />
** From [http://www.eifl.net EIFL]. Focused on OA in developing and transition countries.<br />
** Also see the [http://www.eifl.net/openaccess EIFL-OA programme].<br />
** Launched in 1999.<br />
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* [http://www.ebib.info/content/category/8/102/79/ Elektroniczna BIBlioteka] (EBIB) <br />
** EBIB is a non-profit organisation of Polish librarians working for OA.<br />
** Launched in 1999.<br />
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* [http://www.elibukr.org/ ElibUkr Electronic Library of Ukraine]<br />
** The ELibUkr is a nation-wide linked Electronic Library/Knowledge Centers network. <br />
** Promotes OA and OA repository development in Ukrainian Universities. <br />
** Supports [http://oa.elibukr.org/ ELibUkr-OA] - a shared national repository for Ukrainian researchers without institutional repositories. <br />
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* [http://www.openscholarship.org Enabling Open Scholarship] (EOS)<br />
** [http://www.openscholarship.org/jcms/c_6095/people The EOS Board]<br />
** International<br />
** Based at the University of Liege.<br />
** Focused on helping universities adopt OA policies.<br />
** A membership organization of research institutions.<br />
** Launched as EurOpenScholar October 2007. Relaunched as Enabling Open Scholarship September 22, 2009.<br />
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* [http://www.eprints.org/community/ EPrints Community]<br />
** International<br />
** Open Access Policy-Making Tools and Guidance<br />
** Focused on institutions hosting OA repositories based on EPrints software.<br />
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* [http://www.eurohorcs.org/ European Heads of Research Councils] (EuroHORCs)<br />
** [http://www.eurohorcs.org/SiteCollectionDocuments/EUROHORCs_Recommendations_OpenAccess_200805.pdf Recommended OA mandates] for member institutions, April 18, 2008.<br />
** Launched in 1992.<br />
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* [http://www.ences.eu/ European Network for Copyright in support of Education and Science] (ENCES)<br />
** Focused on copyright reforms to facilitate OA (and OER) in Europe.<br />
** Launched November 13, 2008.<br />
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* [http://www.eua.be/index.php European University Association] (EUA) [http://www.eua.be/research/open-access/ Working Group on OA]<br />
** Focused on OA policies for European universities.<br />
** The OA Working Group was launched on July 10, 2006.<br />
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* [http://www.euroscience.org/ Euroscience] [http://www.euroscience.org/WGROUPS/SC_PUBLISHING/index.htm Science Publishing Working Group]<br />
** Focused on spreading OA policies throughout Europe.<br />
** The Science Publishing Working Group was launched on January 30, 2005.<br />
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* [http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/About-us/Policy/Spotlight-issues/Data-sharing/EAGDA/index.htm Expert Advisory Group on Data Access] (EAGDA)<br />
** Established by [http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/ Wellcome Trust]<br />
** Based in the U.K.<br />
** Provides "strategic advice on the emerging scientific, legal and ethical issues associated with data access for human genetics research and cohort studies."<br />
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== F == <br />
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* [http://www.finnoa.fi/ FinnOA]<br />
** The national site for OA in Finland.<br />
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* [http://floksociety.org FLOK Society]<br />
** Based in Ecuador.<br />
** "FLOK" stands for "Free/Libre Open Knowledge".<br />
** A "Free Open Knowledge Society, designing a world for the commons."<br />
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* [http://www.force11.org/ Force11]<br />
** Focused on transforming scholarly communication, including support for OA.<br />
** The name stands for "Future of Research Communication and e-Scholarship 2011".<br />
** Launched in March 2011.<br />
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* [http://www.fosteropenscience.eu FOSTER]<br />
** FOSTER stands for "Facilitate Open Science Training for European Research"<br />
** Based in Minho, Portugal, but European-wide in scope.<br />
** Focused on assisting young researchers in integrating open access principles into their workflow, facilitating the adoption and implementation of open access policies for European funders, and increasing institutional support and training for open access policies. <br />
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* [http://www.foastat.org/ Foundation for Open Access Statistics] (FOAS)<br />
** Based in California. <br />
** Focuses on promoting "free software, open access publishing, and reproducible research in statistics" and supporting [http://www.jstatsoft.org/ The Journal of Statistical Software] (JSS)<br />
** Launched in 2013 <br />
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* [http://p2pfoundation.net/ Foundation for P2P Alternatives]<br />
** Launched November 29, 2005.<br />
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* [http://freeculture.org/ Free Culture Foundation] <br />
** Chapters based in universities in the United States. <br />
** Focuses on undoing "the exploitation enabled by private ownership of technology, media, and communication networks".<br />
** Launched in 2003. Previously known as Students of Free Culture. <br />
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* [http://www.freeknowledge.eu/ Free Knowledge Institute]<br />
** Based in Amsterdam.<br />
** Formerly, Science Education and Learning in Freedom (SELF), re-launched as FKI January 14, 2008.<br />
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* [http://ftacademy.org/ Free Technology Academy] --><br />
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* [https://sites.google.com/site/flosokaks/ Free/ Libre Open Source and Open Knowledge Association of Kansas]<br />
** Based in Lawrence, Kansas<br />
** Focused on promoting the open sharing of software and knowledge in Kansas<br />
** Organizes educational events for residents<br />
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== G ==<br />
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* [http://www.goldoa.org.uk Gold Open Access Infrastructure]<br />
** Based in the U.K.<br />
** Promotes discussion on "the subject of the technical infrastructure needed to support Gold Open Access to published research papers."<br />
** Launched in April 2013.<br />
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* [http://www.gpopai.usp.br/wiki/index.php/P%C3%A1gina_principal Grupo de Pesquisa em Políticas Públicas para o Acesso à Informação] (GPOPAI)<br />
** English name = Research Group on Public Policy for Access to Information.<br />
** Based at the Universidade de São Paulo.<br />
** Focused on access to information, culture, and knowledge in Brazil.<br />
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== H ==<br />
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* [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/hoap Harvard Open Access Project] (HOAP)<br />
** Based at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.<br />
** Focused on developing effective OA policies at universities and funding agencies (worldwide), and providing accurate and timely information about OA itself.<br />
** Launched in the fall of 2011.<br />
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* [http://www.open-access.hu/ Hungarian Open Repositories] (HUNOR)<br />
** The HUNOR consortium was set up to advance national open access practices in Hungary.<br />
** Run by the University Library of Debrecen.<br />
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== I ==<br />
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* [http://icommons.org/ iCommons]<br />
** Based in the UK.<br />
** Focused on "open education, access to knowledge, free software, open access publishing and free culture communities around the world."<br />
** Apparently launched in 2006.<br />
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* [http://www.ifla.org/en/news/ifla-open-access-taskforce-established IFLA Open Access Taskforce]<br />
** From the [http://www.ifla.org/ International Federation of Library Associations] (IFLA).<br />
** Focused on OA through the UN, through national governments worldwide, through member institutions, and through partner OA-advocacy organizations. <br />
** [http://www.ifla.org/en/news/ifla-open-access-taskforce-established Announced] October 11, 2011.<br />
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*[http://www.ifla.org/en/node/6566/ IFLA | International Leadership programme project descriptions: Open Access]<br />
**From the [http://www.ifla.org/ International Federation of Library Associations] (IFLA).<br />
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* [http://openaccess.inist.fr/ INIST-CNRS]<br />
** L'Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique du CNRS, France. <br />
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* [http://www.open-access.net/ Informationsplattform Open Access] (IPOA)<br />
** The national site for OA in Germany. In October 2010, it began offering similar coverage for Austria and Switzerland.<br />
** Launched in September 2006.<br />
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* [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/IOL Institute for Open Leadership] (IOL)<br />
** Developed by [http://creativecommons.org Creative Commons] (CC) to "train new leaders in education, science, and public policy fields on the values and implementation of openness in licensing, policies, and practices."<br />
** Formed in December, 2013<br />
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* [http://www.ibict.br/ Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia] (IBICT)<br />
** Focused on OA in Brazil.<br />
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* [http://www.idict.cu/ Instituto de Información Científica y Tecnológica] (IDICT), Cuba<br />
** Focused on OA in Cuba, e,g, see [http://www.idict.cu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=42:semana-mundial-de-acceso-abierto-2010&catid=14:semana-mundial-de-acceso-abierto&Itemid=86 Open Access Week 2010].<br />
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* [http://www.icore-online.org/ International Council for Open Research and Education] (ICORE)<br />
** Focuses on "promoting Open Research and Open Education as a fundamental social objective".<br />
** Launched in Rome, May 2013<br />
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* [http://www.inasp.info/ International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications] (INASP)<br />
** Based in Oxford.<br />
** Focused on improving availability in developing countries, including through OA.<br />
** Launched in 1992, registered as a UK Charity in 2004.<br />
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* [http://www.iua.ie/ Irish Universities Association] [http://www.irel-open.ie/ Open Project Working Group]<br />
** Focused on green OA in Ireland.<br />
** The Open Project Working Group was launched around June 2007.<br />
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== J ==<br />
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* [http://www.jisc.ac.uk/ Joint Information Systems Committee] (JISC)<br />
** Focused on fostering digital scholarship in the UK, including ''many'' projects to foster OA. (We could use some help listing its most important OA-related projects here.)<br />
** [http://crc.nottingham.ac.uk/projects/rcs/ Research Communications Strategy] project (RCS)<br />
*** A strategic analysis and advocacy initiative.<br />
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== K == <br />
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* [http://keionline.org/ Knowledge Ecology International] (KEI)<br />
** Based in Washington, D.C. and Geneva.<br />
** Focused on "better outcomes, including new solutions, to the management of knowledge resources. KEI is focused on social justice, particularly for the most vulnerable populations, including low-income persons and marginalized groups."<br />
** Launched in 2006, "assimilating the staff and work program of the [http://www.cptech.org/ Consumer Project on Technology] (CPTech), while redefining the mission of the organization."<br />
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* [http://www.knowledge-exchange.info/ Knowledge Exchange] (KE)<br />
** Based in Copenhagen.<br />
** Focused on OA in Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK.<br />
** Also see the KE's [http://www.knowledge-exchange.info/Default.aspx?ID=115 Open Access Working Group].<br />
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* [http://www.kosson.ro/ Kosson], Romania<br />
** Focused on OA in Romania.<br />
** Launched May 1, 2007.<br />
** Also see [http://oad.kosson.ro/ Open Access Collection].<br />
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== L ==<br />
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* [http://www.lmba.lt/OA/liet/oa.htm Lithuanian Research Library Consortium] (LMBA)<br />
** Focused on OA in Lithuania.<br />
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* [http://lareferencia.redclara.net/rfr/ La Referencia]<br />
** Focused on green OA in Latin America, with support from IADB is promoting the development of digital respositories national systems en the region. Started in 9 countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, México, Perú, Venezuela.<br />
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== M ==<br />
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* [http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk Metamorphosis Foundation]<br />
** Based in Skopje, Macedonia.<br />
** Launched [http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/digitalniskladista/ Digital repositories] website as an adaptation of the “Digital Repositories” toolkit published by JISC infoNet.<br />
** Launched in 1999 ("as part of the e-publishing program of the Foundation Open Society Institute – Macedonia"), and became an independent foundation in 2004.<br />
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* [http://www.medoanet.eu/home Mediterranean Open Access Network] (MedOANet)<br />
** Focused on "coordinating Open Access policies, strategies and structures in six Mediterranean countries: Greece, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Turkey."<br />
** [http://cordis.europa.eu/wire/index.cfm?fuseaction=article.Detail&rcn=29907&rev=0 Launched] April 5, 2012.<br />
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*[http://www.medoanet.eu/useful-links Mediterranean Open Access Network - Useful Links] (MedOANet)<br />
** Focused on "coordinating Open Access policies, strategies and structures in six Mediterranean countries: Greece, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Turkey."<br />
**The Useful Links page provides links to other organizations throughout the Mediterranean countries and Europe.<br />
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* [http://www.biblioteca.mincyt.gov.ar/ Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva, Biblioteca Electrónica de Ciencia y Tecnología], Argentina<br />
** Focused on OA in Argentina and Latin America.<br />
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* [http://open.scripts.mit.edu/blog/ MIT Society for Open Science]<br />
** Student group based out of MIT<br />
** Raises awareness for open science and knowledge through conferences, meet-ups, hackathons, and talks. <br />
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== N ==<br />
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* [http://www.narcis.info/ National Academic Research and Collaborations Information System] (NARCIS)<br />
** Based at the Koninklijke Nederlandse Academie van Wetenschappen (or, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, KNAW) in Amsterdam.<br />
** Focused on green OA in the Netherlands. Incorporating several earlier programs, including Digital Academic Repositories (DARE) and DAREnet.<br />
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* [http://www.las.ac.cn/ National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)]<br />
** Supports [http://www.open-access.net.cn Open Access Portal]. <br />
** Runs [http://www.irgrid.cas.cn/ CAS IR grid].<br />
** Maintains [http://www.oaj.cas.cn CAS -OAJ] Open access journals of CAS. <br />
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* [http://www.necobelac.eu/ Network of Collaboration Between Europe and Latin America-Caribbean Countries] (NECOBELAC)<br />
** Based at Rome's [http://www.iss.it/ Istituto Superiore di Sanità].<br />
** Focused on access to public-health research, including green and gold OA, in Europe and Latin America.<br />
** Launched in February 2009.<br />
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* [http://www.ndltd.org/ Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations] (NDLTD)<br />
** Focused on ETDs (electronic theses and dissertations), including OA for ETDs.<br />
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== O ==<br />
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* [http://www.oaklaw.qut.edu.au/ OAK Law (Open Access to Knowledge) Law Project]<br />
** Based at Queensland University of Technology.<br />
** Focused on OA in Australia, especially copyright and licensing issues.<br />
** Created February 21, 2006, and officially launched November 29-30, 2006.<br />
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* [http://fi.okfn.org/wg/openscience/ The OKF Finland Open Science Work Group]<br />
** Based in Finland<br />
** Local working group for the [https://okfn.org/ Open Knowledge Foundation]<br />
** Focused on facilitating open access standards in Finland<br />
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* [http://openaccess.be/ OpenAccess.be]<br />
** The national site for OA in Belgium.<br />
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* [http://www.Open-Access.dk OpenAccess.dk]<br />
** The national site for OA in Denmark.<br />
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* [http://www.OpenAccess.gr OpenAccess.gr]<br />
** The national site for OA in Greece.<br />
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* [http://openaccess.hk/index.html OpenAccess.hk]<br />
** The national site for OA in Hong Kong.<br />
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* [http://www.OpenAccess.is OpenAccess.is]<br />
** The national site for OA in Iceland.<br />
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* [http://wiki.openarchives.it/ Open Access Italy]<br />
** The national site for OA in Italy.<br />
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* [http://www.oak.go.kr/ Open Access Korea]<br />
** The national site for OA in Korea.<br />
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* [http://www.openaccess.nl OpenAccess.nl]<br />
** The national site for OA in the Netherlands.<br />
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* [http://www.ub.uit.no/wiki/openaccess/index.php/Hovedside OpenAccess.no]<br />
** The national site for OA in Norway.<br />
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* [http://www.openaccessperu.org/site/node/10 Open Access Peru]<br />
** The national site for OA in Peru.<br />
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* [http://www.openaccess.si/ Open Access Slovenia]<br />
** The national site for OA in Slovenia.<br />
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* [http://www.kb.se/OpenAccess/Hjalptexter/English/ OpenAccess.se]<br />
** The national site for OA in Sweden.<br />
<br />
*[https://www.coar-repositories.org/activities/repository-content/licenses-task-force Open Access Agreements and Licenses Task Force]<br />
** Initiated and supported by the [https://www.coar-repositories.org Confederation of Open Access Repositories] (COAR)<br />
** Monitors, evaluates and promotes the "implementation of effective open access agreements and licenses in order to improve access to research papers globally."<br />
<br />
*[http://www.openaccessarchaeology.org/index.html#.T9ye5LVPqPs/ Open Access Archaeology - Open Access Archaeology]<br />
**Focused on OA in the field of Archeology.<br />
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* [http://openaccesscoalition.org/ Open Access Coalition]<br />
** Based in [https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/oac-general/ a Google Group]<br />
** Focused on "fighting for the open web."<br />
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* [http://oacs.shh.fi/index.html Open Access Communication for Science] (OACS)<br />
** Based at the Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration (HANKEN).<br />
** Focused on research about the growth and consequences of OA.<br />
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* [http://open-access.org.uk/ Open Access Implementation Group] (OAIG)<br />
** The closest thing to a national site for OA in the UK.<br />
** At launch time, the group had representatives from the University of Edinburgh, the University of Salford, Universities UK, Research Libraries UK, the Society of College, National and University Libraries, JISC, the Research Councils UK, the Wellcome Trust, the Association of Research Managers and Administrators UK, and the Public Library of Science.<br />
** [http://www.jisc.ac.uk/news/stories/2010/10/openaccess.aspx Launched] October 28, 2010.<br />
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* [http://www.oana.at/en/home/ Open Access Network Austria] (OANA)<br />
** Coordination of and recommendations for the Austrian OA-task/ activities of the research institutions, funding organisations and research policies (incl. taking into account international developments; positioning towards the information providers (mainly publishing houses; offering contact persons and source of information for scientists, research institutions and (research-) policies<br />
** Launched November, 2012.<br />
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* [http://www.oana.at/arbeitsgruppen Open Access Network Austria Working Groups]<br />
** Formed as a part of OANA<br />
** Focuses on a wide variety of issues including Open Access policy, financing of Open Access, legal and political frameworks, and publishing models.<br />
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* [http://www.openoasis.org/ Open Access Scholarly Information Sourcebook] (OASIS)<br />
** Focused on the practical implementation of OA, worldwide.<br />
** [http://www.openoasis.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=44&catid=56&Itemid=95 Editorial Team and Advisory Board]<br />
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* [http://www.oaspa.org/ Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association] (OASPA)<br />
** Focused on gold OA worldwide. <br />
** Launched October 14, 2008.<br />
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* [http://scurl.ac.uk/WG/OATS/index.html Open Access Team for Scotland] (OATS)<br />
** The national site for OA in Scotland.<br />
** Site last updated in February 2005. Is it defunct?<br />
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* [http://www.oatools.org/ Open Access Toolset Alliance] (OATA)<br />
** Focused on free and open-source tools to support OA. <br />
** Launched August 9, 2013.<br />
<br />
* [http://www.arl.org/sparc/advocacy/oawg.shtml Open Access Working Group] (OAWG)<br />
** Based in Washington, D.C.<br />
** Focused on OA for publicly-funded research in the US.<br />
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* [http://www.openair.org.za/ Open African Innovation Research and Training] (Open AIR)<br />
** Based in institutions throughout Africa, Canada, India and Europe. <br />
** Focused on investigating "how intellectual property (IP) regimes can be harnessed in Africa to facilitate innovation through collaboration – and to make processes more participatory, knowledge more accessible, and benefits more widely shared".<br />
** Launched in 2011. <br />
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*[http://www.openforumacademy.org Openforum Academy]<br />
**Openforum Academy is a think tank concerned with OA in computing.<br />
**Openforum Academy was established by Openforum Europe.<br />
<br />
* [http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=2146280 Open Access Working Group Ukraine]<br />
** A working group of the [http://www.informatio.org.ua/ Association "Information-Consortium"], Ukraine.<br />
<br />
* [http://www.openbookalliance.org/ Open Book Alliance] (OBA)<br />
** Based in San Francisco. An offshoot of the Open Content Alliance (below).<br />
** Focused on OA books worldwide.<br />
** Launched August 26, 2009.<br />
<br />
* [http://www.opencontentalliance.org/ Open Content Alliance] (OCA)<br />
** Based in San Francisco. Also see the Open Book Alliance (above) and Open Knowledge Commons (below).<br />
** Focused on digitizing and providing OA to books, worldwide.<br />
** Launched October 3, 2005.<br />
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* [http://www.opendatafoundation.org/ Open Data Foundation] (ODaF)<br />
** Focused on open data, and open standards for metadata, and open-source software for statistical data.<br />
** Apparently launched in 2006.<br />
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*[http://theodi.org/ Open Data Institute]<br />
** Based in London<br />
** Focused on facilitating the use of open data to create economic, environmental, social, and cultural value.<br />
<br />
* [http://koed.org.pl/ Open Education Coalition] (OEC), Poland<br />
** A group of [http://koed.org.pl/o-nas/czlonkowie/?lang=en several non-profit organizations] working together to promote openness in Poland. <br />
<br />
* [http://openhumanitiesalliance.org/ Open Humanities Alliance] (OHA)<br />
** Focused on community-building for the [http://openhumanitiespress.org/ Open Humanities Press].<br />
<br />
* [http://www.openjournalproject.org Open Journal Project]<br />
** Based in Melbourne, Australia.<br />
** An initiative of the [http://www.ewb-usa.org Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Institute].<br />
** A different (?) [http://journals.ecs.soton.ac.uk/ Open Journal Project] closed in 1999.<br />
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* [http://knowledgecommons.org/ Open Knowledge Commons] (OKC)<br />
** Focused on digitization for OA. A spin-off of the Open Content Alliance (above).<br />
** Launched September 2008.<br />
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* [http://sv.okfn.org Open Knowledge El Salvador]<br />
**Part of the [http://okfn.org/network/ Open Knowledge Network]<br />
** Focused on supporting open access in El Salvador<br />
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* [http://www.okfn.org/ Open Knowledge Foundation] (OKFN)<br />
** Based in Cambridge, England.<br />
** Working for OA and open data worldwide, especially in the UK.<br />
** Launched in 2004.<br />
** Also see the OKFN [http://science.okfn.org/ Open Science Working Group], which has [http://science.okfn.org/local-groups/ local groups] in Cambridge (Massachusetts), Oxford (England), and Stockholm.<br />
** Also see the Open Knowledge Foundation Blog (OKF hits the Med – Greek group launched!) [http://blog.okfn.org/2012/03/05/ OKF-hits-the-med-greek-group-launched]<br />
<br />
* [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Open_Policy_Institute/2012_Convening Open Policy Institute]<br />
** Launched 2012.<br />
** A project of [http://creativecommons.org/ Creative Commons].<br />
<br />
* [http://staging.openpolicynetwork.org/ Open Policy Network] (OPN)<br />
** A project of [http://creativecommons.org/ Creative Commons].<br />
** Supports the "creation, adoption and implementation of open policies around the world." Works to help maintain "existing policy frameworks" in order to ensure "effective and long-lasting" open policies.<br />
** Developed in October 2012.<br />
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* [http://www.openscholar.org.uk Open Scholar C.I.C.]<br />
** A not-for-profit [https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/office-of-the-regulator-of-community-interest-companies Community Interest Company].<br />
** Based in Birmingham, U.K.<br />
** Supports the development and promotion of LIBRE (LIBerating REsearch): A "multidisciplinary research platform implementing an innovative evaluation model that we call [http://openscholar.org.uk/professional/open-peer-review author-guided open peer review].<br />
** Founded in 2012.<br />
<br />
* [http://www.force11.org/node/4383 Open Scholar Foundation]<br />
** The organization's aim is to "improve the efficiency of scholarly communication by providing incentives for researchers to openly share their digital research artifacts, including manuscripts, data, protocols, source code, and lab notes."<br />
** Formed in 2013.<br />
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* [http://openscienceasap.org Open Science ASAP]<br />
** Based in Austria.<br />
** "Open Science ASAP" stands for "Open Science As A Practice."<br />
** Provides a framework for sharing projects such as: research, blogs, software, course ideas, development tools.<br />
<br />
* [http://www.meetup.com/Open-Science-Bay-Area/ Open Science Bay Area]<br />
** Based in Mountain View, California.<br />
** Launched September 23, 2010.<br />
<br />
* [http://opensciencefederation.com/ Open Science Federation] (OSF)<br />
** Focused on the advance of open access, open data, and open science. <br />
** Launched in 2010.<br />
<br />
* [http://www.osf.io/ Open Science Framework] <br />
** Part of [http://centerforopenscience.org/ Center for Open Science]<br />
** Provides digital tools to support researchers throughout their workflow in order to encourage open science practices<br />
<br />
* [http://otwartanauka.pl/ Open Science in ICM]<br />
** A project of the ICM – Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling, the University of Warsaw, Poland. <br />
<br />
* [http://www.soros.org/ Open Society Foundations] (OSF)<br />
** Based in New York.<br />
** Funding OA initiatives, including the [http://www.soros.org/openaccess Budapest Open Access Initiative] (BOAI).<br />
<br />
* [http://www.open-steps.org Open Steps]<br />
** An online diary and platform based upon the travels of Marguerite Thierry and Alejandro Corbi.<br />
** Itinerary includes: South-East Europe, Turkey, India, South-East Asia, Japan and South-America.<br />
** Thierry and Corbi seek to document examples of knowledge sharing in various environments; among collectives, universities, creative spaces, individuals and organizations.<br />
** The travel project begins June 2013 and can be followed via Thierry and Corbi's Open Steps [http://www.open-steps.org/category/blog blog].<br />
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* [http://www.cet.uct.ac.za/OpeningScholarship/ Opening Scholarship Project]<br />
** Hosted by the [http://www.cet.uct.ac.za/ Centre for Educational Technology]<br />
** Funded by the [http://www.shuttleworthfoundation.org/ Shuttleworth Foundation]<br />
** Based at the University of Cape Town.<br />
<br />
*[http://www.openscidev.com/ OpenSciDev]<br />
** Based in Cambridge, UK<br />
** Focused on building a research community with a diverse group of stakeholders to help support and enable greater engagement with open science.<br />
<br />
*[http://wiki.okfn.org/Working_Groups/Science/Oxford Oxford Open Science WIki] <br />
**A Wiki from the OKF that is focused on Oxford and Open Science.<br />
**Focused on a Working Group formed Science and Oxford Open Science.<br />
<br />
== P == <br />
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* [https://okfn.org/projects/partnership-for-open-data/ Partnership for Open Data]<br />
** Based in Cambridge, UK <br />
** Part of a partnership between the [https://okfn.org/ Open Knowledge Foundation], the [http://data.worldbank.org/ World Bank], and the [http://theodi.org/odp4d Open Data Institute].<br />
** Focused on educating policy makers and citizens in developing countries about the benefits and uses of open data.<br />
<br />
* [http://www.openarchives.it/pleiadi/ Portale per la Letteratura scientifica Elettronica Italiana su Archivi aperti e Depositi Istituzionali] (PLEIADI)<br />
** Originated from the collaboration between two major Italian university consortia, CASPUR and CILEA, within the framework of the [http://www.aepic.it/ AePIC] project.<br />
<br />
* [http://www.publicknowledge.org/ Public Knowledge] (PK)<br />
** Based in Washington, D.C.<br />
** Focused on user rights in the digital culture, including OA to publicly-funded research in the US.<br />
<br />
* [http://www.plos.org/ Public Library of Science] (PLoS)<br />
** Based in San Francisco.<br />
** In addition to publishing OA journals, advocates green and gold OA worldwide.<br />
** Also see the PLoS [http://www.plos.org/downloads/advocacy.php advocacy] page.<br />
<br />
* [http://public.resource.org/ Public.Resource.org] (PRO)<br />
** Focused on providing OA to public-domain government information in the US, including the primary sources of US law.<br />
** Launched in the spring of 2007.<br />
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== R ==<br />
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* [http://www.recolecta.net/buscador/ RECOLECTA], Spain<br />
** A joint program of REBIUN/FECYT to promote, support and coordinate the development of the Spanish digital repositories infrastructure for open access, dissemination and preservation of Spanish publicly funded research results. <br />
<br />
* [http://www.rsp.ac.uk/ Repositories Support Project] (RSP)<br />
** Focused on green OA in the UK. Funded by [http://www.jisc.ac.uk/ JISC].<br />
<br />
* [http://www.rcaap.pt/about.jsp Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal] (RCAAP)<br />
** Focused on green OA in Portugal.<br />
<br />
* [http://crc.nottingham.ac.uk/projects/rcs/ Research Communications Strategy] project (RCS)<br />
** A JISC funded strategic analysis and advocacy initiative in the UK.<br />
<br />
* [http://rd-alliance.org/ Research Data Alliance] (RDA)<br />
** Organized through an international steering group funded by agencies in the US, EU and Australia. <br />
** Focused on aiming "to accelerate and facilitate research data sharing and exchange". <br />
** Launched in August 2012 <br />
<br />
* [http://www.accesoabierto.net/node/5 Research Group Acceso abierto a la ciencia]<br />
** The Research Group's goal is to become a source of information about Open Access and a forum for discussion and sharing experiences.<br />
** The portal offers tools for authors, providing information about publishers copyright terms and self-archiving policies ([http://www.accesoabierto.net/dulcinea/ Dulcinea]), an updated directory of Spanish Institutional Open Access Repositories ([http://www.accesoabierto.net/repositorios/ BuscaRepositorios]) and an International Directory of institutional OA policies ([http://www.accesoabierto.net/politicas/ Melibea]).<br />
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== S == <br />
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* [http://www.scaprogramme.org.za/ Scholarly Communication in Africa Programme] (SCA)<br />
** Based in Cape Town, South Africa.<br />
** Focusing on Africa in general, and four institutions in particular: the Universities of Botswana, Cape Town, Mauritius, and Namibia.<br />
** Launched in September 2010.<br />
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* [http://www.arl.org/sparc/ Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition] (SPARC)<br />
** Based in Washington, D.C. <br />
** Focused on OA in North America, especially from universities and public funding agencies.<br />
** A membership organization of North American research libraries.<br />
** Launched June 1998. <br />
** Also see [http://www.sparceurope.org/ SPARC Europe] (launched July 2001) and [http://www.nii.ac.jp/sparc/en/ SPARC Japan] (launched December 19, 2006).<br />
** Also see the [http://www.taxpayeraccess.org Alliance for Taxpayer Access] (listed above), which is administered by SPARC.<br />
** Also see SPARC's [http://www.arl.org/sparc/advocacy/campus/ Campus Open Access Policies] (COAP) project, focused on university OA policies in North America (launched August 5, 2009).<br />
** Also see SPARC's [http://www.createchange.org/ Create Change] project.<br />
** Also see SPARC's [http://www.arl.org/sparc/students/ Right to Research project] and [http://www.righttoresearch.org/ Right to Research Coalition].<br />
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* [http://www.scielo.org/index.php?lang=en Science and Development Network] (SciDev.net)<br />
** Based in London.<br />
** Focused on OA scientific and technological information for developing countries.<br />
** Launched in 2001.<br />
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* [http://www.scielo.org/index.php?lang=en Scientific Electronic Library Online] (SciELO) <br />
** Based in São Paulo, Brazil.<br />
** Focused on gold OA in developing countries.<br />
** Also see [http://www.scielo.org.za/ SciELO South Africa], launched in 2009.<br />
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* [http://www.sherpa.ac.uk SHERPA Partnership]<br />
** Based at the University of Nottingham. "SHERPA" stands for "Securing a Hybrid Environment for Research Preservation and Access," though the organization is better known by its acronym.<br />
** A body which has been active in open access research communications since 2002. The partnership now includes over 30 research-led institutions in the UK.<br />
** Launched in 2002.<br />
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* [http://www.sarua.org/ Southern African Regional Universities' Association] (SARUA)<br />
** Based in Johannesburg.<br />
** Focused on the interests of universities in Southern Africa, including their interests in OA.<br />
** In a 2008 [http://www.sarua.org/files/publications/OpeningAccess/Opening_Access_Knowledge_2008.pdf report], SARUA [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2009/03/recommendations-for-open-knowledge-in.html recommended] that member organizations work for OA.<br />
** Launched February 20, 2005.<br />
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* [http://freeculture.org/ Students for Free Culture]<br />
** Focused on advancing free culture, including OA from funding agencies and universities, especially in the US.<br />
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* [http://www.surf.nl/en/Pages/home.aspx SURF]<br />
** Based in Amsterdam.<br />
** SURF is a Dutch higher education and research partnership for information and communication technology. Open Access is one of the programmes.<br />
** Also see its [http://www.surf.nl/nl/OverSURF/Pages/SURFenOpen.aspx page on openness].<br />
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== T == <br />
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* [http://www.accessinitiative.org/ The Access Initiative] (TAI)<br />
** Focused on "access to information, participation, and justice in environmental decision-making."<br />
** Launched in 1999.<br />
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== U == <br />
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* [http://www.ukcorr.org/ UK Council of Research Repositories] (UKCoRR)<br />
** Focused on green OA in the UK.<br />
** Launched May 21, 2007.<br />
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* [http://nds.coi.gov.uk/content/Detail.aspx?ReleaseID=421232&NewsAreaID=2 UK Working Group on Open Access]<br />
** This is not the group's official name. The group doesn't seem to have an official name (yet).<br />
** Focused on OA for academic research in the UK, especially journal articles, conference proceedings and monographs.<br />
** [http://nds.coi.gov.uk/content/Detail.aspx?ReleaseID=421232&NewsAreaID=2 Announced] September 15, 2011 by UK Science Minister David Willetts.<br />
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== V == <br />
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* [http://suma-ev.de/ Verein für freien Wissenszugang]<br />
** Based in Hannover.<br />
** Focused on free search engines.<br />
** Re-launched under its current name in 2009.<br />
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== W == <br />
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* [http://www.wrn.aber.ac.uk/en/ Welsh Repository Network] (WRN)<br />
** The Welsh Repository Network is a collaborative venture between the Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Wales to establish, develop and populate a network of interoperable institutional repositories. <br />
** The vision that underpins the network is to facilitate and encourage the sharing of resources across the principality and to maximise the impact of Welsh research across the globe.<br />
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== Y == <br />
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* [http://medicine.yale.edu/core/projects/yodap/index.aspx Yale University Open Data Access Project] (YODA)<br />
** Based in New Haven, Connecticut.<br />
** Facilitates "access to patient-level clinical research data" to "ensure that patients and physicians possess all necessary information about a drug or device when making treatment decisions."</div>Dominique Babinihttp://oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/index.php?title=OA_speakers_bureau&diff=19893OA speakers bureau2015-01-04T20:31:53Z<p>Dominique Babini: /* Argentina */</p>
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<div>[[File:oad2.jpeg|60px]] This list is part of the [http://oad.simmons.edu Open Access Directory].<br />
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* This is a list of people willing to speak about OA at conferences. (Listing oneself here is not a commitment to accept any particular invitation.)<br />
* Please include an institutional affiliation and contact information or a link to a page containing contact information.<br />
* This list started life as [http://www.infocommons.ca/wiki/index.php?title=Open_Access_Advocates_Worldwide Open Access Advocates Worldwide], compiled by the [http://www.cla.ca/ Canadian Library Association] [http://www.infocommons.ca/ Information Commons Interest Group]. We thank the CLA ICIG for its willingness to move the list to OAD. <br />
* Alphabetical by country, and then by speaker.<br />
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== Argentina ==<br />
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* [http://nancydiana.googlepages.com/home/ Nancy Gómez], independent consultant, [http://eprints.rclis.org/ E-LIS] editor from Argentina<br />
* [http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/archivos_web_adj/DominiqueBabini_cv_En.pdf Dominique Babini]. Open access projects, advocacy, research in Latin America and the Caribbean, for CLACSO-Latin American Social Science Council and UNESCO. dasbabini@gmail.com<br />
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== Armenia ==<br />
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* Tigran Zargaryan, Director at Fundamental Scientific Library, tigran[@]flib.sci.am<br />
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== Australia ==<br />
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* [http://tls.vu.edu.au/vucollege/liberalarts/ashton.html Paul Ashton], Victoria and LaTrobe University, co-founder of [http://www.openhumanitiespress.org Open Humanities Press], co-founder and co-editor of [http://www.cosmosandhistory.org Cosmos and History: The Journal of Natural and Social Philosophy].<br />
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== Belarus ==<br />
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* Viatcheslav Britchkovski, National Library of Belarus, eIFL-OA country coordinator, v_britch[@]nlb.by<br />
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== Bulgaria ==<br />
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* Radostina Todorova, New Bulgarian University Library, eIFL-OA country coordinator, rtodorova[@]nbu.bg<br />
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== Austria ==<br />
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* [http://www.8ung.at/library_mistress/ Monika Bargmann], librarian, [http://eprints.rclis.org/ E-LIS] editor for Austria<br />
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== Canada ==<br />
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* Manal Allagabo, University of Regina<br />
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* [http://informingthoughts.com Amy Buckland], McGill University<br />
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* [http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~chan/ Leslie Chan], University of Toronto<br />
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* [http://www.culturelibre.ca/ Olivier Charbonneau], [http://library.concordia.ca Concordia University Libraries]; Blog, [http://www.culturelibre.ca CultureLibra.ca] (in French)<br />
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* [http://couros.ca/cv/research/presentations-workshops Alec Couros], University of Regina<br />
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* Hilde Coldenbrander, [http://www.library.ubc.ca/ University of British Columbia Library]<br />
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* Danielle Dennie, [http://www.library.concordia.ca/research/subjects/chemistry/ Concordia University Library]<br />
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* Halina de Maurivez, [http://www.biblio.uottawa.ca/ University of Ottawa]<br />
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* [http://jdupuis.blogspot.com/ John Dupuis], Steacie Science & Engineering Library, York University<br />
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* [http://www.michaelgeist.ca/ Michael Geist], University of Ottawa<br />
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* [http://weblogs.elearning.ubc.ca/googlescholar/ Dean Giustini], University of British Columbia<br />
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* [http://www.littco.umontreal.ca/personnel/guedon_j-c.htm Jean-Claude Gu&#233;don], Universit&#233; de Montr&#233;al<br />
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* [http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/ Stevan Harnad], [http://www.crsc.uqam.ca/en/index2_en.html Canada Research Chair] in [http://www.unites.uqam.ca/cnc/fr/profs/harnad.htm Cognitive Sciences], [http://www.er.uqam.ca/nobel/cogsci2/isc/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=1 Institut des sciences cognitives], [http://www.uqam.ca/ Universit&#233; du Qu&#233;bec &#224; Montr&#233;al]<br />
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* [http://www.ucalgary.ca/provost/vp/vplib Tom Hickerson], Vice-Provost and University Librarian, University of Calgary<br />
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* [http://www.jinha-ndp.ca/ Arif Jinha] - federal NDP candidate - Lanark Frontenac Lennox and Addington - MA student Globalization and International Developmment University of Ottawa<br />
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* David Mattison, [http://www.davidmattison.ca/wordpress The Ten Thousand Year Blog]<br />
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* [http://www.flora.ca/russell/ Russell McOrmond]<br />
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* [http://www.sis.uottawa.ca/faculty/hmorrison.html Heather Morrison] Assistant Professor, University of Ottawa School of Information Studies and author of the scholarly blog [http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com The Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics]<br />
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* Francis Ouellette, [http://oicr.on.ca/ Ontario Institute for Cancer Research]<br />
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* G.W. Brian Owen, [http://www.lib.sfu.ca/ Simon Fraser University Library], a partner in the [http://pkp.sfu.ca/ Public Knowledge Project](Open Journal Systems, Open Conference Systems)<br />
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* [http://oalibrarian.blogspot.com Lesley Perkins], Canada Border Services Agency<br />
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* Sharon Reeves, Library and Archives Canada [http://www.collectionscanada.ca/thesescanada/index-e.html Theses Canada Portal Project]<br />
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* [mailto:kumiko.vezina@concordia.ca Kumiko V&#233;zina], Electronic Resources Coordinator at [http://library.concordia.ca Concordia University Libraries], [http://eprints.rclis.org/ E-LIS] Chief-Editor for Canada, blogger at [http://oalibrarian.blogspot.com OA Librarian]<br />
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* [http://oalibrarian.blogspot.com Andrew Waller], Serials Librarian, University of Calgary<br />
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* [http://www.lled.educ.ubc.ca/faculty/willinsky.htm John Willinsky], University of British Columbia, founder & leader of the [http://pkp.sfu.ca/ Public Knowledge Project]<br />
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== France ==<br />
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* [http://pablo.rauzy.name/ Pablo Rauzy], Télécom ParisTech, PhD student, involved in the movement for open access and against bibliometrics, [http://pablo.rauzy.name/openaccess/introduction.html French introduction to OA]<br />
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== Germany ==<br />
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* [http://www.fbm.htwk-leipzig.de/fbmedien/professorinnenundp0.html Dale Askey], HTWK Leipzig; director, [http://newprairiepress.org/ New Prairie Press]<br />
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* [http://www.linkedin.com/in/goerner Bettina Goerner], Manager Open Access, Springer Verlag, [http://www.springer.com/openaccess springer.com/openaccess]<br />
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* Klaus Graf, [http://archiv.twoday.net Archivalia], RWTH Aachen/University Freiburg im Breisgau<br />
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* Margo Bargheer, [http://univerlag.uni-goettingen.de Universitätsverlag Göttingen], Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen<br />
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* Ulrich Herb, [http://www.scinoptica.com Science Consultant & Independant Researcher], Specialist Electronic Publishing & Open Access at [http://www.sulb.uni-saarland.de/de/service/publiktationsangebote/ Saarland University and State Library]<br />
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* Anja Kersting, [http://www.open-access.net Informationsplattform open-access.net], Universität Konstanz<br />
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* Karlheinz Pappenberger, [http://www.ub.uni-konstanz.de/fi/wirtschaftswissenschaften/ansprechpartner.html Fachreferent], Bibliothek der Universität Konstanz<br />
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* Birgit Schmidt [http://www.dini.de/oa-netzwerk/ Open-Access-Netzwerk für Repositorien], Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen<br />
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* Rubina Vock, [http://www.open-access.net Informationsplattform open-access.net], Freie Universität Berlin, Center für Digitale Systeme<br />
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== Ghana == <br />
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* Abednego Corletey, Systems Librarian, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, [http://dspace.knust.edu.gh KNUSTSpace] administrator cyber4ac@yahoo.com<br />
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== India == <br />
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* [http://kalyane.tripod.com/ Victor Kalyane], Bhabha Atomic Research Centre<br />
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== Italy == <br />
* Valentina Comba, Manager of the [http://www.unibo.it/Portale/Ateneo/Strutture/Strutture+di+servizio/82139/default.htm E-Learning Centre, University of Bologna]<br />
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* [http://www.math.unipd.it/~derobbio/home/schedaeng.htm Antonella De Robbio], librarian, University of Padua, [http://eprints.rclis.org/ E-LIS]<br />
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* [http://www.sp.unipi.it/hp/didonato Francesca Di Donato], [http://www.sp.unipi.it University of Pisa], [http://www.hjournal.org HyperJournal]<br />
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* [http://www.directorioexit.info/consulta.php?directorio=exit&campo=ID&texto=466 Paola Gargiulo], Electronic Resource Specialist and OA advocate [http://www.caspur.it CASPUR]<br />
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* [http://www.directorioexit.info/consulta.php?directorio=exit&campo=ID&texto=475 Andrea Marchitelli], [http://eprints.rclis.org E-LIS] editor for Italy, [http://www.cilea.it CILEA]<br />
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* [http://it.facebook.com/srch.php?nm=susanna+mornati Susanna Mornati], [http://www.aepic.it/index.php?lang=en E-Publishing Project Leader] at [http://www.cilea.it CILEA]<br />
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* [http://www.sp.unipi.it/hp/pievatolo Maria Chiara Pievatolo], professor, [http://www.sp.unipi.it University of Pisa], [http://purl.org/hj/bfp/ Bollettino Telematico di Filosofia Politica]<br />
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* [http://openlib.org/home/subirats/ Imma Subirats], E-LIS Coordinator, [http://epints.rclis.org E-LIS], information management specialist of [http://www.fao.org/ FAO of the United Nations]<br />
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== Kyrgyzstan == <br />
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* Sania Battalova, American University of Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan Library Information Consortium, eIFL country coordinator, battalovas[at]mail.auca.kg<br />
* Safia Rafikova, American University of Central Asia Library, eIFL-OA country coordinator, rafikova_s[@]mail.auca.kg<br />
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== Moldova == <br />
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* Nelly Ţurcan, the State University of Moldova, tsurcannelly[@]usm.md<br />
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== Nepal ==<br />
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* Dr. Angel Magar, Executive Editor, [http://www.jnma.com.np Journal of Nepal Medical Association], editor[@]jnma.com.np <br />
* Dr. Arun Neopane, Editor-in-Chief, [http://www.nepjol.info/index.php/JNPS Journal of Nepal Paediatric Society]<br />
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== Netherlands ==<br />
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* [mailto:velterop@gmail.com Jan Velterop], BOAI signatory [http://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/read Budapest Open Access Initiative]<br />
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== Nigeria ==<br />
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* Steven Akintude, University of Jos, sakintun[@]gmail.com<br />
* [http://www.idrc.ca/fr/ev-135173-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html Emcee Gideon Christian], Research Intern, IDRC, gchristian[@]idrc.ca<br />
* [http://www.sharondelight.net/consultant.html Ezra S. Gbaje], Department of Library and Information Science, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, eIFL-OA country coordinator, shiloba[@]yahoo.com<br />
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== Poland ==<br />
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* [http://www.icm.edu.pl/~bolo/ Łukasz Bolikowski], Assistant Professor at Centre for Open Science, ICM, University of Warsaw<br />
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== Russia ==<br />
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* Evgeny Negulyaev, Ural State University Scientific Library, Evgeny.Negulyaev[@]usu.ru<br />
* Elena Okhezina, Ural State University Scientific Library, eIFL country coordinator, Elena.Okhezina[@]usu.ru<br />
* [http://new.hse.ru/C11/C0/parinov-s-i/default.aspx Sergey Parinov], [http://www.cemi.rssi.ru/ Central Economics and Mathematics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences], [http://socionet.ru/ Socionet], sparinov[@]gmail.com<br />
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== Saudi Arabia ==<br />
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* [mailto:sulsam777@gmail.com Sulieman S Alshuhri] Lecturer at, [http://www.imamu.edu.sa/colleg_instt/colleg/ccis/dep/drasat/Pages/default.aspx Information Study Dept.], Main Editor of [http://aioa.blogspot.com/ Arab Initiatives of Open Access AIOA], Speaking can be in Arabic or English Language.<br />
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== Serbia ==<br />
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* Biljana Kosanovic, Department of Scientific Information, National Library of Serbia, Serbian Library Consortium for Coordinated Acquisition (KoBSON), eIFL country coordinator, biljana[at]nb.rs<br />
* Nikola Stanic, Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science (CEON/CEES), eIFL-OA country coordinator, nikola[@]ceon.rs<br />
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== Singapore ==<br />
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* [mailto:info@biomedcentral.com Charlotte Hubbard], Journal Development Editor, [http://www.biomedcentral.com/ BioMed Central]<br />
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== Slovenia ==<br />
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* Miha Peternel, Faculty of Computer and Information Science (FRI), University of Ljubljana, Miha.Peternel[@]fri.uni-lj.si<br />
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== South Africa ==<br />
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* [http://www.cet.uct.ac.za/EveGray Eve Gray], Honorary Research Associate, the Centre for Educational Technology (CET), the University of Cape Town, Project Director of [http://www.cet.uct.ac.za/OpeningScholarship the OpeningScholarship Project], Eve.Gray[@]uct.ac.za<br />
* Monica Hammes, University of Pretoria, Monica.Hammes[@]up.ac.za<br />
* Elsabe Olivier, Open Scholarship Manager at University of Pretoria, elsabe.olivier[@]up.ac.za<br />
* [http://www.dlib.org/dlib/november01/authors/11authors.html#PETERS Dale Peters], Scientific Technical Manager DRIVER II, State and University Library of Goettingen, peters[@]sub.uni-goettingen.de<br />
* Ina Smith, Dgital Librarian / IR Manager, Sellenbosch University, ismith[@]sun.ac.za<br />
* Susan Veldsman, Director: Scholarly Publishing Unit, Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), susan[@]assaf.org.za<br />
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== Spain ==<br />
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* Remedios Melero, [http://www.iata.csic.es Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de Alimentos]<br />
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== Switzerland ==<br />
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* Christian Fuhrer, Open Access Coordinator, [http://www.zora.uzh.ch Zurich Open Repository and Archive], [http://www.oai.uzh.ch/index.php?mos_lng=en University of Zurich]<br />
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* Salvatore Mele, [http://cern.ch CERN] and [http://scoap3.org SCOAP3]<br />
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* Jens Vigen, [http://library.cern.ch CERN Head Librarian]<br />
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* Ingeborg Zimmermann, Open Access Project Leader, [http://www.hbz.uzh.ch/hbz_eng/ Main Library University of Zurich]<br />
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== Turkey == <br />
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* İlkay Holt, [http://epints.rclis.org E-LIS] editor for Turkey, [http://acikerisim.blogspot.com/ Açık Erişim Dünyasından], [http://www1.ku.edu.tr/main/library/index.php Koç University Library]<br />
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== Ukraine ==<br />
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* Olena Haleta, associate professor at Ivan Franko National University, Lviv, olena_haleta[@]yahoo.com<br />
* Iryna Kuchma, eIFL Open Access program manager, [http://www.eifl.net/cps/sections/services/eifl-oa eIFL - Open Access] <br />
* Galina Proskudina, Institute of Software Systems, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, gupros[@]isofts.kiev.ua<br />
* Tetiana Yaroshenko, University Librarian, Vice President for IT, [http://www.ukma.kiev.ua National University of Kyiv Mohyla Аcademy], eIFL-OA country coordinator, yaroshenko[@]ukma.kiev.ua<br />
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== United Kingdom ==<br />
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* Virginia Barbour, Chief Editor, [http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=index-html&issn=1549-1676 ''PLoS Medicine''], Public Library of Science <br />
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* Theo Bloom, Chief Editor, [http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=index-html&issn=1545-7885 ''PLoS Biology''], Public Library of Science<br />
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* [mailto:info@biomedcentral.com Matthew Cockerill], Managing Director, [http://www.biomedcentral.com/ BioMed Central]<br />
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* [http://www.garyhall.info Gary Hall], Research Professor at [http://www.coventry.ac.uk/cu/schoolofartanddesign Coventry University], Founding co-editor of [http://www.culturemachine.net Culture Machine], Director of the Cultural Studies Open Access Archive [http://www.culturemachine.net/csearch CSeARCH ], Co-founder of [http://www.openhumanitiespress.org Open Humanities Press]<br />
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* [mailto:info@biomedcentral.com Deborah Kahn], Publishing Director [http://www.biomedcentral.com/ BioMed Central]<br />
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* Barbara Kirsop, Trustee/Secretary [http://www.epublishingtrust.org Electronic Publishing Trust for Development]<br />
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* Derek Law, Professor and Librarian at [http://www.mis.strath.ac.uk/IS/ University of Strathclyde, Glasgow]<br />
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* Mark Patterson, Director of Publishing, [http://www.plos.org/ Public Library of Science] <br />
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* Nancy Pontika, Research Information Manager (Open Access), [https://plus.google.com/u/0/103916734759737834769/about personal webpage]<br />
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* David Prosser, Director, [http://www.sparceurope.org/ SPARC Europe] <br />
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* Alma Swan, Director, [http://www.keyperspectives.co.uk/aboutus/aswan.html Key Perspectives Ltd] <br />
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* Mike Taylor, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol. Co-author, [http://svpow.com/ Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week]. Email [mailto:mike@miketaylor.org.uk mike@miketaylor.org.uk]<br />
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* Ben Toth, [http://nelh.blogspot.com Director], [http://www.library.nhs.uk National Library for Health]<br />
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* [mailto:velterop@gmail.com Jan Velterop], BOAI signatory [http://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/read Budapest Open Access Initiative]<br />
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* [mailto:info@biomedcentral.com Bryan Vickery], COO, [http://www.biomedcentral.com/ BioMed Central]<br />
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== United States ==<br />
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* [mailto:karen.albert@fccc.edu Karen Albert], Senior Director for Education & Information Services, Fox Chase Cancer Center<br />
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* [http://www.gavinbaker.com/ Gavin Baker], Outreach Fellow, [http://www.arl.org/sparc/ SPARC]<br />
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* [http://freeculture.org/about/ Fred Benenson], Member, Board of Directors, [http://freeculture.org/ Students for Free Culture]<br />
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* Pete Binfield, Managing Editor, [http://www.plosone.org/home.action ''PLoS ONE''], Public Library of Science<br />
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* [http://www.arl.org/arl/staff/blixrud.shtml Julia C. Blixrud], Assistant Executive Director, Scholarly Communication, [http://www.arl.org/sc/ Association of Research Libraries]<br />
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* [http://usefulchem.blogspot.com Jean-Claude Bradley, Drexel University][http://usefulchem.wikispaces.com UsefulChem Project]<br />
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* [mailto:aebrown@physics.upenn.edu Andre Brown], Graduate student, University of Pennsylvania<br />
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* [http://cmgm.stanford.edu/pbrown/Lab_member_profiles/Pat_Brown.html Pat Brown], Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and founding co-director of the Public Library of Science<br />
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* [http://www.library.ucsf.edu/users/kbutter Karen Butter], University Librarian and Assistant Vice Chancellor, University of California - San Francisco<br />
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* [mailto:Catherine.Candee@ucop.edu Catherine Candee], Executive Director, [http://www.cdlib.org/programs/escholarship.html/ Strategic Publishing & Broadcast Initiatives], University of California<br />
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* [http://carrollogos.blogspot.com/ Michael Carroll], Visiting Professor of Law and Director of the Project on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, American University, Washington College of Law<br />
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* [http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/admin Mary Case], University Librarian, University of Illinois at Chicago<br />
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* [http://paulcourant.net Paul Courant], University Librarian and Dean of Libraries, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor<br />
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* [http://copyright.columbia.edu/director Kenny Crews], Director of Copyright Advisory Office, Columbia University<br />
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* [http://mcb.berkeley.edu/index.php?option=com_mcbfaculty&name=eisenm Michael Eisen], Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Associate Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development at the University of California - Berkeley<br />
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* Ray English, Director of Libraries, Oberlin College, Chair, SPARC Steering Committee, ray.english@oberlin.edu<br />
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* Susan Gibbons, [http://www.library.rochester.edu University of Rochester Libraries]<br />
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* [mailto:diane.graves@trinity.edu Diane Graves], University Librarian, Trinity University<br />
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* [mailto:ethan.guillen@essentialmedicine.org Ethan Guillen], Executive Director, [http://www.essentialmedicine.org/ Universities Allied for Essential Medicines]<br />
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* [http://www.soros.org/initiatives/information/about/bios/hagemann Melissa Hagemann], [http://www.soros.org/initiatives/information Information Program], [http://www.soros.org/ Open Society Instittue]<br />
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* [http://www.arl.org/arl/staff/karla.shtml Karla Hahn], Associate Executive Director, Federal Relations and Information Policy, Association of Research Libraries<br />
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* [http://www.arl.org/sparc/about/staff/joseph.shtml Heather Joseph], Executive Director, [http://www.arl.org/sparc/ SPARC]<br />
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* [https://directory.columbia.edu/people/uni?code=rrk2124 Rebecca Kennison], Director, [http://cdrs.columbia.edu/ Center for Digital Research and Scholarship], [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/ Columbia University Libraries/Information Services]<br />
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* [http://mollykleinman.com Molly Kleinman], Copyright Specialist Librarian, [http://lib.umich.edu University of Michigan Library]<br />
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* [http://www.arl.org/sparc/about/staff/mclennan.shtml Jennifer McLennan], Director of Communications, [http://www.arl.org/sparc/ SPARC]<br />
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* [mailto:Catherine.Mitchell@ucop.edu Catherine Mitchell], Director, eScholarship Publishing Group, University of California<br />
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* Catherine Nancarrow, Managing Editor, Public Library of Science, [http://www.ploscompbiol.org/home.action ''PLoS Computational Biology''] , [http://www.plosgenetics.org/home.action ''PLoS Genetics''], [http://www.plosntds.org/home.action ''PLoS NTDs''], [http://www.plospathogens.org/home.action ''PLoS Pathogens''] <br />
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* [http://www.columbia.edu/~jneal James Neal], Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian, Columbia University<br />
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* [mailto:joyce.ogburn@utah.edu Joyce Ogburn], University Librarian and Director, University of Utah<br />
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* [http://www.lib.byu.edu/departs/lao.php Randy Olsen], University Librarian, Brigham Young University<br />
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* [http://skyfaller.net/about/ Nelson Pavlosky], Co-founder, [http://freeculture.org/ Students for Free Culture]<br />
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* Robin Peek, Editor, Open Access Directory, [http://www.simmons.edu/gslis/about/faculty/peek.shtml Associate Professor, Simmons College] <br />
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* Beth Ritter-Guth, [http://collegeenglish.wikispaces.com The College English Wiki], [http://communitycollegewithoutborders.wikispaces.com The Community College without Borders Project]<br />
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* [http://library.wisc.edu/directory/staff/Dorothea-Salo Dorothea Salo], Digital Repository Librarian, University of Wisconsin.<br />
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* [http://www.arl.org/sparc/about/staff/shockey.shtml Nick Shockey], Director of Student Advocacy, [http://www.arl.org/sparc/students/ SPARC]<br />
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* [http://library.duke.edu/apps/directory/staff/2131 Kevin Smith], Scholarly Communications Officer, Duke University<br />
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* [http://www.davidsolomon.us/oa_bio.html David J Solomon], Professor of Medicine Michigan State University.<br />
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* [http://freeculture.org/about Elizabeth Stark] Member, Board of Directors, [http://freeculture.org/ Students for Free Culture]<br />
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* [http://bit.ly/petersuber Peter Suber], Director of the Harvard Office for Scholarly Communication, Director of the Harvard Open Access Project, Fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Senior Researcher at SPARC.<br />
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* [http://geneticalliance.org/ws_display.asp?filter=bio.terry Sharon Terry], President & CEO, [http://geneticalliance.org Genetic Alliance]<br />
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* [mailto:thibo001@mc.duke.edu Pat Thibodeau], Associate Dean for Library Services and Archives, Duke University<br />
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* [http://www.uvm.edu/microbiology/individual_researcher.php?id=23 Gary Ward], Associate Professor, University of Vermont<br />
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* [http://sciencecommons.org/about/whoweare/wilbanks John Wilbanks], VP for Science at Creative Commons, [http://sciencecommons.org Science Commons] and [http://creativecommons.org Creative Commons]<br />
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* [http://ed.stanford.edu/suse/faculty/displayRecord.php?suid=willinsk John Willinsky], Founder and Director, [http://pkp.sfu.ca/ Public Knowledge Project]<br />
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* [http://www.plos.org/about/people/medicine.html Gavin Yamey], Senior Magazine Editor, [http://www.plosmedicine.org/home.action/ PLoS Medicine]<br />
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* [http://blogs.lt.vt.edu/openvt/about/ Philip Young], University Libraries, Virginia Tech<br />
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* [mailto:jorlowitz@gmail.com Jake Orlowitz], Wikipedia Administrator, Lead Coordinator of [http://enwp.org/WP:TWL The Wikipedia Library], Ocaasi [http://enwp.org/User:Ocaasi on Wikipedia]<br />
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* [http://people.auraria.edu/Jeffrey_Beall/ Jeffrey Beall], Scholarly Communications Librarian, [http://library.auraria.edu/ Auraria Library], University of Colorado Denver.</div>Dominique Babini